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SCHEDULE, WEEKS 6, 7, AND 8
WEEK 6 (10/26-10/30)
READ: Okey, chap. 6
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PRES: CZECHOSLOVAKIA
MIDTERM EXAM
Film: “The Hapsburgs”
Road to Sarajevo
DISC: Okey, chap. 6 (questions below)
WEEK 7 (11/2-11/6)
READ: Okey, chaps. 7 and 8
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PRES: YUGOSLAVIA
World War I and Its Aftermath
“Power of the Powerless” with Director Corey Taylor
EXTRA CREDIT: Film “Power of the Powerless,” 7 pm , SURC Theater. Write a 2-page
response paper in which you relate the film to the themes of our course.
The Failure of Constitutional Democracy
The Failure of Constitutional Democracy
WEEK 8 (11/9-11/13)
READ: Okey, chaps. 7 and, 8
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PRES: ROMANIA
World War II and the Holocasut
NO CLASS (Veterans’ Day)
World War II and the Holocaust
DISC: Okey, chaps. 7 and 8
MON, 11/16: PRES, BULGARIA
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Okey, Chapter 6
1. What was Bismarck's strategy for maintaining the peace in Europe? How do we explain mounting
Great Power tensions in the decades prior to WW1? Why were the Balkans the tinderbox of Great Power
diplomacy?
2. How are modernization and nationalism linked? What factors are necessary for the development of
nationalism? Does class or political status play a role in the development of nationalism?
3. What three strategies did the East European empires use to combat nationalism? Why were these
strategies becoming less and less effective?