The Revolutions of 1848 in Paris, Berlin, Vienna and Rome were the last liberal national revolutions in Europe because they all failed, and because they all raised the specter of a new kind of revolution, revolution by the communist proletariat. In this podcast, you will prepare for the Unit 3, Discussion 5 assignment by understanding the causes and consequences of these events, as well as the meaning of the new ideas of Socialism and Communism that were birthed by them.
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In this podcast we look at the false hope that the French Revolution of 1830 put in the hearts of the liberal bourgeoisie (middle class). “Hearts” is the correct word, because Romanticism was a driving force of this liberal revolution, as the painting by Eugene Delacroix shows here. The Revolution of 1830 set up the middle class for an awful fall, and the fall came with the bloody revolutions of 1848 all over Europe, revolutions that decoupled liberalism from nationalism and revolution forever afterwards.
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Here we trace the reasons why the Industrial Revolution in its first place and time, 1750-1848 Great Britain was so unregulated and cruel.
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Between 1750 and 1840, Great Britain was alone in experiencing the first Industrial Revolution. In this podcast I discuss what every nation first has to possess in order to experience an Industrial Revolution of its own, and what Great Britain did possess by 1750.
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In this Introduction, we look at the definition and revolutionary consequences of the Industrial Revolution.
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Many leaders of the nineteenth century, reflected Romantic ideas by their actions. Among the most notable was Abraham Lincoln, US president from 1861 to 1865. Here our podcast looks at the ways in which Lincoln reflected the values of Romanticism in his person, actions and ideas, and how he would never have been heard from had there not been a Romantic movement.
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In this podcast we continue talking about the French Revolution, specifically its ideas and the events within the Revolution that represent those ideas and helped to trigger them.
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In this brief essay we review your textbook’s list of causes of the French Revolution.
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Here we look at the French Revolution’s consequences, as a prelude to looking at its causes. Why reverse the logical order of this analysis? If you understand the consequences of the French Revolution, namely its importance, you should then be in a position to be interested in learning next about its causes.
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This podcast only concerns Part One of the Final Exam, which consists of the following question that you must answer in an essay. I include the rubric that I will use to grade the essay. Part Two of the Final exam is covered in the Study Guide for the Final Exam for our course in Western Civilization.
Discuss TWO major ideas, developments or events whose origins can be located in the nineteenth century that helped to cause the First World War (1914-1919), and explain how they did so.
Rubric for Essay Question:
8-9
-contains a well-developed thesis that fulfills all topical requirements of the question
-supports the thesis with substantial, relevant information
-understands the complexity of question; deals with both examples in depth although the treatment may not be equal
-exhibits an effective description
-may contain minor errors
5-7
– contains a well-developed thesis that fulfills most but not all topical requirements of the question
-supports the thesis with some factual information
-has a limited understanding of complexity; will deal with both examples but only one in some depth, or with both examples in a more general way
-has limited description
-may contain errors that do not detract from the overall essay and argument
2-4
-lacks a thesis, or the thesis may be confused or undeveloped
-lacks supporting information, or information that is given is minimal, even confused
-ignores complexity; may deal with one example in a general way or both examples in a superficial way
-has no real description
-may contain major errors
0-1
-has an irrelevant or incompetent response
-may simply paraphrase or restate the question
-shows little or no understanding of the question
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In this assignment you will analyze a propaganda poster, “Revolution Nationale,” produced by the government of Vichy France between 1940 and 1942. The student will analyze the image utilizing the graphic worksheet provided by the Library of Congress.
A Copy of the Library of Congress Cartoon Analysis Outline is here. There are 12 questions on this outline. All 12 questions will appear on the Quiz that you will take for this assignment, which is also linked below.
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Analyze the graphic or cartoon that you see below and, using the Outline as a reference, answer the questions in the Quiz in as much detail as you can. Make sure that you work alone so that your answers are original to you. If they are not, your work will be scored as a “0.” You can then transfer your answers from the worksheet to the textboxes for each question in the Quiz. But make sure that your answers are as specific and as detailed as possible, and in complete, grammatically correct sentences. A student will lose points for grammatical or other errors that lead to loss of clarity in the student’s answer(s).
I will post an informational podcast here and on the homepage of the course to help you prepare for the assignment. I will post the podcast shortly before this assignment opens. See Calendar for date when this assignment opens and closes.
Make sure that you submit the Quiz by the due date listed in the Calendar. Your answers will not be accepted in any other format but via the Quiz submission.
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n this brief overview, we preview the other podcasts in this episode, which define the ideas of liberalism, nationalism and romanticism, and we preview their role as triggers of two very different kinds of revolution in the nineteenth century to come.
n this brief overview, we preview the other podcasts in this episode, which define the ideas of liberalism, nationalism and romanticism, and we preview their role as triggers of two very different kinds of revolution in the nineteenth century to come.
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In this audio podcast I introduce the first Unit of the Course, “Inventing the Modern West,” with this three-minute video, “The Seventeenth Century, Inventing the Modern.” Each Unit has 5 to 6 audio podcasts, each about ten minutes long. The first is the introduction or “Overview,” the next three each look at a different example of the themes set out in the first podcast. The final podcast of each Unit discusses the consequences of this pivotal period in the History of the Modern West (1650-present).As you listen, or re-listen, to this podcast in your home, please have the PowerPoint for this Unit, “The First Modern Century, the 1600s,” open for you to follow along with.
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In this first of three examples of what was so modern about the 17th century, we look at the emergence of the modern nation-state. This brief podcast will help you discuss one topic (in 50 words) that will become part of your 500-word essay on the Unit.
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Here we look at the role of the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century (the 1600s) in making that century the first modern century. This podcast will help you with that portion of your 500-word description of this period that is devoted the the example of the Scientific Revolution (75 to 125 words). At the end of this podcast episode I give you a question to try to answer in this 75-125 word portion of your 500-word Unit Essay.
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The Age of Absolutism also gave birth to the first modern theories of government. What did they have in common? What made them “modern?” How did the theories of each of the three men (Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau) differ? Once you know the answers to these questions, which this podcast episode will help you with, you will have unlocked the key to writing well another 50 to 75 words in your 500-word review of the Age of Absolutism.
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We look in Unit 1, Example 4 at the philosophical movement of the 18th century that owed so much to the 17th century: the Enlightenment. Join Dr. Reiman on a tour of its most important ideas and philosophers and the impact that they had on the society–and the Revolutions–of the Eighteenth century.
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