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AP World History Unit #11- Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West & The Industrial Revolution

(Chapters 24-25)

Knowledge Scale

Learning Objective: Students will understand why and how Western civilization’s focus in the 19th century shifted from the Enlightenment and Revolution to an emphasis on Nationalism and Industrial Productivity.

4 – I can do everything from #3, PLUS I can make unique connections between the political and economic beliefs of the 19th century and the continuing political and economic disagreements in the modern world.

3 – I can explain 4 or more key topics (People, Ideas, Events, etc.) for each of the following: Latin-American revolutions in the 19th century, European Nationalism in the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution, and Marxism/Communism.

2 – I can explain 2 to 3 key topics (People, Ideas, Events, etc.) for each of the following: Latin-American revolutions in the 19th century, European Nationalism, the Industrial Revolution, and Marxism/Communism.

1 – I’ve heard of Latin-American revolutions, nationalism, industrialization, and communism, but I’m not exactly sure what they are or how they affected human history.

0 – I don’t know anything about how Latin-American countries became independent, how nationalism impacted Europe in the 19th century, what the Industrial Revolution was or how it changed lives worldwide, nor do I know anything about the development of communism.

Monday, January 22nd – Warm-Up #1

Answer the following questions based on your reading from Chapter 24, Sec. 1:

1. Search: a) What term was used in Latin America to describe people of mixed European and Native American ancestry? b) What term was used in Latin America to describe Latin Americans born in Spain?

2. Search: In which of the following ways did the liberation of Mexico and Brazil differ?

a) Mexico’s liberation was violent; Brazil’s liberation was nonviolent.

b) Mexico was liberated from Spanish control; Brazil was liberated from French control.

c) Mexico’s liberation involved Creoles; Brazil’s liberation did not involve Creoles.

d) All of the above are true.

3. Analyze: Why do you think that Latin-American born Spaniards, a group that suffered far less oppression than other groups, would be the group to lead the revolution against Spain? (At least 1 reason and 1 complete sentence)

4. Apply: Why do you think many Latin-American countries today have a high-rate of poverty? (At least 1 sentence)

Tuesday, January 23rd – Warm-Up #2

Answer the following questions based on your reading from Chapter 24, Section 2:

1. Search: a) What elected ruler of France declared himself emperor in 1852? b) What Russian ruler issued the Edict of Emancipation in 1861?

2. Search: A key characteristic of nationalism is

a) a shared culture. b) a flag.

c) a president. d) a supply of weapons.

3. Analyze: What conditions and realities of life made it difficult for supporters of constitutional government to succeed in Europe in the early 1800s? (At least 1 sentence)

4. Apply: Based on the definitions provided in this section, do you consider yourself to be a conservative, a liberal, or a radical? Explain your answer in at least 1 complete sentence.

Thursday, January 25th – Warm-Up #3

Answer the following questions based on your reading from Chapter 24, Sections 3-4:

1.  Search: a) Who originated the political style known as realpolitik? b) Who was the female author that wrote “Frankenstein”?

2.  Search: What was the goal of impressionistic artists and composers?

a)  To show the ugly conditions created by industrialization.

b)  To illustrate a moment in time.

c)  To protest the growing wealth of the middle class.

d)  To glorify national heroes.

3.  Analyze: Why were some nationalistic movements successful and others failures? (At least 1 reason and 1 sentence)

4.  Apply: In the United States today, which of the following three factors has the most influence on the average Americans thoughts and actions – Nationalism, Religious Faith, or Economic Status? Why? (Explain in at least 1 sentence)

Friday, January 26th- No Warm-Up

Child Labor Debate

Monday, January 29th – Warm-Up #4

Answer the following questions based on your reading from Chapter 25, Section 1:

1. Search: a) What are the three factors of production needed to produce goods and services that the Industrial Revolution requires? b) What was the first industry to undergo major industrialization?

2. Search: All of the following were results of the agricultural revolution in Britain EXCEPT that

a) food prices decreased

b) population increased.

c) the number of farmers increased.

d) the average size for farms increased

3. Analyze: Why did the Industrial Revolution occur in Great Britain before it occurred elsewhere in Europe? (At least 1 reason and 1 sentence)

4. Apply: a) At what age do you think a person should be given his or her first cell phone? B) Have cell phones made your life better or worse? Give a specific example to explain your answer.

Answer the following questions based on your reading from Chapter 25, Section 2:

5. Search: a) What term describes the growth of cities and the movement of people to cities? b) What kinds of people formed the middle class?

6. Search: Which of the following did NOT improve as an early result of the Industrial Revolution?

a) factory working conditions

b) the quality of clothing

c) the average person’s diet

d) transportation

7. Analyze: Think about all of the various groups of people who were involved in the Industrial Revolution, from rural aristocrats to skilled workers to the children of the poor. What one group would you say benefited the most from the Industrial Revolution in the short term? Why? (At least 1 complete sentence)

8. Apply: Do you believe that scientists today should be allowed to create “test tube” babies, altering their DNA so that the baby looks exactly like the parents want it to? Why or Why not? (At least 1 sentence)

Tuesday, January 30th- Warm-Up #5

Answer the following questions based on your reading from Chapter 25, Section 3:

1. Search: a) What term describes a type of business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts? b) What was the first Asian country to begin industrialization?

2. Search: What did Britain do to keep industrial secrets from the United States?

a) blockaded the United States from engaging in international trade

b) sent messengers with misleading information to the United States

c) forbade engineers, mechanics, and toolmakers from leaving the country

d) charged impossible fees for the secrets of industrialization

3. Analyze: What are some of the factors that discouraged the growth of industrialization in certain countries? (List at least 2 and explain how each discouraged industrialization in a complete sentence)

4. Apply: President Barack Obama has argued that the next economic revolution that must take place is a revolution in energy production. Would you support establishing a ban on the production and sale of gasoline and other oil-based products by 2025? Why or why not?

Thursday, February 1st – Warm-Up #6

Answer the following questions based on your reading from Chapter 25, Section 4:

1. Search: a) What British economist defended the free-market system of capitalism in his book, The Wealth of Nations? b) What German philosopher is considered the father of communism?

2. Search: Nineteenth century socialists argued that government should

a) leave the economy alone. b) actively plan the economy.

c) destroy the economy. d) allow the economy to be controlled by the bourgeoise.

3. Analyze: In the 19th century, what were some of the main differences between the beliefs of laissez-faire capitalists and communists?

4. Apply: Is the United States economy today more similar to laissez-faire capitalism, utilitarianism, socialism, or communism? Explain your answer giving at least 1 specific fact in 1 complete sentence.

Divide the next warm-up box into two equal columns. At the top of the first column write and underline Romanticism, at the top of the second column write and underline Realism. Within the two boxes, answer the following questions:

Romanticism:

What are 4 defining characteristics of Romanticism (bullet points)? Describe what Romanticism is in one paragraph. (Minimum 3 sentences)

Realism:

What are 4 defining characteristics of Realism (bullet points)? Describe what Realism is in one paragraph. (Minimum 3 sentences)

Friday, February 2nd – No Warm-Up

Unit 11 Exam

Supplementary Warm-Ups

“Man for the field and woman for the hearth: Man for the sword and for the needle she: Man with the head and woman with the heart: Man to command and Woman to obey.” –Lord Tennyson, 1847

“You have to make more noise than anybody else, you have to make yourself more obtrusive than anybody else, you have to fill the papers more than anybody else… to get reform realized.” –Emmeline Pankhurst, 1913

1.  Search: a) According to Tennyson, what were the responsibilities of men and women? B) According to Pankhurst, what did women have to do “to get reform realized”?

2.  If Tennyson and Pankhurst could see the treatment of women in the world today, how would they feel? (At least 2 sentences)

3. a) What is one problem in the world that you would like to fix? B) Do you agree with Pankhurst, that publicizing the problem is the best way to fix it? Why or Why not? (At least 1 sentence)

(10-15 minutes) *Bell Work – “Listening is a rare happening among human beings. You cannot listen to the word another is speaking if you are preoccupied with your appearance or with impressing the other, or are trying to decide what you are going to say when the other stops talking, or are debating about whether what is beings aid is true or relevant or agreeable. Such matters have their place, but only after listening to the word as the word is being uttered.” –William Stringfellow

1. Search: According to Stringfellow, what distractions keep a person from truly listening?

2. Analyze: What is a long-term consequence of failing to truly listen? (At least 1 sentence)

3. Apply: Do you consider yourself to be a good listener? Why or Why not? (At least 1 sentence)

“Frightful must it be; for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavour to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world. His success would terrify the artist; He would rush away from his odious (disgusting) handy-work, horror stricken. He would hope that left to itself, the slight spark of life which he had communicated would fade; that this thing, which had received such imperfect animation (life), would subside into dead matter; and he might sleep in the belief that the silence of the grave would quench for ever the transient (short) existence of the hideous corpse which he had looked upon as the cradle of life.” –Mary Shelley, author of “Frankenstein”

1.  Search: According to Shelley, how would the creator of Frankenstein’s monster react once the monster came to life? (At least 1 sentence)

2.  Analyze: Why do you think a scientist might try to “create” life? (At least 1 reason and 1 sentence)

3. Apply: Do you believe that scientists today should be allowed to create “test tube” babies, altering their DNA so that the baby looks exactly like the parents want it to? Why or Why not? (At least 1 sentence)

“… provided a child should be drowsy, the overlooker walks round the room… and he touches the child on the shoulder, and says, ‘Come here.’ In a corner of the room there is an iron cistern; it is filled with water; he takes this boy, and takes him up by the legs, and dips him over head in the cistern, and sends him to work for the remainder of the day…” –British Parliamentary Inquiry, circa 1850

1.  Search: What would the “overlooker” do to “drowsy” children?

2.  Analyze: Why do you think European governments allowed factories to hire children as young as 6 years old? (At least 1 reason and 1 sentence)

3.  Apply: Should the United States boycott (refuse to buy) products made in China, which uses labor in its factories? Why or Why not? (At least 1 sentence)

(10-15 minutes) *Bell Work – “My children, this day comes to us as a new dispensation. Are you ready to receive it? Will you be free? Will you make the effort to recover from the hated Spaniards, the lands stolen from your forefathers 300 years ago? – Miguel Hidalgo, September 16, 1810

1.  Search: What is Hidalgo encouraging the mestizos in Mexico to do? (At least 1 sentence)

2.  Analyze: Why would the mestizos, people of mixed European and Native American descent, hate the Spaniards and want to force them out of Mexico? (At least 1 reason and 1 sentence)

3.  Apply: Why do you think many Latin-American countries have a high-rate of poverty? (At least 1 sentence)

“Shortly before mid-day I placed the single earphone to my ear and started listening … I was at last on the point of putting… my beliefs to the test… The electric waves sent out into space from Britain had traversed the Atlantic – the distance of 1,700 miles – It was an epoch in history. I now felt for the first time absolutely certain the day would come when mankind would be able to send messages without wires… between the farthermost ends of the earth.” –Guglielmo Marconi, 1901

1.  Search: What invention was Marconi testing?

2.  Analyze: Why does Marconi say that this successful test was “an epoch in history.” Why was it so important? (At least 1 sentence)

3. Apply: a) At what age do you think a person should be given his or her first cell phone? B) Have cell phones made your life better or worse? Give a specific example to explain your answer.