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Unit 4: Nationalism
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Social Studies
Modern World History Honors
December
4 Weeks
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Transfer Skills
The growth of nationalism led to the spread to liberal ideas which resulted in new independent nations and a change
in the balance of power and set the stage for World War I.
Enduring Understandings
Big Idea: Revolutions Part Deux: The Empires Strike Back
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The Congress of Vienna impacted Europe’s balance of power and set the stage for future issues in Europe
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Nationalism begins to take hold throughout Europe and leads to the formation of nations such as Germany and
Italy.
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The revolutions in the middle of the 1800’s allow for new powers to rise in Europe which help to set the stage
for WWI.
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Political ideologies begin to lead to uprisings by the people of Europe and changed the way people thought
about rights and liberty.
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The change in political thinking leads to a social revolutions where ideas about art and culture begin to change.
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Between 1862 and 1890, Otto von Bismarck molded the German states into a powerful empire. To strengthen
the German state, Bismarck promoted economic development, aggressive foreign policy goals, and domestic
reforms.
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Although nationalist forces unified Italy in 1870, a long history of fragmentation created a host of problems for
the new state.
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Nationalist feelings among diverse ethnic groups in Eastern Europe created wide spread unrest and helped
hasten the decline of the Ottoman Hapsburg empires.
Essential Questions
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Why was it necessary to rebalance the balance of power?
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How did the concept of nationalism relate to the outcomes of the Congress of Vienna?
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In what ways did the women /workers emerge as voices for change during the Industrial Revolution and how
effective were they?
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How did the Industrial Revolution provide a catalyst for change in the social, political and economic realms?
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Why was unification of Germany and Italy so important leading into the age of Imperialism?
Content
Vocabulary: Conservatives; Liberals; Nationalists; ideology; Universal Manhood Suffrage; Autonomy; Legitimacy;
diplomacy; Balance of power; German Confederation; Neutrality; Coup; Reform Bill of 1832; Revolutions of 1848;
Concert of Europe; Romanticism
Skills
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Classify the categories of Liberal, Conservative, or Radical.
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How does the 1800’s definition of Liberal, Conservative, and Radical compare or differ to today’s
understanding of these words?
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Analyzing Paintings and choose a piece from the Romantic period and explain how it characterizes and event
from the period and reflects the Romanticism.
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Also note outbreaks of revolutions in 1848.
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Brainstorm the reasons why there 50 Revolutions within less than a year period.
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Provide perspectives on the past and present by analyzing how nationalism was a driving force in the political
events of the 1800’s and its’ level oft importance today. In what regions is it most active, explain.
Resources
THOUGHT/DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR THE PRIMARY SOURCES (BOXED DOCUMENTS)
1. “Garibaldi and Romantic Nationalism”—How did the reporter describe the popular response to Garibaldi’s presence
in Palermo? Do you think the assessment was accurate and realistic? Has nation-building become less violent and more
humane since 1860? Less humane? How important is individual leadership and personal charisma in such public
movements? Have there been any “Garibaldiesque” figures in recent decades? If so, who? If not, why not? (p. 561)
2. “Emancipation: Serfs and Slaves”—How did the underlying circumstances of these two emancipations compare and
contrast? In which country was the freed population given a specific promise of future economic freedom? Why? How
was it that Russia implemented emancipation bloodlessly while, in the United States, the warfare claimed over 600,000
lives? What issues of “emancipation” exist today? (p. 565)
POSSIBLE CLASS LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPICS
1. Examine the roots of the Industrial Revolution and its links to the Agricultural Revolution and financial and
commercial practices in England during the eighteenth century.
2. Trace the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the social and political structures of Great Britain and the other
societies to which it had spread by the 1870s.
3. Assess the impact, for good and for ill, of the West’s Industrial Revolution on the non-western world during the
nineteenth century.
4. Trace the various influences and origins as well as the evolution of socialism in the West before the era of Karl Marx.
5. Compare and contrast the nature, spread, and impact of the ideas of liberalism and conservatism in Europe during
the 18151880 period. Identify why Eastern European nations wished to avoid liberalism.
6. Explore the roots of nationalism, including its roots in the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, romanticism,
conservatism, and liberalism.
7. Explain the significance of Otto von Bismarck and the establishment of a unified German state.
8. Assess the relationships between the ideas of liberalism and nationalism and their impacts on social, economic, and
political conditions in the United States and Latin America.
9. Briefly review the central elements of Enlightenment ideas as a backdrop for the development of Romanticism in
literature, music, and visual art.
10. Juxtapose the interactions underlying the decline of Romanticism, the spread of industrialization, the “rise” of
science and technology, and the spread of Realism.
Standards
SOC.6.2.12.A.3.b
Relate the responses of various governments to pressure for self-government or
self-determination to subsequent reform or revolution.
SOC.6.2.12.A.3.c
Analyze the relationship between industrialization and the rise of democratic and
social reforms, including the expansion of parliamentary government.
SOC.6.2.12.B.3.a
Assess the impact of imperialism by comparing and contrasting the political
boundaries of the world in 1815 and 1914.
SOC.6.2.12.C.3.d
Determine how, and the extent to which, scientific and technological changes,
transportation, and new forms of energy brought about massive social, economic,
and cultural changes.
SOC.6.2.12.A.3.d
Compare and contrast the struggles for women’s suffrage and workers’ rights in
Europe and North America, and evaluate the degree to which each movement
achieved its goals.