Given the extraordinary creativity and accomplishments of the Weimar era, why did the republic fail? What do you think we can learn from Weimar that may be of value to us as we navigate our own social and political challenges?
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Research Essay Questions
1. How can the study of foreign involvement in OR responses to the French Revolution enrich understanding of the events and their legacy upon Modern Europe? (feel free to
narrow your scope or use a particular kind of source to limit the inquiry)
2. How do you account for developments in Robespierre’s political career from 1789 to his downfall and execution in 1794?
3. How have historians used records of the Congress of Vienna to explore new research questions about politics and diplomacy in the nineteenth century?
Note: While the question invites you to engage with recent historiography, you should still make reference to primary source material. You are also welcome to adapt the question to focus on particular sources or issues relating to the Congress and/or its legacy.
4. What role did intellectuals play in the 1848 revolutions and/or in shaping the legacy of the revolutions? (You may focus on intellectuals writing in direct response to the revolutions or evaluations later in the century.)
5. How can British press sources aid our understanding of the impact and legacy of the French Revolution across the Channel?
6. How can the historian use the first person accounts (diaries and letters) of British traveller and agriculturalist Arthur Young to develop understanding of Revolutionary France?
7. How can analysis of Ernest Renan, “What is a Nation? (1882)” in Stuart Woolf (ed.) Nationalism in Europe: From 1815 to the Present, London: Routledge, 1995, pp. 48-60, aid our understanding of the development of modern nationalism in nineteenth century?
8. Explore the impact of industrialisation on European families and the making of the working class? (Note: you may choose focus on specific regions, professions (factory work, domestic service, sex work) or social issues relating to gender and/or families.) Some source ideas: Newspaper and other print sources, literary sources: Defining Gender database, London Low Life database, the Proceedings of the Old Bailey database, Research Sources database (Women’s Studies collection), Visual sources (Gallica, museums, Punch Magazine cartoons, etc.)
Discuss the development of the role and power of the US government between Reconstruction and the early 2000s. What overall observations can be made? You must cover the ENTIRE period.
Required Resources
-Read/review the following resources for this activity:
-Textbook: Chapter 7, 8
Lesson
-Link (website): Articles of Confederation (1777)
-Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)
Initial Post
-For the initial post, address the following:
-Pick two (2) issues of the Articles of Confederation and describe the main problems that the United States was faced with under the Federation government.
-Analyze two major debates (see textbook Section 7.4) by which the Constitution was created in the summer of 1787.
Then, address one (1) of the following to your initial post:
-Discuss the ratification process of the Constitution of 1787.
-How did ratification lead to the formation of America’s first two political parties, the Federalists and Anti-Federalist?
-What were the major differences between the Federalist and Anti-Federalist, and who were the best-known members of each party?
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapter 5, 6
Lesson
Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)
For the initial post, pick two (2) of the leading causes of the American Revolution.
-The Proclamation Act of 1763
-The Boston Massacre
Then, address the following for your selections:
-Analyze the cause and effect of two acts passed by the British Parliament on British North America. Which of your two selections do you consider the most significant and why?
-Examine and explain the significance of the Declaration of Independence to the development of the American Revolution.
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapter 8 (section 8.3), 11
Lesson
Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)
Initial Post Instructions
For the initial post, pick two (2) of the following historical events:
-Independence of Texas
-Mexican War of 1846-1848
Then, address the following for your selections:
-Which of your two selections do you consider most impactful on Westward Expansion during 1800-1848? Explain why.
-Analyze the effects of the ideology of Manifest Destiny on the two historical events that you chose from the list.
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapter 9, 10 (section 10.4), 11 (section 11.5), 13
Lesson
1 primary source that corresponds with your selected topic (noted in the topic instructions)
Minimum of 2 scholarly sources (in addition to the textbook)
Pick one (1) of the following topics. Then, address the corresponding questions/prompts for your selected topic. Use at least one (1) documented example of the corresponding primary source in your writing.
Option 1: The American System, Transportation, and Communication
Read the following primary source:
Link (website): Of Debates in Congress (Clay’s Debate of the American System in 1832) (Links to an external site.) (Click on “Next Image” to see all pages of the debate: pp.258-262.)
Then, address the following:
-Describe the idea of Henry Clay’s “American System.”
-Based on Clay’s economic vision of America, analyze how the American System would build the American market and economy?
-Analyze the role of mechanization and communication in the American System.
Write a summary of The Village of the Cannibals (800 words minimum)
The summary must include:
– A brief identification of the author, Alain Corbin
– A short summary of the event described in the book
– Your thoughts on Corbin’s historical method. Why is this book an important example of social history? How does it shed light on significant elements of the nineteenth century?
– A personal reflection on the book, in particular linking it to what we have learned in the course.
For this week’s video assignment, I want you to imagine that you are an immigrant arriving in New York City in the period between 1898-1918. In your video, speak in the first person (I, my) about your experiences in New York City. The individual you are becoming is fictional, but the reflections should be based on the factual truth of a person arriving and living in that environment.
In your video be sure to discuss the following (in whatever order you choose):
• Your background–where did you come from and why? Why did you choose to come to NYC? Are you young or old?
• How did you arrive here in New York City and what did you think of Ellis Island?
• What were daily living conditions like? What did you do for work and leisure?
• Describe your surroundings. What were some famous landmarks and features of life in modern NYC?
• Weave in something about the Triangle Fire and the politician Al Smith.
• Did you feel like an outsider or did you feel at home in NYC? explain.
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