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Modern World History B
Nationalism CD Project

Focus Questions


Lesson Objective

The student will use Media Center resources, print and nonprint, to find information on a person or topic significant to the political change and rise of nationalism in Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Latin America during the 1800s.


School Library Media Outcomes

Outcome 3: Students will be able to gather relevant information from appropriate resources.
Indicators:
E. Apply appropriate note taking processes to gather information.
  1. Use appropriate graphic organizers/note cards.
  2. Use own words to capture key concepts to avoid plagiarism.
  3. Record bibliographic information.
Outcome 5: Students will be able to interpret information to generate new understandings and knowledge.
Indicators:
A. Analyze data and information for meaning.
Outcome7: Students will be able to demonstrate responsible attitudes toward the use of information.
Indicators:
A. Take responsibility for own actions related to ethical use of information.
  1. Cite sources.

Media Center Resources

Books:
Books for your research will be reserved on a cart for use by Mr. Kephart’s classes for the duration of this assignment.
 
GHS Online Subscriptions:
From the GHS home page, click on Media Center, then on “Online Resources.” The databases are listed in alphabetical order. Passwords for home use are available on a yellow sheet in the Media Center, and on Edline, under News.
 

Online Encyclopedias:

Britannica star Encyclopedia Britannica Online
 
World Book star World Book Online Reference Center
 
Other Resources:
 
NetTrekker star NetTrekker
NetTrekker is an Internet search engine created for students, teachers, librarians, and parents. It is an academic search engine providing access to more than 180,000 educator-selected online resources aligned with state standards.
 
ABC Am Gov star ABC-CLIO World History: The Modern Era
 
Thomson Gale star Biography Resource Center (Thompson Gale)
 
Student Resource Center star Student Resource Center (Gold -- Thomson Gale)
Do an “advanced ” search on subjects.
Websites with Many Links :
European Nationalism from historyteacher.net
 
Internet Modern History Sourcebook from Fordham University
 
National Unification in NetTrekker
 

Possible Topics

ITALY

Risorgimento
Giuseppe Mazzini
King Charles Albert
Pope Pius IX
Louis Napoleon / Napoleon III, Emperor of France
Count Camillo di Cavour / Camillo Benso
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Victor Emmanuel II

AUSTRIA – HUNGARY

Prince von Metternich / Klemens von Metternich
Francis Joseph / Franz Joseph I
Balkan League
Dual Monarchy
Ottoman Empire
Crimean War

GERMANY

Zollverein
Wilhelm I / William I, Emperor of Germany
Otto Von Bismarck
Kulturkampf
Blood and Iron
Danish War
Seven Weeks’ War
Franco-Prussian War / Franco-German War
Congress of Berlin
Wilhelm II

LATIN AMERICA

King Carlos III / Charles III, King of Spain
Toussaint L’Ouverture
Jean Jacques Dessalines
Simon Bolivar
Jose de San Martin
“Gran Colombia”
Peru
Father Hidalgo / Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Creoles/Mestizos/Mulattoes
Agustin de Iturbide
Mexico
Central America
Brazil
Pedro I
 
 
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