Intro To Imperialism

Objective

• Explain the impact of imperialism
• Analyze arguments used to justify imperialism
  

Agenda

1. Finish Primary Source Reading
2. Imperialism PowerPoint
3. The White Man's Burden

Nationalism & Unification

Objective

• Analyze the concept of Nationalism
• Explain how Germany and Italy became unified states.

Agenda

1. Music:  Ride of the Valkyries
2. Warm-up #19 - Listening to this song, what kind of images, feelings, or ideas does it give you?
3. PowerPoint:  Nationalism & Unification
4. Primary Sources
1. Mazzini
1. According to Mazzini, why is cooperation with others better than working alone?  Explain his argument then provide a direct quote to support it.
2. Mazzini wants to redraw the map along the lines of nations.  What does he predict will happen once this is the case?
3. Mazzini calls the your country a "home that God has given us" - why does he think cooperation between countrymen is particularly easy to do?
4. What is Mazzini's ideal form of government?
5. To what extent should voting rights be extended to the population?
2. Arndt
1. This country asks what it means to be German.   Give two examples (THAT YOU UNDERSTAND) from the reading of what it means to be German.
2. How is this idea of a nation different from Mazzini's view?
3. Quotes
1. Read over the "supporters" of nationalism quotes.  Describe at least three things that a patriotic American would do or manners in which a patriotic American would act.
2. Read over the "critics" of nationalism quotes.  List at least three problems cause by nationalism or arguments about why it is a silly idea.
3. Do you think nationalism is a positive force or negative force overall?  Justify your response.

Industrial Revolution Review

Objective


Explain the major causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution

Agenda

1. Pick up a copy of the review packet
2. Complete the review packet
3. Play Trashball
1. Five teams
2. Rotate around answering questions
1. If correct, get the TRASH BALL in the trash to get a bonus question 
2. Each time the goal gets harder to reach
3. If incorrect, question carries on.

Socialism

Objective

• Explain the major ideas of reformers
• Evaluate the proposals of socialists

Agenda

1. Warm-Up #18:  Describe two ways in which peoples lived improved as a result of the Industrial Revolution, and two ways average people's lives were worse as a result of the Industrial Revolution.
2. PowerPoint: Reformers
1. Utilitarianism
2. Socialism
3. Marxism
3. Reading - "The Communist Manifesto"
1. Define the following before you read
1. Proletariat
2. Bourgeouse
3. Oppression
4. Capital
5. Antagonism
6. Abolition 
2. In ancient Rome, what classes existed?
3. In the Middle Ages, what classes existed?
4. In "our epoch" what classes exist?
5. What will the proletariat use to "win the battle of democracy"?
   
6.  In your own words, describe three proposals the Communists suggest.  For each one, explain why you agree or disagree with it and why.
7. Why should workingmen rise up and fight for revolution, according to Marx?

Mass Society

Objective

• Analyze how issues of workers rights and inequality have changed throughout history
• Describe and evaluate the Occupy Wall Street Movement.
• Examine the effects of Mass Society

Agenda

1. Warm-Up #17:  "Do you support or oppose the general goals of the Occupy Wall Street movement?  Why or why not?"
2. PowerPoint:  Occupy Wall Street  (conclusion)
1. MSNBC
1. Discussion
2. Colbert Report
1. Discussion
3. Industrial Revolution - Working Conditions
1. Complete questions on yesterday's primary source reading.
4. Industrial Revolution - Mass Society
1. Complete textbook reading / worksheet

In The News - Occupy Wall Street

Objective

• Analyze how issues of workers rights and inequality have changed throughout history
• Describe and evaluate the Occupy Wall Street Movement.

Agenda

1. Share:  "How has the recession impacted your family or people you know?"
2. PowerPoint:  Occupy Wall Street
1. 2008 Crash History
2. What's happened so far?
3. Who are these people?
4. What do they want?
1. Occupy San Diego
5. How does it work
1. Consensus
6. How has the media responded?
1. Fox News
1. Discussion
2. Herman Cain
1. Discussion
3. MSNBC
1. Discussion
4. Colbert Report
1. Discussion
3. Industrial Revolution - Working Conditions
1. If time, complete questions on yesterday's primary source reading.

Working Conditions

Objectives

 Explain the impact of the Industrial Revolution on society and working people
Compare and contrast this society to our own today

Agenda

Warm-Up #16  (your last warm-up should actually have been 15, not 16)
    - Based on what you saw last week in Charlie Chaplain's Modern Times, what kind of problems did workers face during the Industrial Revolution?
PowerPoint:  Working Conditions
Primary Source:  Working Conditions  (answer the following)
  

1.       From the South Wales Mines

a.        What do you think coal was used for in this period? How crucial was it to the Industrial Revolution?

b.      Generally, how many hours did these women and children work each day?

c.       What health problems were generated by mine labor?

d.      Name some ways this type of work affected family life.

2.       Other Workers

1. Describe 5 problems faced by workers in the Industrial Revolution.  Cite one passage to support each answer.
2. Why didn’t these workers simply find another, better job?
3. Do you think they were treated fairly?
4. How could the workers act to try and improve this labor system?

 How does this compare to today?

Re-Test

Objective

• Describe the origins of the industrial revolution
• Analyze the effects of the industrial revolution on peoples' lives

Agenda

1. Test #3.5 - Revolution & Reaction
2. Economics of the Industrial Revolution 
3. Working Conditions in the IR - Modern Times

Re-Review

Objective

Review key concepts from Revolution & Reaction.

Agenda

1. Warm up - not written - Look at your review packet.  Identify the five hardest questions you can find in there.  Ask them to a neighbor, and have them do the same to you.
2. "The Story So Far"
3. Review Packet
4. Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution

Objective

• Describe the origins of the industrial revolution
• Analyze the effects of the industrial revolution on peoples' lives
  

Agenda

1. Reading Quiz #7 - Industrial Revolution
   
2. Warm up #16: Look at the map on the front board. Describe one thing that it tells us about England's population from 1701 to 1911.
   
3. PowerPoint: Industrial Revolution
1. Notes
2. Worst Jobs - Plow / Crop Rotation
3. Charts & Graphs
4. Notes
5. Worst Jobs - Trains

Revolution & Reaction Test

Objectives

• Describe the causes and effects of democratic revolutions of the 18th and 19th century.

Agenda

• Study Review Guide (15 minutes) 
• Revolution & Reaction Test
• Reading #7 - Industrial Revolution - Due Tomorrow 

Latin America & 1848

Objectives

• Describe the causes and effects of the revolutions of 1848 and in Latin America

Agenda

• No written warm-up.
• PowerPoint:  Reaction and Revolution
• Reading & Worksheet
• PowerPoint:  Latin American Revolutions

Map of Europe

Objectives

• Describe the location of European countries today
• Analyze how the map of Europe has changed over time

Agenda

• Warm-Up #14
• Using the animated map linked below, for each of the following countries list if they GAINED or LOST territory.  The map has audio.  Listen to it with a group of nearby students (or use headphones).
• http://www.the-map-as-history.com/demos/tome01/index.php
• Countries:
• Prussia
• Russia
• Austria
• United Kingdom (Great Britain)
• France
• Map of Europe  due Tomorrow @ Start of Class
• Look at 1815 Map
• Complete Modern Map

Napoleon's Fall

Objectives

• Analyze how Napoleon fell from power in France
• Evaluate what mistakes Napoleon made.

Agenda

• Warm-Up #13
• In what year did the French invasion of Russia occur?  (Google!)
• What famous song was about this invasion?  (Google!  Hint:  The Year is in the Title)
• Who wrote this song?  (Google!)
• Listening to the song, what unusual "instrument" is featured in the last part of the song?
• PowerPoint:  Napoleon
• Tiger and the Shark
• Invasion of Russia
• 100 Days
• Reading Quiz

Napoleon's Rise

Objectives

• Analyze how Napoleon rose to power in France
• Evaluate his methods for effective leadership

Agenda

• Review:  Political Spectrum  (I need 5 volunteers)
• PowerPoint:  Napoleon
• Young Napolen
• Italian Campaign
• Egyptian Campaign
• Rise to Power
• Napoleon's Reforms
• Emperor Napoleon
• Video:  Engineering An Empire (10 min)
• Louis XIV & Versailles
• Napoleon & Arc de Triomphe
• Primary Source:  Napoleon Speaks to His Troops
• Imagine you are a military commander.   List three ways you could inspire your troops in a speech.
• Write down three quotes from the speech where he inspires his troops, then explain it in your own words.  Mark it with a * if he used one of your suggestions.
• Describe one argument that Napoleon made to inspire his troops that you did not list in your predictions.
• This speech was intended for two audiences. The first was his troops.  Who was the second?
• Why does Napoleon ask his soldiers to “respect the people whom you liberate?”
• How might we apply Napoleon’s advice to recent wars that the United States has been involved in?
• Reading #6 - Age of Napoleon (due Wednesday)

Liberty, Equality, Guillotine

Objectives

• Describe the major events of the French Revolution.
• Analyze how the French Revolution promoted radical nationalism.

Agenda

• Warm-Up #12:  List three causes of the French Revolution.
• PowerPoint:  French Revolution
• Reading #6 - Age of Napoleon (due Wednesday)

La Marseillaise

Objectives

• Describe the major events of the French Revolution.
• Analyze how the French Revolution promoted radical nationalism.

Agenda

• Short Period Today (1 hour)
• Listen to the music and read the lyrics to the La Marseillaise (in the middle table).  Then, with a partner or small group answer the following questions using information from your reading and the source.
• La Mareillaise (Primary Source)
• Definitions
• consort
• furrow
• cohort
• phalanx
• parricidal
• despot
• magnanimous
• Besides a revolution, who are the French people fighting?  [textbook]
• Examples  (for each, QUOTE it and then DESCRIBE it)
• Give at least three examples of what they accuse foreign enemies and describe what each means in your own words.
• Give at least one example of how they describe french soldiers and describe what it means in your own words.
• Give at least one example of how the song claims French people will be victorious, and describe what it means in your own words.
• PowerPoint:  French Revolution
• Reading Quiz - French Revolution
  

Roots of Revolution

Objectives

• Evaluate the three social contract theorists ideas
• Explain the main causes of the French Revolution

Agenda

• Warm-Up #11: Describe your view of human nature.  Are people naturally bad?  good? selfish?  neutral?   Justify your response.
• Brief Review:  Complete Hobbes vs. Locke Sheet
• PowerPoint:  Enlightenment Philosophers
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu
• PowerPoint:  The French Revolution
  
• Causes of the French Revolution
• Reading - French Revolution (due Friday)

Philosophers of the Enlightenment

Objectives

• Describe the major thinkers of the Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment
• Analyze Voltaire's argument for religious toleration

Agenda

• Treatise on Toleration
• Work with your groups to complete your primary source analysis
• Due in 15 minutes
• Class Discussion
• Evaluate Voltaire's Defense of Religion
• Why does Voltaire think it's crazy to try and coerce belief? 
• Why is dogma dangerous?
• Explain Voltaire's "Story of Religion"
• PowerPoint:  Enlightenment Philosphers
• Descarts
• Thought Experiment: State of Nature
• Hobbes
• Locke
• Rousseau

Enlightening Strikes!

Objectives

• Describe the major thinkers of the Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment
• Analyze Voltaire's argument for religious toleration

Agenda

• Listen to music from this time period and prepare for your quiz!
• Reading Quiz #4: Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment
• PowerPoint:  Enlightenment
• Paintings!
• What is the Enlightenment?
• Clip
• Scientific Revolution
• Ideals
•  Treatise on Toleration
• Introduction
• Your book says Voltaire was a Deist.  Why does the introduction of this piece suggest that might not be accurate?
• Usefulness of Religion
  
• In his first two paragraphs he offers a defense of religion.  Summarize that defense.
• Assume, for a moment, that Voltaire didn't actually believe this defense of false religion.  Why might he have written it anyway?
• What damage has superstition done "in history" according to Voltaire?
• He suggests France has been Enlightened.  During his time, what beliefs does he cite as common knowledge among the educated?  (page 2)
• What would Voltaire call government officials who would try and restrict their scientific beliefs based on religious values? (page 2)
• What is the most dangerous superstition, according to Voltaire? (page 2)
• Virtue is Better Than Science
  
• Define the word "dogma"
• Why does Voltaire oppose dogmas?
• Voltaire argues for freedom of belief at the end of this section.  How does he explain that the government cannot restrict it?
• On Universal Tolerance
• How should we regard all men?
• Define the word "satire"
• He tells an exaggerated, extreme story which he feels describes most religions.  (Read the story).  He then suggests to a clergyman that this is his story.  Summarize Voltaire's criticism of religion in this satirical story.