L1 & L2: Introduction to the Dual Revolutions and Modern World History

AgendaObjectives: 1. To understand the changes,

ideals, structures, values, and beliefs brought on by the Industrial Revolution and French Revolution and how they define “modern” history.

Schedule: 2. Introduction3. The Industrial Revolution:

Discussion4. The French Revolution:

Discussion5. Conclusion

Homework:1. Read “Factory

Discipline” and “Factory Rules” for Lesson 3. See unit schedule for questions to think about.

Orange = Tues 9/2 Yellow = Wed 9/3

The Modern World Begins: The French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, and

the Transformation of Social, Economic, and Political Life from 1780

to 1815Unit Schedule, Assignments, and Assessments

• Review Unit Schedule

What is Modern World History?

• Modernity is a historical time period from 1800 to the present in which social, political, and economic life undergo rapid and drastic change.– Change in economic systems,

social relationships, government structures, view of the individual, view of religion, view equality, etc.

• These changes are shaped by a new set of beliefs and ideas that emerge out of two revolutions:– Industrial Revolution– French Revolution

Industrial Revolution French Revolution

1780-1815: Dual RevolutionModernization Begins!

Together create important economic, political, and philosophical changes throughout the world that shape the

rest of world history!

French Revolution Industrial Revolution

Liberty Equality FraternityLaissez-Faire Economics

Rise of the Working Class

Conservatism Liberalism Socialism/Marxism

Nationalism Reaction to the French Rev

The Industrial Revolution

• What is the Industrial Revolution?

The Industrial Revolution• 1750 to 1850• Begins in England• Definition: Period in which changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology radically and permanently changed virtually every aspect of social, economic, and cultural life such that

structures and values that emerged from the Industrial Revolution remain the defining structures and values of everyday life today.

• Term revolutionary is misleading• Not a single event, but an evolutionary change that

happens slowly over 100 years.• “Revolution” in that the changes that occurred were

dramatic, drastic, and enduring—in short, revolutionary!

The Industrial Revolution• But what were these radical and enduring changes and what

were the structures and values that they produced? • Whole Group Discussion (Use Chart to Organize Thoughts):

Attribute During the IR Enduring Effect (Structures, Ideals, Values)

Economic System and Work LifeSocial Relations

Government Structure/Government PoliciesView of the Individual/ View of CommunityReligion/Reason/Rationality/ScienceEquality/Inequality

Gender Relations

Other

The French Revolution

• What is the French Revolution?

The French Revolution• 1789-1799• Definition: Period of radical social and political upheaval and change in France. French citizens used violence, government takeover, radical politics, terror, and war to cast off old ideas about tradition and hierarchy monarchy, aristocracy and religious authority and replace

them with the principles of equality, fraternity, liberty, citizenship, and inalienable rights.

• Like the Industrial Revolution, the structures and values that emerged from the French Revolution remain the defining structure and values of life today.

The French Revolution• But what were these radical and enduring changes and what

were the structures and values that they produced? • Whole Group Discussion (Use Chart to Organize Thoughts):

Attribute During the FR Enduring Effect (Structures, Ideals, Values)

Economic System and Work LifeSocial Relations

Government Structure/Government PoliciesView of the Individual/ View of CommunityReligion/Reason/Rationality/ScienceEquality/Inequality

Gender Relations

Other

What is the Modern World?

• Consider the changes/ideals/

structures/values brought about the Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution together: What is the Modern World?

Modern World History• The world ushered in by these two revolutions is the subject matter for our course this year.• The ideals, structures, values, and beliefs brought forth by these revolutions become the dominant ideals,

structures, values, and beliefs of the modern era

• Our project for the year is to understand how these ideals, structures, values, and beliefs have shifted and changed over the course of modern world history.

Where We Go From Here• This unit will look

at how these ideals, structures, values, and beliefs took shape in the 19th century, during/immediately after the Industrial Revolution and French Revolution.