Week 5 - The Nation State, Nationalism, and Statebuilding

Monday through Friday, February 1-5
Long periods: Work on independent research, reading and writing. 
Online Quiz 2.2 on the Industrial Revolution and Nationalism opens on Friday, 2/5 at 3:30PM and closes on Tuesday evening at midnight, 2/9. 

Day 1, Monday, 2/1: What is the nation?
In-class: Read the primary source handout from Ernst Renan, "What is the nation?," and discuss the following questions: What is the nation? In what ways is nationalism still a potent force in today's world? What do you think are nationalism's benefits in our times? Are there any drawbacks?

Homework for Day 2/3: Read “Nationalism and Statebuilding: Unifying Nations, 1850-1870,” in The West in the World, eds. Sherman/Salisbury, pp. 577-585 (up until the section "The Fight for National Unity in North America"), define the following key terms and persons and prepare notes on the question below:
Key terms: Nation, nation state, nationalism, Italian unification, German unification (Wars for unification), realpolitik, autocracy.
Key persons: Louis Cavour, Guiseppe Garibaldi, Otto von Bismarck.
Key Question: How did Italy and Germany unify? Analyze the methods used by leaders such as Cavour and Bismarck to achieve national unity, and compare with the efforts during the revolutions of 1848.   
  
Day 2/3 (Long periods): Independent Research.
In-class: Meet in the library. Work on the book review projects, reading and writing, OR research historiography for the next step, the independent research historiography essay.  

Day 2/3 (short periods): Italian and German Unification.
In-class: Discuss how Italian and German leaders unified their respective nations.

Homework for Day 4: Read “Nationalism and Statebuilding: Unifying Nations, 1850-1870,” in The West in the World, eds. Sherman/Salisbury, pp. 585-593, define the following key terms and persons and prepare notes on the question below. Note the chronology on p. 589.
Key terms: The Dual Monarchy, Balkan nationalism, the Crimean War, Alexander II's "Great Reforms," and serfs.
Key persons: Napoleon III, and Alexander II.
Key question #1: How did leaders such as Napoleon III in France and Alexander II in Russia employ nationalism in their countries' state-building?
Key question #2: In what ways was nationalism divisive in the Austrian and Ottoman empires? 

Day 4: Nationalism in North America, Eastern Europe and the Ottoman Empire.
In-class: Discuss and compare the role of nationalism in North America, France, Russia, Austria and the Ottoman Empire.
Homework: No homework over the weekend; continue independent research and writing related to individual projects. Rough drafts of independent research papers are DUE on Thursday, 2/11/2016.

Week 4 - 1848: A Wave of Revolution and Reform

Monday through Friday, January 25-29, 2016

Friday, 1/29: MLK Mini-Conference (Special schedule with shortened classes).

Guest lecture on art and revolution by Ellen Zieselman during the long periods.

*Leading questions: What were the effects of industrialization? What was Marxism, and how was it a response to industrialization?

Day 1: The Effects of the Industrial Revolution.
In-class: Chronicle current events.
In-class: Read primary sources on the effects of industrialization.
In-class: Begin reading “Factories, Cities, and Families in the Industrial Age: The Industrial Revolution, 1780-1850,” in The West in the World, eds. Sherman/Salisbury, pp. 528-536 (up to the section entitled, "Public Health and Medicine in the Industrial Age"), and answer the following question (prepare for graded discussion):

- Homework question for Day 2/3: How would you compare the consequences of industrialization for the middle classes and working classes? Use primary source evidence for support where possible.

Day 2/3 (Long periods): Art and Revolutions.

Meet in classroom for guest lecture in art history by Ellen Zieselman.

Day 2/3 (Short periods): Marxism.

In-class: Chronicle current events.
In-class: Read primary sources on Marxism.
Homework for Day 4: Read secondary source packet on the industrial revolution; take notes on AEB, i.e., the arguments, evidence, and whether or not you buy it.

Day 4: Martin Luther King Mini-Conference (Special schedule with shortened classes).

In-class: Discuss the secondary sources, and watch film clip from Modern Times.

Week 3 - The Industrial Revolution

Tuesday through Friday, January 19-22.

Holiday: MLK JR Day, Monday, 1/19 - No class. 

Long periods: Meet in library; In-class reading time for independent research. 

Leading questions: What is industrialization? Where did industrialization begin? How and why did industrialization occur? What were the effects of industrialization, and how did people respond to the conditions of industrialization? 

Day 1: Utopianism, Marxism and Socialism.
Heads up! Homework DUE for Day 1:
Periods 3 on Tuesday, 1/19, Period 7 on Wednesday, 1/20, and Periods 4&5 on Thursday, 1/21; 

- Read “Factories, Cities, and Families in the Industrial Age: The Industrial Revolution, 1780-1850,” in The West in the World, eds. Sherman/Salisbury, pp. 517-527, and prepare notes on the key terms and question below (prepare for graded discussion): 
- Key Terms: Industrial revolution, capital, entrepreneur, and factory system. 
- Homework question: How do you explain why Britain industrialized before other European nations and non-Western societies such as China?

In-class: Review the age of ideologies, Week 1 and 2 materials; read Marx and Engels, "The Communist Manifesto", and discuss the ideologies of Marxism and Socialism.

Day 1/2 (long periods): Independent Research.

Meet in the library; come prepared to read for the book review project and discuss with instructor.

- Homework for Day 3: Read or review "The Guano Age," in Charles Mann, 1493, pp. 271-281, and answer the following question.

- Homework question: How does the story of guano shed new light on where and how the industrial revolution began and developed?  

Day 3:The Beginnings of Industrialization.
- In-class: Discuss "The Guano Age," in Charles Mann, 1493, pp. 271-281. 

- Homework over the weekend: Work on independent research and writing.

Week 2 - Reaction, Reform and Revolution

Monday through Friday, January 11-15, 2015.

Long Periods: Independent Research (IR) time in library; focus on independent research.

Quiz#2.1 goes live online on Haiku on Friday afternoon, 1/15 at 3:30 and will remain open through Wednesday evening at midnight, 1/20; covers materials from Weeks 1 and 2. 

   

Leading questions: What were some of the main characteristics of 19th-century conservatism, liberalism, and nationalism? How did early 19th-century conservatives and liberals respond to the French Revolution? How were their ideas reflected in the reactions to the French Revolution, i.e., The Congress of Vienna, and the reform movements that ensued?

Day 1: Counterrevolution and Reaction. 
In-class: Review Week 1, the history of human rights and discuss current events. 
Homework for Day 2: Read “Coping with Change: Ideology, Politics, and Revolution, 1815-1850,” in The West in the World, eds. Sherman/Salisbury, pp. 547-555; take notes on the following key terms and persons.

Key Terms: The Restoration, the Congress of Vienna, the Holy Alliance, the Concert of Europe, ideology, conservatism, liberalism, nationalism, laissez faire, and utilitarianism. 
Key Persons: Prince Klemens von Metternich, Tsar Alexander I, Edmund Burke, Louis de Bonald, Joseph de Maistre (see document 18.1 in textbook), Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, Jeremy Bentham, and John Stuart Mill.

Day 2/3: Romanticism, Restoration and Repression.
Long periods: Meet in the library for reading time and research; set up one-on-one meetings with the instructor about research.

Homework for Day 3: Read “Coping with Change: Ideology, Politics, and Revolution, 1815-1850,” in The West in the World, eds. Sherman/Salisbury, pp. 556-564 (up until "A Wave of Revolution and Reform"); take notes on the following key terms and persons, and answer the following two questions.
Key Terms: Romanticism, "Storm and Stress" literature, utopian socialists, the Communist Manifesto, socialism, Carlsbad Decrees and the Peterloo Massacre.
Key Persons: Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Saint-Simon, Charles Fourier, Robert Owen, Flora Tristan, Karl Marx, and Charles X.
Key Questions for Day 3:
#1: What forces stemming from the French Revolution did conservatives try to repress or contain? To what extent do you think conservatives succeeded?
#2: In what ways did the ideas and actions of liberals, nationalists, and socialists challenge conservatives between 1815 and 1850?  

Day 3: A Wave of Revolution and Reform.
In-class: Discuss two primary sources from the in-class handout, i.e., The Carlsbad Decrees"; review homework on the role of ideologies in the wake of the French Revolution.
Homework for Day 4: Read “Coping with Change: Ideology, Politics, and Revolution, 1815-1850,” in The West in the World, eds. Sherman/Salisbury, pp. 564-574, take notes on the following key terms and persons, answer the two questions.
Key Terms: The Greek War for Independence, The July Revolution in France, Carbonari, Reform Bill of 1832, Corn Laws, Irish Famine, Chartism, National Workshops, Frankfurt Assembly, June Days in France.   
Key Persons: Louis Philippe. 
Key Questions for Day 4:
#1: What if any was the impact of the revolutions of 1848?
#2: Why did the revolutions so quickly collapse?

Day 4: Coping with Change: Ideology, Politics, and Revolution, 1815-1850.
In-class: Discuss the final set of readings, and review the material from the week in preparation for Quiz 2.1.
Homework over the weekend: Continue reading for the book review project and independent research. 

Homework over the weekend: Continue to work on independent research and writing.

Homework for Day 1/2 (Periods 3 on Tuesday, 1/19, Period 7 on Wednesday, 1/20, and Periods 4&5 on Thursday, 1/21): 

- Read “Factories, Cities, and Families in the Industrial Age: The Industrial Revolution, 1780-1850,” in The West in the World, eds. Sherman/Salisbury, pp. 517-527, and prepare notes on the key terms and question below (prepare for graded discussion):

- Key Terms: Industrial revolution, capital, entrepreneur, and factory system.

- Homework question: How do you explain why Britain industrialized before other European nations and non-Western societies such as China?