5.4 Politiek en samenleving

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

5.4 Politics & society 

Planning

- Introduction

- What do you already know 

- what you'll learn

- explaination

- Video

- Make your tasks

- End of lesson

What you will learn 

In this paragraph , you will learn...

- In this paragraph you will learn how and why the position of women changed.

- In this paragraph you will learn which movements opposed the influence of the Enlightenment.

- In this paragraph you will learn how confessionalists stood up for their interests.

What is socialism?

What is Liberalism?

What is the Enlightenment?

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liberte egalite fraternite

The Enlightenment: Liberty, equality, fraternity

The conservatives: They wanted to keep the existing order and resisted more freedom, equality, and democracy.

They supported the king, the Church, and the nobility.

Emergence of the confessional groups: politics based on the Christian religion

Confessionalism

- practised politics based on the Christian religion and renounced the ideas of the Enlightenment. 
Bibel = the constitution

Abraham Kuyper Leader of the 

anti-revolutionairy party (ARP)

School struggle 

Public schools paid by the government.

From 1848, there was freedom of education.

Religious people were allowed to start their own schools = special schools.

They also wanted money from the government.

Liberals were against this, because they thought children were not taught well in special schools.

School struggle

- the fight about the government paying for special (religious) schools.

Protestants and Catholics worked together again to defeat the liberals.

Confessional groups wanted money for their schools.

Socialists wanted voting rights.

In 1917, both were accepted by parliament.

The position of women

- Did women have the right to vote at this time?

– Who has the right to vote now?

Position of the women

Politics was a men’s affair, and women were treated like children by the law.

In the early 19th century, society was still traditional, with discrimination.

Poor women had to work and take care of the children, rich women had to stay at home.

Girls had to go to a housekeeping school.

A priest would tell you how many children you should have.

Feminists

-Someone who fights for equal treatment of women and men.

Emancipation: giving equal rights.

Women were allowed to go to school.

Fewer children were born (because of birth control). Contraceptives

Women’s right to vote: 1919!!

• In 1914, a protest for women’s right to vote
• In the 19th century, women were discriminated against:
• Married women could not start a court case
• After primary school, they could only go to girls’ schools
• They had to work a lot and take care of their husband and children
• They were not allowed to vote

- Feminists demanded emancipation: giving equal rights and ending disadvantages.

Consequences:

Girls were allowed to go to secondary school

Also to university or higher education

Women from the middle class were also allowed to work

But: jobs with high status were still for men

What you will learn 

In this paragraph , you will learn...

- In this paragraph you will learn how and why the position of women changed.

- In this paragraph you will learn which movements opposed the influence of the Enlightenment.

- In this paragraph you will learn how confessionalists stood up for their interests.

Tasks

5 §3: The Social Question

You understand why the social question was a problem for the workers.

With workbook: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 (1 and 2 may be done in the workbook).

Without workbook: Write a letter to the factory owner about the working conditions of the workers, at least 200 words.

Test 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4

Testweek!