Textbook
McDougal Littell,
Modern World History
Chapters 8/11/12/14:
Pages 223-228, 302-315,
317-329, 331-333, 335-353,
355, 405-407, 607, 711
Primary Sources/
Literature
"British Contract with an
African King"
Conrad, Joseph,
Heart of Darkness
Kipling, Rudyard,
"The Burial," "The White
Man's Burden"
Orwell, George,
Shooting an Elephant
"Stanley Finds Livingstone"
"British Contract with an
African King"
Film Resources
The Bible and the Gun/The
Magnificant African Cake
(Knowledge Unlimited,
1984)
882304
Industry and Empire
(1988 - 26 minutes)
Internet
20th century documents:
www.yale.edu/lawweb/
avalon/20th.htm
Age of Imperialism
www.smplanet.com/
imperialism/toc.html
Anti-Imperialism in the U.S. http://www.boondocksnet.
com/ai_lit.html
European Imperialism www.fordham.edu/halsall/
africa/africasbook.html
SCORE activity on Imperialism http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/imperialism/
Transparencies
AT 52, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61,
62, 63, 66
CT 27, 28, 63, 64
GT 20, 26, 27, 28
Previously Published
Data
Spanish American War Photos
http://memory.loc.gov/
ammem/phcoll.new.html
Description: This American Memory Collection
of the Library of Congress has eighty-four news photos taken in Cuba during
the Spanish-American War showing damage to American naval ships, including
the Maine. Site also contains motion pictures.
Comments: Access by inputting "Spanish American
War" into the topic search at this URL.
Resource Type: True
Graphics Content: True
World of 1898: Spanish American War
http://lcweb.loc.gov/
rr/hispanic/1898
/index.html
Description: This presentation provides resources
and documents about the Spanish-American War, the period before the war,
and some of the fascinating people who participated in the fighting or
commented about it. Information about Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, Puerto
Rico, Spain, and the United States is provided in chronologies, bibliographies,
and a variety of pictorial and textual material from bilingual sources,
supplemented by an overview essay about the war and the period.
Comments: Some important subsets of this Library
of Congress site are posted separately on SCORE H/SS.
Resource Type: Primary Source Text
Graphics Content: High
India and Pakistan-50 Years
http://www.cnn.com/
WORLD/9708/India97
/index.html
Description: This CNN web site illuminates
the historical background for the India-Pakistan rivalry that exists today.
Digitized video, a slide show, and an interactive timeline helps the student
to understand the legacy of the British Raj and partition.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
India: The Dilemmas of Diversity
http://asnic.utexas.edu/
asnic/countries/india/
Hardgrave.html
Description: This article by Professor Hardgrave,
of Temple University, reviews the history of India with respect to its
diverse people, religions and nationalities. It shows how these things
have led to the conflicts and problems now being experienced in India.
Resource Type: Secondary Text
Graphics Content: High
India Turns 50
http://www.nytimes.com/
learning/general/specials/
india/
Description: At midnight, Aug. 15, 1947, 300
years of British rule of the Indian subcontinent came to an end as the
modern states of India and Pakistan were born. The New York Times on looks
back at the events of 1947 and the road to India's independence, as reported
in the pages of The Times.
Resource Type: Primary Source Text
Graphics Content: High
African Americans and the Spanish American
War
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/
query/r?ammem/murray
:@field(FLD001+91898126+):
@@@$REF$
Description: This is a sermon at the First
Congregational Church of Atlanta in 1898 encouraging African American men
to enlist in the Spanish-American War because it was for a Christian cause.
Comments: Unusally fascinating document that
is sure to encourage class discussion.
Resource Type: Primary Source Text
Graphics Content: Low
A Brief History of India
http://www.incore.com/
india/history.html
Description: Indian civilization is more than
5000 years old and is the largest democracy in the world. It is the second
most populated country and the seventh largest in land area. This page
gives a brief history, and also some links to other data.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
Anti-Imperialism in the United States, 1898-1935
http://www.boondocksnet.
com/ai_hist.html
Description: Although the focus is on the
Anti-Imperialist League's opposition to the Philippine-American War of
1899-1902, much was written by authors whose works are still appreciated
and studied today. Includes reactions to popular British colonial ideas.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
Brief History of Bombay
http://theory.tifr.res.
in/bombay/history/
Description: The history of the famous Indian
city of Bombay reflects the history of India itself. Bombay has been inhabited
from before written history began. Includes information on the British
colonial period and after.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
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Activity 1
Formal Research Assignment:
Students will select one modern country and its links to colonialism
and imperialism:
Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chad, China, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Libya, Malaysia,
Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan,
Philippines, Somalia, South Africa, Viet Nam, , Western Sahara, Zambia.
Students select one country (no repetitions in class) and research
its history, paying special attention to its experiences during the age
of imperialism. The papers should cover the following: historical
beginnings, what made it a candidate for take-over by another nation, existence
under the rule of an imperialist nation, independence, and modern government.
Instruction will be given on writing a research paper
Activity 2
Cooperative Learning Internet
Activity from SCORE site for World History
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/imperialism/
Students are subpoenaed to testify before a Senate committee in 1902.
The committee is looking into the role of the United States in the Philippines,
Cuba, and Puerto Rico. Groups are given the identify of a notable Expansionist
or Anti-imperialist and prepare that historical character's testimony.
One member of each group will play the role of the character during the
hearing. Other group members will be either a newspaper reporter, a Senator
or a futurist. Each group will be assigned a historical figure that
played a role in the Expansionism/Anti-imperialism debate at the turn of
the century. Groups should then use the resources listed and those they
develop to research the Expansionism/Anti imperialism question
Previously Published
Data
White Man's Burden: The Expansionist/Anti-
Imperialist Debate at the Turn of the Century
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/imperialism/
Each era of history is presented unique challenges
relating to the role of the U.S. in the world. At what point do the needs
and desires of the U.S. supercede the autonomy of another country? What
are America's rightful interests abroad? These questions, debated hotly
at the turn of the century, are again important issues since the end of
the Cold War.
Author: Robert Kohen
Africa European Imperialsm
http://getp.freac.fsu.edu
/fga/1995/imperial.html
Explore the geographic rational for European
imperialism in Africa through this traditional lesson. Then as an indigeneous
African write a letter to a cousin explaining how imposed European culture
and ideas have changed your way of life.
Author: Joyce Millman
Gandhi Speaks Through Clothing
http://www.askasia.org/
frclasrm/lessplan/l000079.htm
Through photos of changes in how he dressed
over his career, the viewer can come to understand how Gandhi's political
philosophy evolved. The importance of how he dressed was very closely related
to Gandhi's vision, not only of the means Indians should use to achieve
independence, but also of the type of nation India should become.
Author: Jean Johnson
Nataraj: Shiva as Lord of the Dance
http://askasia.org/frclasrm/
lessplan/l000052.htm
This lesson has students work in small groups
to analyze and discuss the dancing figure of Shiva and to develop ideas
about the meaning of various aspects of the image and how they relate to
Hindu belief. Notes for the teacher are included.
Author: Jean Johnson
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Assessment 1
Students will be graded on their papers and their visual presentations.
Papers will include all aspects of a formal research paper and should be
five pages in length. In addition to the paper, students will prepare
a visual which represents the country's experiences with imperialism to
share with the classs. This paper can be a cross-subject assessment
for both social studies and English. Teachers may choose to team
teach the writing of a research paper at this level
Assessment 2
The teacher and students will develop a rubric based on the following
criteria: use of primary resources, scope and depth of research,
persuasiveness of position on issue, quality and resourcefulness of testimony
and writings, involvement and interaction during the research and activity
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