Learning about the French Revolution | Resources for Kids and Adults

I am sharing the resources we used to learn about the French Revolution of 1789 through the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Resources:
*Curiosity Chronicles, Snapshots of Early Modern History Volume 2: https://www.curiositychronicles.org/e...
*Revolutions Podcast by Mike Duncan (Season 3): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
*You Wouldn’t Want to be an Aristocrat in the French Revolution: https://amzn.to/4bMdSaf
*Who Was Marie Antoinette? https://bookshop.org/a/88847/97804484...
*Robespierre, Master of the Guillotine: https://amzn.to/42Oz4s9
*Who Was Napoleon? https://bookshop.org/a/88847/97804484...
*The Lacemaker and the Princess: https://bookshop.org/a/88847/97814169...
*Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike Duncan: https://bookshop.org/a/88847/97815417...
*The Portraitist: A Novel of Adelaide Labille-Guiard Guiard: https://bookshop.org/a/88847/97816474...
*Joseph Bologne le Chevalier de Saint-George: https://amzn.to/49NJXMS

Art websites:
https://www.thecollector.com/french-r...
https://www.nga.gov/features/slidesho...
Jacques-Louis David: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques...
Adelaide Labille-Guiard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%C3%A...
Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89l...

*Marie Antoinette (1938) movie: https://amzn.to/3SPUPD9
*Newer Marie Antoinette (2006) movie: https://amzn.to/49rjLYW
*Tale of Two Cities (1935): https://amzn.to/3IczgaZ
*Chevalier (it’s available to rent or buy on amazon): https://amzn.to/3IaVBWr
*Jeanne du Barry: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17277414/
*The Scarlet Pimpernel (mini-series with Richard Grant and Elizabeth McGovern): https://amzn.to/3OVdzA0 (This is my favorite and I have it on dvd - unfortunately, it is currently unavailable streaming, but other versions are available.)
*The Scarlet Pimpernel Musical

*Tasting History with Max Miller:    / @tastinghistory  
*Lafayette’s Duck:    • Fabulous French Feasts of the 1700s |...  
*Marie Antoinette:    • The Marie Antoinette Diet  
*Pomme de Terre L’Econome:    • When Potatoes were Illegal  
*Napoleon’s chicken:    • Feeding Napoleon - Chicken Marengo  

*French cockade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockade...
*Unit books from A Child’s Dream: https://achildsdream.com/main-lesson-...
*French Revolution Fashion:
   • Fashion in 18th-Century Paris  
   • Dressing in French Revolution Clothing  
   • 1780s Get Ready With Me - Getting Dre...  
   • How to Dress in an 18th Century Robe ...  
   • Sewing A Historical 18th Century Dres...  
   • Getting Dressed for a walk,  1790s st...  

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