Introduction to Nationalism

Social Studies 9
WWIUnit

British Columbia Ministry of Education

https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/9

Big Ideas
1. Emerging ideas and ideologies profoundly influence societies and events.
2. Collective identity is constructed and can change over time.

Curricular Competencies
1. Assess the significance of people, places, events, or developments, and compare varying perspectives on their historical
significance at particular times and places, and fromgroup to group (significance)
2. Explain and infer different perspectives on past or present people, places, issues, or events by considering prevailing norms,
values, worldviews, and beliefs (perspective)

Content
1. political, social, economic, and technological revolutions
2. nationalism and the development ofmodern nation-states, includingCanada

Key questions
1. Is nationalism a more positive or negative force in the world?
2. To what extent does nationalism bring people together or drive them apart?
3. What factors influence nationalism and national identity?
Introduction to Nationalism
Social Studies 9
90minute block

Outcomes Materials

1. Students will be able to provide a simplified definition of Adapted Congress of ViennaNotes

nationalism as being “pride in a shared cultural identity”.
NationalismNotes Template
2. Students will be able to identify that Nationalism was a
dividing force for multinational empires with many
cultural identities.
AdaptedNationalismNotes
3. Students will be able to identify that Nationalism was a NationalismPresentation
unifying force for countries or regions with a common
cultural identity. Kahoot Presentation
4. Students will be able to identify that Nationalism NationalismTicket Out theDoor
challenged the established political structure of Europe
in the 19th Century. NationalismTicket Out theDoor Response Sheet

Technology
SmartBoard
TeacherDesktopComputer
Student Devices (laptop, tablet, smartphone)
Prior LearningConnections

Previous lesson:
1. Congress of Vienna
a. European response to the perceived political instability caused by Napoleon
i. After Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo the sister republics of French Empire were left with no discernable
leader

b. 1814-1815 Francis I of Austria calls Europe’s leaders together to decide how Europe is to be divided up following
the fall of the French Empire
i. Five Great Powers of Europe after Napoleon
1. Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, France
ii. Prince Klemens von Metternich the Foreign Minister of Austria
1. Distrust of Democracy
2. Created countries of Switzerland, Netherlands, and German Confederation to act as a buffer between
France and the rest of Europe
a. These countries were to be ruled by a monarch
iii. Louis XVIII restored as French Monarch
iv. Holy Alliance formed to prevent the spread of democracy

Key Discussion Questions:

The following questions were discussed in the previous lesson:

1. Did the restoration of the European monarchies bring about an end to the idea of democracy?
2. How did the political atmosphere shift among the people of Europe as a result of the Napoleonic area?
Differentiation/Accommodations

-Students in needwill be providedwith an adapted copyof the notes so that theycan focus on the content of the lesson avoiding the
difficult task of also drafting notes
AdaptedNationalismNotes
-students in needwill be provided with a reader or a scribe
-students in needwill be assigned a reduced assignment length

Assessment
FormativeAssessment
-Student discussion
-Kahoot
SummativeAssessment:
-Response Sheet from Google Forms Ticket Out The Door
Procedure
-Reviewprevious day’s lesson on the Congress of Vienna
Before the -students in need have been given a adapted copyof yesterday's notes
Lesson Adapted Congress of ViennaNotes
15 minutes -Reviewprevious discussion questions to get the student thinking about the previous lesson and prime them to
make connections to today’s lesson
1. Did the restoration of the Europeanmonarchies bring about an end to the idea of democracy?
2. Howdid the political atmosphere shift among the people of Europe as a result of theNapoleonic area?

-Have students take out their devices (laptops, tablet, smartphone) and navigate to theGoogle Classroomsite
During the -Have students access today’s lesson viaGoogle Classroom
Lesson -Students will each receive an individual link to a GoogleDocwith the section titles alreadypopulated
NationalismNotes Template
30 minutes -students will take notes inGoogleDocs on the information presented in today’s lesson
-students in need of additional support will receive a link to a GoogleDocwith the information already
populated in theGoogleDoc
AdaptedNationalismNotes
-Students may also ask questions directly to today’s presentation byaccessing the discussion link on theGoogle
Slides presentation
-Display the link so that studentmaynavigate to the discussion site
goo.gl/slides/x5n446
-Present Google Slides presentation Nationalism in 19th Century Europe
-pause to generate discussion and assess student comprehension
-encourage students to discuss the implications of the shifting political ideologies had on 19th CenturyEurope
and beyond
-Break students into five equal teams
After the Lesson -provide the students with 5minutes to discuss themain points of theNationalism presentation
45 minutes -ask students to nominate onemember of each team to act as the teamlead
-the team leadwill be responsible for controlling the device during our next activity
-ask students to navigate toKahoot and enter the gamepin
-GamePin: 5938002
-students will be prompted to enter their information and comeupwith a teamname
-inform students that thewinning teamwill receive a prize (prizemayvarybut usually consists of food)
-when all teams have entered into the game the teacher will start the questions
-the data collected in theKahoot will be used for assessment purposes
-after the gamehas concluded thank the students for their participation and review the correct answers
-have teams disband and return to their individual seats
-have students take out their device and respond to theNationalism Ticket Out theDoor

Notes/Reflection