Goals & Objectives
Goal: Students will understand the significance of the Congress of Vienna
Objective: By researching and reenacting the congress of Vienna students will understand the importance of exchanging political ideas and collaboration between countries
Objective: By researching and reenacting the congress of Vienna students will understand the importance of exchanging political ideas and collaboration between countries
California State Content Standards
10.2.5. Discuss how nationalism spread across Europe with Napoleon but was repressed fora generation under the Congress of Vienna and Concert of Europe until the Revolutions of 1848.
Common Core Literacy Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.1.a
Introduce precise claim(s), distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and create an organization that establishes clear relationships among the claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.7
Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation
Introduce precise claim(s), distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and create an organization that establishes clear relationships among the claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.7
Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation
Driving Historical Question
How are problems resolved between politicians and countries without resorting to war?
Lesson Introduction
Ask the students what they know about the United Nations (UN). What is it for? What do they do? Why is it important? Open up the class to answer these questions and brainstorm on the whiteboard. Explain to the students the significance of the UN and then explain to them that they were asked to brainstorm on this topic because the Congress of Vienna was essentially a UN conference one hundred years before the actual UN was created. Explain to the students that communication between countries is important to avoid conflict and get back to the status quo after the fall of Napoleon.
Vocabulary
UN, Congress of Vienna, Metternich, Lord Castlereagh, King Fredrick William III, Alexander I, Prince Talleyrand, Diplomat.
Content Delivery
The teacher explains the assignment: students will be broken up into groups that represent the leaders of the nations who came together at the Congress of Vienna. The teacher will handout a worksheet that has basic questions for the students to focus on for their debate/negotiation but they will be encouraged to think beyond the questions as they pertain to their country and think of what the other countries will be seeking; this will help them develop counter arguments for possible conflicts of interest that arise. They will elect one person from their group to play the role of that leader and the rest of the students in the group will be staff, tasked with preparing their representative for an upcoming debate/town hall meeting. Students will be given a day to research what their leaders sought to gain for their country in the Congress of Vienna and figure out ways to negotiate by researching the needs, wants, and fears of the other country’s representatives. Students will be expected to work with the other countries while attempting to benefit their own in the process, simulating the give and take process of the UN as well as debate one another on conflicting issues in the style of a presidential debate, with the teacher being the moderator and the students being concerned citizens.
Student Engagement
Students will work in groups to prepare their representative/diplomat for any possible questions or attacks that may come up in the simulation. Students will use their knowledge of the time period to construct a feasible plan for the direction of Europe after the downfall of Napoleon. Student representatives will take part in a debate/negotiation revolving around the direction of Europe and attempt to steer negotiations in their country’s favor. Students who are not playing the role of representative/diplomat will act as town hall citizens and have questions for the representatives to answer when the initial speeches and negotiations are complete; it will be the job of the town hall citizens to help their representative by asking hardball questions to the other diplomats to answer as well as asking their diplomat questions that will paint him/her in a good light. In order to complete these tasks students will have to use their knowledge of the time period; the political and territorial ambitions of each country to make logical conclusions as to what each diplomat/country would want at the Congress of Vienna. Students will turn in answers to the general questions given by the teacher at the beginning of the lesson as well as any material that they wrote down from their research.
Lesson Closure
Thumbs up Thumbs down
The teacher will ask questions and ask students to show their agreement with a thumb up or thumb down; the teacher will also expand upon questions and open up the classroom for short responses from the students. Questions may include “Is this form of collaboration between nations effect?” “After completing this activity do you think organizations like the UN are important?” and “Is this a more effect way of resolving conflicts than war or fighting?”
The teacher will ask questions and ask students to show their agreement with a thumb up or thumb down; the teacher will also expand upon questions and open up the classroom for short responses from the students. Questions may include “Is this form of collaboration between nations effect?” “After completing this activity do you think organizations like the UN are important?” and “Is this a more effect way of resolving conflicts than war or fighting?”
Assessments
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Accommodations for English Learners, Striving Readers and Students with Special Needs
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The teacher will assess the students’ knowledge of the chapter by observing as they gather information in their groups and form points for debate. The teacher will also give a grade to each group based on their preparedness for the mock congress/debate, their use of class time, the incorporation of historical facts, and the effectiveness of the diplomat during the debate.
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ELs will be helped by the lesson opener; by establishing the purpose of the learning that will take place they will be able to have a better idea of what is expected of them. Striving readers will be encouraged to use their phones or tablets to search for the helpful information for their group, thus allowing them to access information that they find more easily digestible.
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Resources
Textbook, handout, internet, tablets, computers, and cellphones
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