During the 1800s, in the wake of the Industrial Revolution, nationalism fueled efforts to build nation-states. Nationalists were not loyal to kings, but to the people within a geographically defined area. These were often large populations of people who shared a common bond. It sounds good...so how can nationalism sometimes go wrong??? Jaydn offered a very insightful, impassioned example of nationalism gone wrong on January 6, 2021. This can be a complicatied issue because nationalism can be GOOD and BAD. By the mid-19th century nationalists believed that people of a single "nationality" or ancestry, should unite under a single government. However, people who wanted to restore the "old order" from before the French Revolution saw nationalism as a form of disunity. Discussing the bonds that create a nation-state followed by examples of positive and negative characteristics of nationalism are an introduction to Jaydn's weekend reading about the growth of nationalism in a weakening Austro-Hungarian, Russian and Ottoman Empires. Jaydn will also read about Italian and German unification in the second half of the 19th century. It's wonderful that Jaydn now has her textbook at home!