Lessons/Devant la porte : l'assaut de 1789
Écris la montée de la foule, enregistre une réplique et fais jouer la musique.

Devant la porte : l'assaut de 1789

France, 14 juillet 1789
Social SciencesCoding

Les élèves créent une suite de scènes où la foule réunie devant la Bastille cherche poudre et armes. Ils analysent comment une ou deux détonations, le 14 juillet 1789, ont déclenché la prise de la forteresse.

Pacing
1 week · 5 × 45 min
Grade
Grade 4
Teacher's Kit included — Lesson Plan · Student Kit · Answer Key · Rubric · See what's inside
Devant la porte : l'assaut de 1789
Lesson at a glance
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?Essential question

Comment un lieu peut-il devenir le symbole d'un changement politique ?

The through-line for every task in this lesson.
Students will be able to
  • Écrire de courts passages narratifs
  • Expliquer les causes et les conséquences de la prise de la Bastille
  • Enregistrer une courte réplique
  • Coder une animation déclenchée par un clic
Key vocabulary
Bastillepoudreassautredditiondémolition
Assessment
Formative
Brouillons de l'organisateur, billets de sortie et vérifications entre pairs.
Summative
Un récit interactif publié et jouable.
The student journey

This is a build — not a worksheet packet

Every lesson runs like the story students are about to make: read it, write it, build it, polish it, publish it. The printables scaffold each stage — the published Elementari project is the destination.

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Read

Students read a short, high-interest passage — a real-world hook, not a dry textbook definition — to spark ideas for what they'll make.

📖Le jour où la forteresse est tombée

Au cœur de Paris, une vieille forteresse se dressait depuis des siècles : la Bastille. Construite pour défendre la ville, elle était devenue une prison d'État. Par lettre de cachet, le roi pouvait y faire enfermer une personne sans procès o…

Sourcesbastillemagazine.comfrancearchives.gouv.frsherpas.comslimmersion-france.comparis.frwikipedia.orgwikiversity.orgchnm.org
Read the full passage
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Write & plan

~15 min

On a scaffold built for the lesson, students plan their writing with sentence frames, a word bank, and a glossary — never a blank page.

2Student Kit · sneak peek
Planning questions for this lesson are included in the storyboard.
Key Words from the PassageBastillepoudreassautreddition
Glossary  a kid-friendly definition for every key term
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🎨

Design & code

The main event~70 min

In the studio, students bring the project to life — adding art and following the exact writing and coding steps shown below. The Studio Compass walks them through it, one step at a time.

🧭Studio CompassStep 1 / 7
🎨 Conçois la couverture
Écris un titre court, choisis un fond, puis ajoute une musique et une animation du titre au chargement de la page.
Key words — tap to learnOn Click
Each step checks off & advances on its own
All 7 studio steps · dynamic to the project
1🎨 Conçois la couverture~20 min
2✍️ Décris la Bastille~5 min
3🎙️ Écris et enregistre une réplique~10 min
4✍️ Raconte le premier coup de feu~20 min
5✍️ Décris la poussée de la foule~5 min
6✍️ Écris le combat et les sensations~5 min
7✍️ Rédige la chute et ses effets~5 min
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Polish

ongoing

Teacher and peer feedback pin right onto the project — students revise until it's ready to share.

Feedback on the project2 pins
🍎
Add one more sentence here so readers get the full picture.
👍 2Teacher
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The interaction is clear — it helps the reader follow the project!
⭐ 3Peer
One-tap repliesNice work!Add detail
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Publish

The payoff~15 min

Students publish their finished, playable project to the class showcase — each one gets its own shareable link.

🎉Published to the class showcase
A project made by your student
Published🌍 Shareable link — anyone can play
The Teacher's Kit

The printables that power the build

Every page walks students toward publishing on Elementari — the build is the lesson, these printables get them there.

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Lesson Plan

Your teaching plan — standards alignment, the essential question, and the full lesson flow with the build steps, plus coaching notes.

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Before you teach

Set up in about ten minutes

A couple of things to gather, a few quick steps to prep — then you're ready to hand it to students.

What you need
  • A device per student or pair
  • Internet connection
  • A microphone (for recording or speech-trigger activities)
  • Headphones or speakers
Prep · about 10 min
  1. 1Print the student kits
  2. 2Assign this lesson to your students
  3. 3Skim the build steps
Teacher background

What you need to know

Un lieu devient un symbole quand un événement visible lui donne un sens plus large. La prise de la Bastille transforme une prison royale en symbole du recul du pouvoir absolu et de l'action du peuple.

Key terms
Bastille
Une forteresse à Paris qui servait aussi de prison et que beaucoup voyaient comme un symbole du pouvoir du roi.
poudre
La substance qui permettait aux armes à feu de tirer ; sans poudre, les fusils ne fonctionnent pas.
assaut
Une attaque soudaine et violente pour entrer dans un lieu défendu.
reddition
Le moment où ceux qui défendent abandonnent et acceptent de se rendre.
démolition
Le fait de démolir un bâtiment pierre par pierre pour le faire disparaître.
Watch for these misconceptions
Cause floue Revenir au passage: demandez à l'élève d'indiquer qui cherchait la poudre et pourquoi.
Voix du narrateur incohérente Rappeler d'écrire en troisième personne et relire à voix haute pour vérifier la cohérence.
Enregistrement peu audible Faire un test d'enregistrement en classe et ajuster la distance au micro ou parler plus fort.
Differentiation & accessibility

Built to reach every learner

One lesson, three built-in paths — with accessibility baked into the materials, not bolted on afterward.

Extra support

Emerging readers & writers
  • Read-aloud and multilingual support in the Elementari build
  • Studio Compass highlights one task at a time — including the coding
  • Sentence frames and a word bank so it is never a blank page

On grade

The core lesson
  • The passage and storyboard exactly as written
  • Model answers and “look-fors” in the answer key
  • Self-check chips at every milestone

Ready for more

Extension & challenge
  • Challenge vocabulary and a real-world extension question
  • Deepen one existing page or interaction — without changing the required mechanics
  • A longer, evidence-based reflection prompt
Accessibility, built inPredictable step-by-step structureOne task at a time · Studio CompassHighlighted response areasLow-stimulation printMovement-friendly pacingDesigned so every student can design, write, and code — with ADHD, autism, and dyslexia in mind.
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How do students share their work?

They submit to you for review; you publish the best to your class showcase, each with a public link.

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Devant la porte : l'assaut de 1789
Grade 4 · 1 week · 5 × 45 min