PowerPoint, one worksheet & one sheet of notes that examines Prince Metternich’s attempts to manage German Nationalism in the Vormarz period between 1815-1848. Content includes the Wartburg Festival (1817), murderer Karl Sand (1819), the Congress of Troppau (1820), the Hambach Festival (1832), the Six Articles & the assault on the Bundestag Gatehouse (1833).

Activities include

• Source analysis of Metternich’s writing to determine his attitudes to liberalism & Nationalism.
• Comprehension activity to complete a table on nationalist events in the period, Metternich’s reaction and the extent to which the threat was successfully managed.
• Source based plenary activity on whether metternich’s oppressive response to nationalism was an effective response to the threat’s posed by German nationalism.

Designed for the teaching of OCR History Y314 The Development of German Nationalism 1789-1919.
Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.