History of the Modern World Europe at its Zenith: Pre-War Years Part I Mrs. McArthur Walsingham Academy Room 111 Mrs. McArthur Walsingham Academy Room 111 The Rite of Spring Nashville Ballet Masterclass: 2/23/08 Sensual, seductive, steamy and savage

ISBN-10: ISBN-13: New Paperback copies are hard to find in U.S. For new copies, you can go to: Used copies are readily available on Amazon or: 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 3-25 a.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.

Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand Industrial Revolution Justifications: 19 th Century Liberalism Social Darwinism Responses: Socialism, Marxism Labor Unions Social Changes Urban Industrial Environment Finance Capitalism Middle Class Rising in Power Aristocracy Declining in Power Working Class Living in Poverty Peasants Struggling to Survive Expansion of Gov't Services City Services: Fire, Police, Water, Sanitation Public Health Education Requirements Increased Competition Raw Materials New Markets Investments Nationalism Imperialism Militarism Entangling Alliances Underlying Causes of World War Terms 2-3 Transition

The Dawn of the 20 th Century Europe 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: NationalismEntangling Alliances Industrial RivalryInternational Anarchy (Wilson) Imperial RivalryAssassination of Arch-Duke FF MilitarismCultural Tensions Yellow JournalismCapitalist/Imperialist Order (Lenin) Project: Due in Hardcopy form on Monday, 1/21

Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand Causes of World War I

Colonial Rivalries : Africa in 1914

Colonial Rivalries: Asia in 1914

The British Empire in 1914

The Balkans in 1878 Aftermath of Russo- Turkish War (Congress of Berlin rewrote Russia’s gains)

The Balkan Wars:

The Balkans in 1914

Tensions & Conflicts: 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: 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 Second Moroccan Crisis (1911) 14.The First Balkan War (1912) 15.The Second Balkan War (1913)

What you Need to Know In 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: 1/14 1.Review with maps: European Rivalry and the Alliance System: Study slides # 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) 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 printemps 1.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 1/18 1.Read text, pp identifying 6 bold-blue words and answering 5 Checkpoint questions. 2.Map Skills: Complete interactive map questions, pp Use link, if preferred.

Assignment 5: due 1/5 1.Complete Graphic Organizer 2.Answer: Many historians date the end of the 19 th 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?