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!