UHC Western European History II

Week #5:

September 23:  We will tangentially discuss the triumph of Liberalism in England and France in the mid-19th Century. We will also also deal with the Philosophies, in particular looking at Romanticism.  We will then examine the nature of German Development in the 19th Century, which led to its unification at the intersection of Romanticism and Nationalism. 

• For the next two weeks - Print these and hold on to them

  • Documents on German Unification - brief reviews

  • "Bismarck and German Unification."

  • Overview of Paris Commune

  • One Day under the Paris Commune

  • Encarta 2000 article on the Paris Commune

• Downloadable PowerPoint:  Ideological Conflict and National Unification

September 25:  We will begin to examine Germany and analyze why the National Ideal won out over the Liberal Ideal in 1848 and how Germany represented "Conservative Nation Building"

For the 2nd read and be prepared to discuss Marx and the Communist Manifesto.

Read:

• Background on Marx

  •   PowerPoint on History of Marxism

• Socialism, Marxism, and Trade Unionism - a summary

• The The Communist Manifesto  Focus on the chapters:

  • Bourgeois and Proletarians

  • Proletarians and Communists

  • Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties

• Watch:

  •  Monty Python's Debate and competition of Communist Leaders

  • Manifestoon - Ingenious use of cartoons to explain the Manifestor

•  PowerPoint on Marx and Marxism

• PowerPoint:

  • Marx and Marxism

• David Brooks on Marx in the Information Age

• Monty Python's Rant on Communism.