UNIT TITLE: French Revolution -Grade 11- AP European History ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: Is revolution inevitable? Do revolutionary movements follow set patterns or predictable courses. Are human institutions inevitably corrupt? ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDINGS: Students will be able to: Describe hierarchy and the social, political and economic differences that defined French Society during the Ancien Regime. Explain the political spectrum as it evolved in the French Revolution. Explain how each of the stages evolved or devolved into the next stage. Compare and contrast the French Revolutionary ideals and practices with those of the American Revolution.