Writing Assistance Using the Olympia Writing Assistance Using the Olympia Paragraph ProtocolParagraph Protocol

Impact of Napoleon BonaparteImpact of Napoleon Bonaparte

Step 1&2:Step 1&2: Use active Use active reading strategies to reading strategies to understand the task.understand the task.

Evaluate the impact of Evaluate the impact of Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte on world history.on world history.

Evaluate means “present your Evaluate means “present your opinion and judgment of opinion and judgment of something. Explain the something. Explain the criteria you are using to judge criteria you are using to judge something and apply that something and apply that criteria to specific examples.criteria to specific examples.

Note that the prompt asks for Note that the prompt asks for you to judge based on the you to judge based on the impact on world history, not impact on world history, not just on France or to judge just on France or to judge Napoleon himself.Napoleon himself.

Step 3:Step 3: Formulate a Formulate a preliminary claim (it preliminary claim (it might need revision might need revision later).later).

Evaluate the impact of Napoleon Evaluate the impact of Napoleon Bonaparte on world history.Bonaparte on world history.

Napoleon Bonaparte had a Napoleon Bonaparte had a positive OR negative impact on positive OR negative impact on world history.world history.

Step 4&5:Step 4&5: Collect your Collect your evidence and record it evidence and record it on your graphic on your graphic organizer.organizer.

Supporting EvidenceSupporting Evidence

Napoleon re-established law and order after Napoleon re-established law and order after the turmoil of the French Revolution.the turmoil of the French Revolution.

•France had ten years of chaos as new France had ten years of chaos as new governments came and went, including the governments came and went, including the Reign of Terror, in which Robespierre had Reign of Terror, in which Robespierre had 16,000 people murdered16,000 people murdered

•Napoleon, as a strong leader, brought Napoleon, as a strong leader, brought political stability back, even if he limited political stability back, even if he limited people’s freedoms in some ways.people’s freedoms in some ways.

Supporting EvidenceSupporting Evidence

Napoleon created equality with the Napoleon created equality with the Napoleonic Code.Napoleonic Code.

•His law code included many of the ideals of His law code included many of the ideals of the Enlightenment.the Enlightenment.

•This caused the elimination of the Estates This caused the elimination of the Estates System that existed before the revolution.System that existed before the revolution.

•When Napoleon took over other parts of When Napoleon took over other parts of Europe, his law code took effect there too, Europe, his law code took effect there too, transforming those societies as well.transforming those societies as well.

Supporting EvidenceSupporting Evidence

Napoleon spread the ideas of Nationalism and Napoleon spread the ideas of Nationalism and Liberalism as he built his empire.Liberalism as he built his empire.

•He didn’t mean to spread these ideas, but He didn’t mean to spread these ideas, but they did nonetheless and they helped cause they did nonetheless and they helped cause people to revolt against him.people to revolt against him.

•Though this led to his own downfall, these Though this led to his own downfall, these ideas inspired the people he conquered and ideas inspired the people he conquered and led many of them to eventually get rid of led many of them to eventually get rid of absolute monarchs.absolute monarchs.

Step 6:Step 6: Revisit your Revisit your claim. Revise it, if claim. Revise it, if necessary.necessary.

Step 7:Step 7: Write your Write your response, using your response, using your graphic organizer to guide graphic organizer to guide you. Make sure your you. Make sure your points are in a logical points are in a logical order.order.

Step 8:Step 8: Re-read and edit Re-read and edit your response. Remember, your response. Remember, capitalization counts in this capitalization counts in this class.class.