[Publib] "Marie Antoinette" with Primary Sources

[Carole Bos]

The new film "Marie Antoinette" is about the teenage queen and the French Revolution.  This website http://www.awesomestories.com/movies/marie_antoinette/marie_antoinette_ch1.htm  will help teachers and students distinguish actual history from cinematic fiction.  It links to eyewitness accounts, the memoirs of Marie Antoinette's assistant, the queen's last letter, contemporary drawings and paintings.  It also tells the story of the queen's young son whose heart - removed after his death - was subjected to DNA analysis in 2004.

The website http://www.awesomestories.com/ is free for all educators, schools and libraries.  Simply request an academic membership with this sign-up form.  http://www.awesomestories.com/group_signup.php  

Carole Bos
Dean's Advisory Board
Grand Valley State University
bosc at gvsu.edu