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Popular nationalism How do these songs project 18th-century nationalist values? | ||
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| [Primary Source] Rule Britannia ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/rulebritannia.html#Rule Britannia ) | ||
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| [Primary Source] God Save the King ( http://www.contemplator.com/england/godsave.html ) | ||
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The Black Hole of Calcutta How does the author think the story of the Black Hole of Calcutta was an important symbol in the history of British India? | ||
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( http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/Blackh.html ) | ||
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Elite and popular culture How did Mozart's career reflect 18th century society, which continued to be dominated by the aristocracy but possessed a growing middle class interested in culture? | ||
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( http://www.mozartproject.org/ ) | ||
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Rise of a Great Power What story do the numbers in the table tell about Britain's rise as a great power in the 18th century? How do you think the numbers would have been different for Prussia, which was becoming a great power at the same time? | ||
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( http://www.hillsdale.edu/personal/stewart/war/18e/1816-Establishment.htm ) | ||
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A harlot's progress. What point was William Hogarth making in the series? Do you think he made it well? | ||
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( http://sunsite.dk/cgfa/hogarth/harlots.htm ) | ||
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Slavery What does Olaudah Equiano's life reveal about the 18th-century slave trade and the institution of slavery? | ||
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( http://www.brycchancarey.com/equiano/ ) | ||
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How did common people live? First inventory the contents of the homes in these prints and then describe the material resources available to common people in the 18th century. Compared with their medieval counterparts, do you think such people lived well or poorly? | ||
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( http://www.abcgallery.com/H/hogarth/hogarth13.html ) | ||
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( http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Graphics/prentice.jpg ) | ||
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( http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/exhibits/newchild/morland8blg.gif ) | ||
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