What we have learned

In 1789 the French Revolution began when citizens stormed the Bastille and fought for the declaration of the rights of man.  Later during the reign of terror the aristocrats heads were removed by the guillotine. 

 

This is a little bit of memory work the girls have been learning as part of our history studies.  They have learned a giant timeline from Creation to the current day.  And then they have short history sentences for a selection of these historical events.  So, the French Revolution is one of these events selected to remember.  The program we are using has put these to catchy tunes and this one in particular is very sticky in your mind.  So all day we have in our heads, “Later during the reign of terror, the aristocrats head were removed by the guillotine.”

 

We were discussing this reign of terror when Robespierre was in charge of “taking care” of the monarchy.  Jarrah then asks me, if that man was a “guilladine,” responsible for removing the heads of the “aristocats.”

 

So Jarrah has been memorising all this time, “.. the aristocats heads were removed by the guilladines.”

 

I then explained what a guillotine is.

 

Isn’t it fun studying history!