Social Studies 20: February 2015

Sunday 22 February 2015

The French Revolution and the Rise of Nationalism

The French Revolution is an extremely important historical event, especially when looking at the development of nationalism. Along with the American Revolution, the French Revolution incorporated ideas from the Enlightenment, particularly that the government should be responsible to its citizens and that all individuals have worth, in an attempt to create a state that was more reflective of the people living in that state. This was the shift away from having empires and monarchies with strict social classes, to a system of representative government and a country based on the people, not their royalty.

The French Revolution was extremely volatile and bloody, yet managed to, in the end, create a sense of belonging for the French people. What we will be covering in terms of this class is how this shift in French politics, as well as the subsequent rise of Napoleon, affected the growth of nationalism in France, and which of the five factors covered last week were the most significant.

Another Video to Watch

Nationalism and the French Revolution - Good article to read

What's the Week Look Like?

Note: Timelines for the morning and afternoon classes will be slightly different, as Ms. M will start teaching this week :)

Monday:

Pre-liminaries to the French Revolution

Morning Class - Notes
Afternoon Class - Activity (will last the majority of the class)

AM Class - Work on a paragraph from your writing assignments

Tuesday:

AM Class

Cause Event Effect Chart
How does it show the factors of Nationalism
Long-term effects of Napoleon
Half Class - work on projects. Bring your own laptops if you would like, but I have booked out the Chrome Books as well

PM Class

Double-sided Timeline
French Revolution Videos
Work on Paragraph from writing assignments

Wednesday:

AM Class

Review video and questions
Begin on Napoleon

Who was Napoleon and why should we care? Bring data seeking devices to do research

PM Class:

Finish with the French Revolution
Begin with Napoleon
Napoleon Activity

Thursday:

Rants by: Triefen, Kendal and Bailey
AM Class:

Napoleon on French Nationalism
Questions and review video on Napoleon
Last 40 minutes - work on your project so bring your own laptop or use the school chrome book

PM Class:

Finish yesterday's activity
Videos on Napoleon's life and career
Napoleonic Code
Review Questions - homework if not finished

Monday 16 February 2015

The End of Loyalties and Starting on How Nationalism Develops

This week, we will be finishing our discussion of what loyalties are by having a little "quiz." This is not an actual quiz for marks, but competition between you and your class mates to see how well you understand what nationalist and non-nationalist loyalties are.

So far, we have gone through what makes a nation - whether it is an actual nation-state (aka: country)

or a different type of belonging, which were the 6 different types of nations we discussed in class. It are the different ideas of belonging that start to create a devotion or loyalty to the nation. Depending on what that loyalty is focused on, nationalist loyalties being a devotion to the group or country, while non-nationalist loyalties are devotions to things that are more focused parts of your individual identity, will determine how strong the nationalism of a nation-state can become.

To look at nationalism and the good and bad parts of it, we also need to understand how nationalism is developed - you will be doing a major project on this topic. In class, we will study the French Revolution to look at the main factors that helped develop nationalism for France and why it was such a significant time in history. Here is a good video that highlights the main ideas of the French Revolution:

So What Will the Week Look Like?

Tuesday:

Finish eating all your pancakes from the free pancake breakfast (sorry afternoon class, this just applies to Block 2!!)
Meet our Student Teacher, Ms. M :)
The Supreme Sacrifice - is it a necessity in a nation-state?
Wrap It Up - Notes on dealing with conflicting loyalties
Questions and Videos on Loyalties

Wednesday:

Developing Nationalism Project

Make Your Groups
Pick Your Nation
Pick a Due Date

Notes - How does Nationalism develop?
Start Researching Projects

Thursday:

Rants by: Darian, Helena and Jessica
Go through your first writing assignments

Friday:

The beginning parts of the French Revolution
Work on Rough Copy of your writing assignments

Monday 9 February 2015

What's Loyalty Got to Do With It?

To start things off, there's a little housekeeping issue. If you would like to get "Remind" notices, click on the photo to get the download instructions to be part of the list. Any reminders for projects and deadlines, as well as to let you know when the new blog will be posted will be on that site.

As well, you can download the Google Classroom app if you would like (it's free on iTunes, so I would think that it would also be free for Android phones). The benefit to the app is that you do not have to log in time and time again to get access to the classrooms; you log in once and you're set - or so I've been informed...On to what we are learning this week!

So what exactly is loyalty and what does it have to do with nationalism? This week, we will start looking at that topic specifically.