Wednesday, October 11, 2017

11.2: The Emergence of Mass Society

Chapter 11 Lesson 2: The Emergence of Mass Society
  • Vocabulary (p.208)
  • Reading Progress Check (p.209): Present three reasons for the growth of European cities in order of importance.  Explain your answer.
  • Critical Thinking (p.209): Wo chich social class did these women belong?  What was the social class of their employer?
  • Reading Progress Check (p.210): Discuss the major social changes that occurred during the Second Industrial Revolution.
  • Drawing Conclusions (p.210): What do the different types of militancy outlined by Pankhurst show about her approach to the struggle for women's rights?
  • Critical Thinking (p.211): Why did British police prevent the Pankhursts from entering Buckingham Palace?
  • Reading Progress Check (p.212): How did the working-class family change in the late 1800's?
  • Critical Thinking (p.212): Compare and contrast the amusement part at Blackpool with those of today.
  • Reading Progress Check (p.212): What were some reasons governments promoted public education?
  • Lesson 2 Review: # 3, 5, 6
Sister Suffragette: Mary Poppins
Emmeline Pankhurst:
Video: The Emergence of Mass Society
Here in America:

11.1: The Growth of Industrial Prosperity

The Growth of Industrial Prosperity
  1. The Second Industrial Revolution
    1. New Products and Patterns
      1. Bessemer Process makes high quality steel cheaply
      2. Electricity was a valuable new form of energy
      3. Electricity leads to new inventions
      4. Streetcars and subways powered by electricity
      5. Development of internal combustion engine
      6. Industrial production grew as a result of increased sales
      7. First department stores sell variety of consumer goods
      8. Europe divided into two different economic zones
    2. Toward a World Economy
      1. Second Industrial Revolution and growth of transportation fostered world economy
      2. European capital invested abroad to develop railways, mines, power plants and banks.
  2. Organizing the Working Classes
    1. Marx's Theory
      1. Communist Manifesty by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
      2. Marx believed all history was a history of class struggles
      3. Marx believed society was splitting into two great hostile camps: bougoisie (middle class) and proletariat (working class)
      4. Predicted that struggle between classes would lead to revolution
    2. Socialist Parties
      1. Working class leaders formed socialist parties based on Marx's ideas.
      2. Socialist parties emerged in other European states
      3. Marxist parties divided over goals -- revolutionists vs. revisionists
    3. Trade Unions
      1. Trade unions worked for evolutionary rather than revolutionary change.
Assignment:
  • Page 205: Geography Connection
    1. What parts of Europe were the least industrialized?
    2. How do you think the environment was affected in areas of industrial concentration?
  • #3: What were the causes and effects of the Second Industrial Revolution in Western Europe?
  • #4: How was socialism a response to industrialization?
  • #5: Write a paragraph describing the obstacles that trade unions faced in their effort to improve labor conditions.

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Chapter 10.5: Romanticism and Realism

Assignment: Chapter 10:5
  • First, make sure you label your paper with your name, the date, and Chapter 10:5.
  • Looking at this picture of the British House of Parliament, notice that it uses the Gothic Revival style of architecture, which often repeated medieval elements such as towers.  What makes structures such as those with towers representative of the Romantic movement?
  • How did science and industrialization contribute to the development of romanticism's celebration of nature?
  • How did advances in science influence life during the Industrial Revolution?
  • What factors contributed to the movement known as realism?
  • Write a paragraph describing some key event in your life using the style of the romantics or the realists.
[Insert Video of Romanticism Here]

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Monday, October 9, 2017

10.4: Nation Building in Latin America

Chapter 10 Lesson 4: Nation Building in Latin America
  • Taking Notes (p.192): Chart
  • Reading Progress Check (p.194): What did Hidalgo, Jose de San Martin, and Simon Bolivar have in common?
  • Reading Progress Check (p.195): Why did Latin American countries continue to experience economic dependence after achieving political independence?
  • Lesson 4 Review (p.195): #1, 3, 4, 5

Thursday, October 5, 2017

10.3: Nationalism, Unification, and Reform

Chapter 10 Lesson 3: Nationalism, Unification, and Reform
  • Vocabulary (p.186):
    • Unification
    • Regime
    • Militarism
    • Emancipation
    • Abolitionism
  • Taking Notes (p.186): Chart
  • Geography Connection (p.187): #1 & 2
  • Critical Thinking (p.188): How did Bismarck's and Garibaldi's careers as unifiers differ?
  • Reading Progress Check  (p.189): How did the Crimean War destroy the Concert of Europe?
  • Critical Thinking (p.190): How does this image convey the possible living conditions of Russian peasants?
  • Reading Progress Check (p.191): What concessions did the Hungarians gain from the Compromise of 1867?
  • Reading Progress Check (p.191): What issues divided Americans in the 1800's?
  • Lesson 3 Review (p.191): #2, 3, 5

10:1: The Industrial Revolution

Watch this short video about the Industrial Revolution in England:
  1. Vocabulary (p.176)
  2. Critical Thinking (p.177): In what way does this image depict factory work?
  3. Reading Progress Check (p.178): Why might it be important to have fast, reliable transportation between Manchester and Liverpool?
  4. Geography Connection (p.179): #1 & 2
  5. Reading Progress Check: How did the effects of industrialization in the United States compare with those in Great Britain?
  6. DBQ (p.180): Why might the British Parliament have examined the conditions of child factory workers?
  7. Reading Progress Check (p.181): Why do you think the working conditions during the Industrial Revolution led some to argue for socialism?
  8. Review Questions: #4, 5, & 6
The Brooklyn Bridge




Many people have never heard of Granville T. Woods, but he was an amazing inventor.


Finally, this is an interesting clip about Thomas Edison