Objective
- Analyze the concept of Nationalism
- Explain how Germany and Italy became unified states.
Agenda
- Music: Ride of the Valkyries
- Warm-up #26- Listening to this song, what kind of images, feelings, or ideas does it give you?
- PowerPoint: Nationalism & Unification
- Primary Sources
- Mazzini
- According to Mazzini, why is cooperation with others better than working alone? Explain his argument then provide a direct quote to support it.
- Mazzini wants to redraw the map along the lines of nations. What does he predict will happen once this is the case?
- Mazzini calls the your country a "home that God has given us" - why does he think cooperation between countrymen is particularly easy to do?
- What is Mazzini's ideal form of government?
- According to Mazzini, to what extent should voting rights be extended to the population?
- Arndt
- This country asks what it means to be German. Give two examples from the reading that describe "German" traits and explain what each one means.
- How is this idea of a nation different from Mazzini's view?
- Quotes
- Read over the "supporters" of nationalism quotes. Describe at least three things that a patriotic American would do or ways in which a patriotic American might act.
- Read over the "critics" of nationalism quotes. List at least three problems potentially caused by nationalism or arguments about why it is a silly idea.
- Do you think nationalism is a positive force or negative force overall? Justify your response.
