Lesson Plans
Meaghan McCauley
Week of November 27th, 2006

Monday-Friday: 48-minute classes

Objectives:
1) Role-play scenarios that show the development of nationalism.
2) Recognize the six characteristics of nationalism and the nation-state.
3) List the artists of the romantic and realism movements.
4) Analyze political cartoons.
5) Explain the beginnings of industrialization in Britain.


Essential Question:
The time period from 1500 to 1815+ was a turning point in world history. What new ideas and accompanying major political and economic changes were characteristic of this revolutionary era?

Departmental Focus Question:
1) How did nationalism, a legacy of the Revolutionary Era, contribute to both the creation of nation-states and the building of empires?

Monday:
1) Focus Question: Why didn’t the policy of russification work?
2) Finish Structured Notes on Chapter 24, Sections 1-3.
3) Close Activity: Overhead: Language Fuels Nationalism.
Homework:
1) Read and Complete Section Assessment for Chapter 24, Section 4, “Revolutions in the Arts,” #1-3.

Tuesday:
1) Focus Question: Why would romanticism influence nationalism?
2) PowerPoint Presentation: Romancing the Romantics….
3) Close Activity: Any questions?
Homework:
1) Chapter 24 TAKE HOME TEST: Pick 10 of Chapter 24’s Identifications, define them, and state their importance in at least 3 sentences apiece. (Due FRIDAY, December 1st) You may hand it in early for five bonus points.

Wednesday:
1) Focus Question: What is a political cartoon?
2) Group Analysis: Television political cartoon.
3) Close Activity: Partner Work: Analyzing political cartoons.
Homework:
1) Work on take home test.

Thursday:
1) Warm Up: APA bibliography format (for Unit 1 Project).
2) Introduction to Unit 2, “Industrialization and the Race for Empire”.
3) Group Discussion-Interact with History.
4) Close Activity: Begin Section Assessment for Chapter 25, Section 1, “The Beginnings of Industrialization,” #1-4.
Homework:
1) Finish Chapter 24 Take Home Test (Due Friday).

Friday:
1) Focus Question: Why did Great Britain industrialize first?
2) Video and Worksheets: Technology Transforms an Age.
3) Close Activity: Pick a Victim.
Homework:
1) Finish Rough Draft for Unit 1 Project (Due Monday, December 4th).
2) Have a great weekend!

Meaghan McCauley
Lesson Plans
Week of November 20, 2006

Monday-Wednesday: 48-minute classes

Objectives:
1) Compare/contrast independence movements in South America and South Africa.
2) Examine and analyze the issues presented in the film “An Inconvenient Truth”

Essential Question:
The time period from 1500 to 1815+ was a turning point in world history. What new ideas and accompanying major political and economic changes were characteristic of this revolutionary era?

Monday:
1) Focus Question: What was one similarity between the independence movements in South America and South Africa?
2) Finish video worksheets individually.
3) Close Activity: Pick a Victim.
Homework:
1) Read and Complete Section Assessment for Chapter 24, Section 3, “Nationalism-Case Studies: Italy and Germany”, #1-4.

Tuesday:
1) Focus Question: Why did the French revolt again?
2) Notetaking: Key Ideas for Chapter 24, Sections 1-3.
3) Close Activity: How did Germany and Italy unite successfully?
Homework:
1) None.

Wednesday:
1) Film Viewing: “An Inconvenient Truth”
2) Film Reflection.
Homework:
1) Have a great Thanksgiving!

Lesson Plans
Meaghan McCauley
Week of November 6, 2006

Monday-Friday: 48-minute classes

Objectives:
1) List the causes and effects of the French Revolution.
2) Interpret different sides of the French Revolution.
3) Recognize the impact of a hero reviving a country.
4) Summarize the steps Napoleon took to restore order to France.
5) Analyze the weaknesses of Napoleon's mistakes as emperor.
6) Define balance of power, and explain how others in Europe reacted to the French Revolution and Napoleon.

Essential Question:
The time period from 1500 to 1815+ was a turning point in world history. What new ideas and accompanying major political and economic changes were characteristic of this revolutionary era?

Departmental Focus Question:
1) What were the lasting effects of both the American and the French Revolutions?

Monday:
1) Focus Question: How did the film, "A Tale of Two Cities", attempt to show different views of the French Revolution?
2) Structured Notes on Chapter 23, Sections 1 and 2.
3) Close Activity: What type of government do you think is going to end up ruling France?
Homework:
1) Read and Complete the Section Assessment for Chapter 23, Section 3, "Napoleon Forges an Empire," #1-4.

Tuesday:
1) Focus Question: How did Napoleon come to power in France?
2) PowerPoint Part I: Napoleon's Rise to Power and Accomplishments.
3) Close Activity: Why were the people of France so willing to have another monarch?
Homework:
1) Read and Complete the Section Assessment for Chapter 23, Section 4, "Napoleon's Empire Collapses," #1-4.

Wednesday:
1) Focus Question: Please name one mistake Napoleon made as ruler.
2) PowerPoint Part II: Napoleon's Three Mistakes.
3) Close Activity: Do Napoleon's mistakes overshadow his accomplishments?
Homework:
1) Read and Complete the Section Assessment for Chapter 23, Section 5, "The Congress of Vienna Convenes," #1-4.


Thursday:
1) Focus Question: If you were a king/queen of another European country during the French Revolution, what would you think?
2) Balance of Power Activity: In groups, students react to different foreign situations and discuss possible solutions.
3) Close Activity: Why is a balance of power so important to not only Europe, but the world?
Homework:
1) None.

Friday:
1) Create your own review method!
Homework:
1) Finish Review Sheet/Review Method.
2) Have a great weekend!