Gallery > The International School of Paris Tours the French Revolution
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Entering the Palais Royal
Students enter the Palais Royal to begin Charlotte's tour.
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The Revolutionary Cannon
Students look for historical artifacts dating to Charlotte's era.
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Playing Charlotte
Students take turns playing the role of Charlotte, reading her narration aloud in small groups.
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Completing the Interactives
Each search for artifacts is accompanied by an interactive map quest or Q&A.
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What business was open in Charlotte's day?
ISP students look for a Palais Royal business that was functioning during the French Revolution and discuss how it might have aided the revolutionary cause.
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Is murder ever justified?
ISP students and teachers debate whether Charlotte's crime was justified.
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Between the Royal Palaces
Students listen to Charlotte explain the history of both the Palais Royal and Palais du Louvre and their relationship to one another.
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Pit stop at the Louvre Pyramid
Students rest on their way to the left bank, searching for a few Arago medallions along the way.
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Crossing the Seine
The group crosses the river Seine to Paris' Left Bank in search of Marat's printing press, located just around the corner from where Charlotte stabbed him as he soaked in a bath of medicinal herbs.
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Salles des Gens d'Armes
Before visiting Charlotte at the Conciergerie Prison, students hunt for treasure in the Medieval Salle des Gens d'Armes.
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Where is the Gothic keystone located?
At the top of each Gothic vault, of course!
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"The End"
Students listen to the end of Charlotte's tale as she awaits her death by guillotine.
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Marie Antoinette's Cell
Charlotte wasn't the only revolutionary prisoner to end her days at the Conciergerie. Queen Marie Antoinette passed the end of her life here too.
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Job Well Done!
Students take a rest in the Salle des Gens d'Armes before heading back to school at the end of a chilly, but satisfying, day.
