European+Developments+1815-1880

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Unit Preview: After the Congress of Vienna, Europe experienced a period of peace until the Crimean War broke out in 1853. There were local revolutions in Italy, Austria, Spain but these efforts to push forward the agenda of liberalism and the ideals of the French Revolution were for the most part checked by the Metternich System. The Crimean War, initiated by the crumbling of the Ottoman Empire and Russian designs to expand into that territory ended the peace of 1815. As a result of that conflict, Russia turned inward for a generation in an effort to modernize their nation to compete with more the more industrialized world they encountered in the Crimean War. Austria, who stayed neutral but played both sides during the war, emerged from the conflict with no true allies on the continent and with her empire being tugged by the multinational forces that existed inside her borders. Italy and Germany whose aspirations for nation statehood had been ignored at the Congress of Vienna, were able to unite in the second part of the 19th century by pursuing wise military, domestic and diplomatic strategies. The addition of two nations to the continent of Europe, significantly altered the balance of power in the region and along with the forces of nationalism and imperialism paved the way for the conflicts and events of the 20th Century.

Day 7: Test -- no essay :)

Day 6: Germany under Bismarck

Day Five: German Unification Read Blood and Iron Speech - How does this set the tone for how unification will be achieved? Mini-Lecture: How does it actually go down? 1. 1864- Danish War Schleswig-Holstein 2. 1866 -Seven Weeks War 3. 1870 -Franco-Prussian War How does the strategy of Bismarck reflect the lessons learned from prior attempts to unify? How does it reflect a policy of "Blood and Iron"? How the way Germany unifies set the tone for how it behaves for the next century? Introduce Realpolitik: "the politics of reality - the practice of tough power politics without room for idealism" .

Day Four: Wrap-up Italian Unification/ German Unification (Tuesday)



1. In pairs share cartoon analysis paragraph. Add details based on what you heard. 2. Analyze cartoon as a class Victor Emmanuel (crown) Garibaldi (sword) caption -- vs. what? Austria, other options...the people, the pope) Interaction between them...cooperative, Garibaldi is kneeling, VE2 is helping British opinion - they love constitutional democracies.

3. Switch gear to Gemany. - locate in time and place (1864-1871) vs. 1859-1860, w/ Venetia and Rome in '66.'70) 4. Sort cards as + or - for German Unification 5. discus + and - as a class ...how similar/different to Italy's situation? 6. Create a thesis statement about + and about - -one person in each pair does each option) Describe and analyze the factors that promoted German Unification Describe and analyze the factors that hindered German Unification Share out a few examples. 7. Make a to do list and a tool kit

Mini-Lecture: How does it actually go down? 1. 1864- Danish War Schleswig-Holstein 2. 1866 -Seven Weeks War 3. 1870 -Franco-Prussian War

How does the strategy of Bismarck reflect the lessons learned from prior attempts to unify? How does it reflect a policy of "Blood and Iron"? How the way Germany unifies set the tone for how it behaves for the next century? Homework: Political cartooon: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing or Prussian Helmet

Day Three: Italian Unification (Monday) EQ: What strategies did the Italians use to accomplish Unification? Sort cards as + or - for Italian Unification - discuss as a class. Create a thesis statement about +. Create a thesis statement about about - Based on what you see what do they need to accomplish in order to become unified. Make a to-do list? Based upon + and - how will Italy accomplish this? Review how they actually unify using cards and map. Homework: Political cartoon -- "The Right Boot at Last" - Analyze

Day Two: Crimean War EQ: Why is the Crimean War significant? 1. -watch excerpts from Crimean War -- take notes [|Crimean War - Episode 2] 16:59-22:00 Florence Nightingale 28:14-29:27 Frostbite in trenches / Russian winter 35:20 - Railroad Episode 3: [|Crimean War Episode 3] Seige of Sebastopol and results of war 37:00- end

2. Write an identification for Crimean War: who, what, where, when, why significant? 3. Summarizer: Apples to Apples Crimean War

Day One: Nationalism EQ: What role did nationalism play in shifting the balance of power in the 19th C/ This reading includes the theme of nationalism in 19th C. Europe, European maps from 1815 & 1871 and a synopsis of Eastern Europe through 1914. 1. Reading on Nationalism 2. Lay of Land Eastern Europe -- why does this matter for the balance of power?  3. Crimean War -mini-lecture Episode 1 -[|Crimean War Episode 1]
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Materials below this line are from 2011-2012 [|potential plan] [|DBQ] [|cartoon options] [|background on constitutional crisis]