Unit Name/ Topic: 10.2 Enlightenment, Revolution, Nationalism

Anticipated Time Allotted for Unit:

September - October

Key Vocabulary:

Scientific Revolution (n.)

absolute monarch (n.)

reason (n.)

rights (n.)

urbanization (n.)

abolition movement (n.)

Catherine the Great (n.)

enlightened despot (n.)

Mary Wollstonecraft (n.)

natural rights (n.)

social reform movement (n.)

suffrage (n.)

William Wilberforce (n.)

women’s rights movement (n.)

revolution (n.)

political revolution (n.)

non-political revolution (n.)

Nationalism

Blood and iron

Camillo di Cavour (n.)

Congress of Vienna (n.)

Giuseppe Garibaldi (n.)

Giuseppe Mazzini (n.)

King Wilhelm I (n.)

Napoleon Bonaparte (n.)

Napoleonic Wars (n.)

Otto Von Bismarck (n.)

NYS Learning Standards:

10.2

KEY IDEA: ENLIGHTENMENT, REVOLUTION, AND NATIONALISM: The Enlightenment called into question traditional beliefs and inspired widespread political, economic, and social change. This intellectual movement was used to challenge political authorities in Europe and colonial rule in the Americas. These ideals inspired political and social movements.

10.2a

CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING: Enlightenment thinkers developed political philosophies based on natural laws, which included the concepts of social contract, consent of the governed, and the rights of citizens.

10.2a1

CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will examine at least three Enlightenment thinkers, including John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and key ideas from their written works

10.2b

CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING: Individuals used Enlightenment ideals to challenge traditional beliefs and secure people’s rights in reform movements, such as women’s rights and abolition; some leaders may be considered enlightened despots.

10.2b1

CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will explore the influence of Enlightenment ideals on issues of gender and abolition by examining the ideas of individuals such as Mary Wollstonecraft and William Wilberforce.

10.2b2

CONCEPT SPECIFICATION: Students will examine enlightened despots including Catherine the Great.

10.2c

CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING: Individuals and groups drew upon principles of the Enlightenment to spread rebellions and call for revolutions in France and the Americas.

10.2c1

CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will examine evidence related to the preconditions of the French Revolution and the course of the revolution, noting the roles of Olympe de Gouges, Maximilien Robespierre, and Napoleon Bonaparte.

10.2c2

CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will examine the evidence related to the impacts of the French Revolution on resistance and revolutionary movements, noting the roles of Toussaint L’Ouverture and Simon Bolivar.

10.2d

CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING: Cultural identity and nationalism inspired political movements that attempted to unify people into new nation-states and posed challenges to multinational states.

10.2d1

CONCEPT SPECIFICATION: Students will investigate the role of cultural identity and nationalism in the unification of Italy and Germany and in the dissolution of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires.

Content/ Skills Taught:

Europe in 1750:

• Examine events from the Middle Ages to the mid-1700s from multiple perspectives.

Enlightenment:

• Describe what the Enlightenment was and the historical context in which it took place.

• Describe the points of view of Enlightenment Thinkers on government.
• Explain how Enlightenment ideas influenced the women’s rights and abolition movements in England and Enlightened Despots.
• Source an excerpt of the book A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792)

• To what extent did Mary Wollstonecraft challenge ideas about the rights of women in 18th century Europe?

The French Revolution

• Describe the French Revolution.
• Describe the actions taken to address issues in France during the National Assembly stage of the French Revolution.
• Evaluate to what extent the actions taken during this stage of the revolution fixed problems in France.
• Describe what occurred during the Radical Revolution Stage of the French Revolution
• Evaluate to what extent this stage of the revolution help the French meet their revolutionary goal
• Describe what occurred during the Age of Napoleon stage of the French Revolution
• Evaluate to what extent this stage of the revolution helped the French meet their revolutionary goals

Latin American Revolutions:

• Explain what nationalism is and what effect it can have on individuals and on society.
• Contextualize independence movements in the Western Hemisphere in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Unification of Italy & Germany

• Describe how nationalism affected Europe in the 19th century with regards to the unification of Germany and Italy, and the weakening of the Austrian and Ottoman Empires.  

Areas for Differentiated Instruction:

Read as a whole group

Guided notes

Graphic Organizers

Learning Activities:

Lecture

Worksheets

Video Clips

Create mini and large posters

Assessments:

Enlightenment Thinker Idea Poster

Historical Circumstances of the French Revolution Poster

Worksheets

Test - Regents Multiple Choice Questions & CRQ

Resources: