History Mystery

• Learn History through the arts!

What happened here?

• Was someone sleeping?

• Was someone taking a bath?

• Did they spill the ketchup?

Who are the people?

• Are they women?

• Are they men?

• Are they children?

What time period/country?

• Look at clothing

• Look at furniture

• Look at artist’s style

Solve the History Mystery!

Here are your clues:

• French Revolution

• Les Miserables

• Jean-Paul Marat

• Jacobin

• Charlotte Corday

• Girondon

• Jacques-Louis Paul……………good luck!

Our Solutions!

_If you are ready!

French Revolution

• The greedy king and queen put lots of taxes on the poor people.

• Poor people took over the royal prison.

• Jean Paul Marat and the poor people killed over 1000 political prisoners.

By Selena

Les Miserables

• Les Miserables was a book written by Victor Hugo about the poor, starving people in France who were miserable and wanting the rich people to share their money.

• By Alyssa

Jean-Paul Marat

• Marat spoke out against the king.

• He was forced to hide in the sewers.

• He was taking a bath when a girl came and stabbed him in the heart.

• Ashley

Jacobin

A French political group that played a controlling part in the French Revolution

They insisted the death of the kingThey destroyed the moderate Girondists,

and sent thousands of opponents to death on the guillotine

by Trevor

Charlotte Corday

• Charlotte Corday assassinated Jean-Paul Marat

• She believed she was saving France from the ruthless tyrant

• She was beheaded on the charge of murder

• By Nathan                               

Girondists

• A political group for prominent members of France

• Jacobin leader, Jean-Paul Marat was killed by a Girondist woman, Charlotte Corday

• by Shannon

Jacques Louis David

• An artist• Painted The Death of

Marat• He was a personal

friend of Marat• Chose to paint a nicer

picture than what he saw (by Jacob L.)