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


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