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History of the Modern WorldHistory of the Modern WorldEurope at its Zenith: Pre-War Years
Part I
Mrs. McArthur
Walsingham Academy
Room 111
Mrs. McArthur
Walsingham Academy
Room 111The Rite of SpringNashville Ballet Masterclass: 2/23/08
Sensual, seductive, steamy and savage
ISBN-10: 0552547387
ISBN-13: 978-0552547383
• New Paperback copies are hard to find in U.S. For
new copies, you can go to:
http://www.amazon.co.uk
• Used copies are readily available on Amazon or:
http://www.abebooks.com
Remembrance: Term 3’s required novel must
be read by the last week of January
• A Kindle edition is also available
and
• You may borrow an audio version from me to load in iTunes
SCA: January 3-25a. Poetry recitation: Follow link and read about the
Canadian soldier, John McCrea, who penned In Flanders Field, one of the most evocative images of WWI. Memorize and recite the 3 stanzas on this link. For a recitation slot, you must sign up with me in the week of Jan 15.
b. Movie Viewing: Either Joyeux Noël (Merry
Christmas) PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned for some war violence
and brief scene of sexuality/nudity) Wed., 1/23 from 3-4:30 PM (app.116 min.) Or The Winslow Boy: out-of-school.
Assassinationof Archduke Ferdinand
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Justifications: 19th
Century LiberalismSocial Darwinism
Justifications: 19th
Century LiberalismSocial Darwinism
Responses:Socialism, Marxism
Labor Unions
Responses:Socialism, Marxism
Labor Unions
SocialChanges
SocialChanges
Urban Industrial Environment
Urban Industrial Environment
FinanceCapitalism
FinanceCapitalism
Middle Class Rising in Power
Middle Class Rising in Power
Aristocracy Declining in Power
Aristocracy Declining in Power
Working Class Living in Poverty
Working Class Living in Poverty
Peasants Struggling to Survive
Peasants Struggling to Survive
Expansion of Gov't Services
Expansion of Gov't Services
City Services: Fire, Police,
Water, Sanitation
City Services: Fire, Police,
Water, Sanitation
Public Health Education
Public Health Education
RequirementsRequirements IncreasedCompetition
IncreasedCompetition
Raw Materials
Raw Materials
New Markets
New Markets
InvestmentsInvestments
NationalismNationalism
ImperialismImperialism
MilitarismMilitarism
EntanglingAlliances
EntanglingAlliances
Underlying Causes of World War
Terms 2-3 Transition
The Dawn of the 20th CenturyEurope at its Zenith
Fissures evident
• Imperial Rivalries
• Industrial Rivalries
• National Rivalries (Alliance System)
• Cultural Tensions (e.g. Traditionalism vs. Modernism)
Arrange the elements/viewpoints to form a graphic picture
of factors that led to WWI:
Nationalism Entangling Alliances
Industrial Rivalry International Anarchy (Wilson)
Imperial Rivalry Assassination of Arch-Duke FF
Militarism Cultural Tensions
Yellow Journalism Capitalist/Imperialist Order (Lenin)
Project: Due in Hardcopy form on Monday, 1/21Project: Due in Hardcopy form on Monday, 1/21
Assassinationof Archduke Ferdinand
Causes of World War I
Colonial
Rivalries:
Africain
1914
Colonial
Rivalries:
Africain
1914
Colonial Rivalries: Asia in 1914
Colonial Rivalries: Asia in 1914
The British Empire in 1914
The British Empire in 1914
The Balkans
in 1878Aftermath of
Russo-Turkish War
(Congress of Berlin rewrote Russia’s gains)
The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913
The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913
The Balkans in
1914
The Balkans in
1914
Tensions & Conflicts: 1873-1914
Tensions & Conflicts: 1873-19141. Three Emperors’ League (1873) Ger, A-
H, Rus.
2. Dual Alliance (1879) Ger. & A-H
3. Triple Alliance (1882) Ger, A-H, It.
4. Reinsurance Treaty (1887) restore relations between Ger. & Rus.
5. Franco-Russian Alliance (1894)
6. British-Japanese Alliance (1902)
7. The Entente Cordiale (1904) Br. & Fr.
Tensions & Conflicts: 1873-1914Tensions & Conflicts: 1873-19148. First Moroccan Crisis (1905)
9. Russo-Japanese War (1905)
10.The Anglo-Russian Convention (1907) Persia
11.Triple Entente (1907) Br, Fr, Rus
12.The Bosnian Crisis of 1908
13.Second Moroccan Crisis (1911)
14.The First Balkan War (1912)
15.The Second Balkan War (1913)
What you Need to KnowWhat you Need to KnowIn the wake of German Unification (1871)
•Bismarck says Germany satisfied and France is the power that needs to be isolated. He makes alliances with Austria, Italy and Russia.
•Bismarck fired (1890) and Kaiser Wm II upsets the balance.
•France and Russia (isolated) get together.
•Kaiser Wm announces he needs a navy (Britain upset)
By 1907: Major powers aligned in 2 Camps•Public opinion plays a key role (tabloid press-yellow journalism)
•Professional diplomats hands are forced. 1914, Br. Foreign Secretary, Lord Gray says: The lights are going out all over Europe. They will not be lit again in our lifetime.
Europe
in 1914
Europe
in 1914
In-Class Activity: 1/14In-Class Activity: 1/14
1. Review with maps: European Rivalry and the Alliance System: Study slides #8-20
2. Be sure you can identify on a blank map: the states of the 2 alliances, the key places mentioned in lecture of July, 1914.
Assignments 1-2 (due 1/16)Assignments 1-2 (due 1/16)
1. Read lecture notes: Decadence & Malaise (#33)
2. Watch a few minutes of a ballet clip, Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) Parts I, following link:
3. Listen to podcast, The Rite of Spring Riot, 6/29/11 on Stuff you Missed in History Class App.
Answer questions on following slide (You will have to do a little on-line research)
Names to Know• Igor Stravinsky
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
• Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev
• Vaslav Nijinsky
Compagnie Heddy Maalem's
interpretation of Rite of Spring
Le Sacre du printempsLe Sacre du printemps1. What was this work of art? Describe.
2. Where and when was it first performed?
3. What reaction did it provoke? Describe.
4. Why was it so controversial? Was this a “surrogate” for other issues? What might they be?
Assignments 3-4: due 1/18Assignments 3-4: due 1/18
1. Read text, pp. 816-821 identifying 6 bold-blue words and answering 5 Checkpoint questions.
2. Map Skills: Complete interactive map questions, pp. 817. Use link, if preferred.
Assignment 5: due 1/5 Assignment 5: due 1/5 1. Complete Graphic Organizer
2. Answer: Many historians date the end of the 19th century with1914. Some have said that this date is also the definitive end of the ancien régime. List trends, which we studied last term and which Bucholz mentions, that separated the new century from the Age of the Enlightenment?