In our most recent project we started learning more about nationalism. I chose to focus on Russian nationalism which first started before WWI. We learned about the key people in Russian Nationalism and what they did to impact their countries. 

Our final products for this project where videos that we would talk through showing what nationalism was and what our countries went through pre WWI because of nationalism. This video would be about 3-4 minutes long and would go over our questions that we made to help us learn about Nationalism. These videos also went on YouTube.

The country I chose to study was Russia. Russia was the biggest country inn Europe before WWI so everyone was kind of afraid of them. This actually made my job quite a bit easier because Russia didn’t instigate WWI. I learned a lot about Russias power system and how it was often very unstable and unbalanced, most of the time because of the Tsar’s. I think that learning about Russia really helped when it came down to Natiolism because it was a very nice canvas to help me learn. 

Overall I think that this project really helped me figure out myself what Nationalism is and how it Affected WWI. I learned a lot about how nationalism caused tensions and fuelled WWI. It’s interesting to see how strong national pride led to tension between countries and eventually  war. While nationalism can be motivating, it can also be dangerous if taken too far. This project has sparked my interest in studying nationalism and its impact on the world.