# Journal Prompt: The Many Faces of Nationalism

Nationalism can look like a flag at a hockey game or a movement that redraws borders, and understanding the difference matters.

**Prompt: Nation and nationalism take many forms, civic, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and more ([Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24620)). Choose two expressions of nationalism you have encountered, studied, or lived, and explain how each reflects a different basis for identity.**

### Where to start:

- Which type of nationalism (civic, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, religious, patriotic) best describes each example you chose ([Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24620))?
- What historical, political, or social factors shaped each expression ([Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24622))?
- Why might people turn to nationalism to express who they are ([Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24618))?
- Does your understanding of "nation" match the definitions your class has discussed ([Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24615))?

### Stretch:

Compare one of your examples to Québécois nationalism or First Nations and Métis nationalism ([Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24623)). What does the comparison reveal about how nationalism can unite some people while excluding others?

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*AILI prompt · language en · model claude-sonnet-5 · generated 2026-09-17 · id 7fb5f359-e0df-4b43-add8-18308c484b19*

### Sources

- node:n1: Social Studies › Social Studies (10–12) › Social Studies 20-1 › Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace nationalism? › Related Issue 1 (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24618)
- node:n2: Social Studies › Social Studies (10–12) › Social Studies 20-1 › Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace nationalism? › Related Issue 1 (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24615)
- node:n3: Social Studies › Social Studies (10–12) › Social Studies 20-1 › Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace nationalism? (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24614)
- node:n4: Social Studies › Social Studies (10–12) › Social Studies 20-1 › Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace nationalism? › Related Issue 1 (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24623)
- node:n5: Social Studies › Social Studies (10–12) › Social Studies 20-1 › Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace nationalism? (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24626)
- node:n6: Social Studies › Social Studies (10–12) › Social Studies 20-1 › Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace nationalism? › Related Issue 1 (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24619)
- node:n7: Social Studies › Social Studies (10–12) › Social Studies 20-1 › Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace nationalism? › Related Issue 1 (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24620)
- node:n8: Social Studies › Social Studies (10–12) › Social Studies 20-1 › Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace nationalism? › Related Issue 1 (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24621)
- node:n9: Social Studies › Social Studies (10–12) › Social Studies 20-1 › Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace nationalism? › Related Issue 2 (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24632)
- node:n10: Social Studies › Social Studies (10–12) › Social Studies 20-1 › Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace nationalism? › Related Issue 1 (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24622)
- node:n11: Social Studies › Social Studies (10–12) › Social Studies 20-1 › Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace nationalism? › Related Issue 2 (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24628)
- node:n12: Social Studies › Social Studies (10–12) › Social Studies 20-1 › Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace nationalism? › Related Issue 2 (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24631)
- node:n13: Social Studies › Social Studies (10–12) › Social Studies 20-1 (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24613)
- node:n14: Social Studies › Social Studies (10–12) › Social Studies 20-1 › Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace nationalism? › Related Issue 2 (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24633)
- node:n15: Social Studies › Social Studies (10–12) › Social Studies 20-1 › Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace nationalism? › Related Issue 1 (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24617)
- node:n16: Social Studies › Social Studies (10–12) › Social Studies 20-1 › Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace nationalism? (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/24636)