The left-right political spectrum?
Anita Dalton
Founder, Editorial & Financial Director of Educational Musicals Ltd part of The History Portal.
Do you know why we call them the right and the left?
It was the French Revolution 235 years ago that gave us the Left and Right.
Le Chambré de Deputies (Chamber of Deputies), their parliament changed, the monarchists, the supporters of the King, who had always sat to his right, unthinkingly sat on the right of the chamber. Therefore, they were the right.
The revolutionaries, who hated everything about the monarchy, obviously sat on the other side, the left, so they could throw rotten tomatoes and other more dangerous things at them. So they became, the left, and it stuck.
Over the years as politics became a fight between the workers and the wealthy, the description right and left continued. However, today they don’t come to blows anymore, well, not too often!
There are many stories like this in history. At Educational Musicals we have published over 30 historical musicals, unfortunately, due to the Coronavirus, you can’t put on shows for parents. Therefore, we are creating a new teaching resource “Read a Play in Class”. Included in the package is:
· A Historical Musical.
· The song can be read as poetry.
· A series of fact sheets.
· Specific class resources.
· All related to that period in history.
The first two are already available, and we will keep more plays.
Therefore, add "Read a Play" to your teacher resource kit now.