Unit 3: Imperialism
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Important Imperialism Project documents
Resources for Imperialism Project
- Unit 3 KUD
- Crash Course on Imperialism
- Imperialism motivations notesheet and presentation
- **Combined English/Social Studies Imperialism activity (Prep documents and Honors documents)**
- Industrialization Pro/Con chart
- 19th Century Slideshow and note sheet (version 1 and version 2)
- The Jibs Scenario
- Imperialism in Africa map directions
- Imperial map questions
- List of modern African countries
- Modern political map of Africa (missing South Sudan)
- On-line quiz on countries in Africa (Another one here, with a timer)
- Berlin Conference research questions
- Berlin Conference game directions and reflection questions
- Imperialism reading questions (version 1 and version 2)
- Review of Imperialism readings (version 1 and version 2)
- French terror attacks and the links to Imperialism (and the French Revolution)
- The song "Do they know it's Christmas?" - Is it imperialist? Maybe, it is just terrible.
- Imperialism Assessment
Important Imperialism Project documents
- Calendar
- Explanation of the project and how it will be evaluated
- Guiding questions for researching Imperialism
- Guiding questions for researching the present status of your country
- Guiding questions for finding an article on something positive in your country
Resources for Imperialism Project
- CIA World Factbook
- If you want to use Wikipedia, this might be a good place to start
- UNESCO site with regional and country profiles (similar to the CIA Factbook)
- University of Missouri site with various resources about Imperialism in Africa
- Fordham University's page of primary document links (includes sections of Imperialism and Modern Africa)
- University of Pennsylvania's page of resources on Africa
- Corruption around the world, compiled by Transparency International (This is a student find.)
- Another student find: A searchable database of armed conflicts around the world
- Website with news from all of Africa (Yes, that's why it's AllAfrica.com)
- Al Jazeera's Africa news site
- New African Magazine
- Front Page Africa
- Africa is a Country (It's a website, not a fact)
- RT news about Africa (RT is a Russian news organization)
- Xinhua news about Africa (Xinhua is a Chinese news organization)
- Extensive list of news sites focused on Africa from AllAfrica.com (See me if you need helped finding an English language one from your country)
- Searchable list of newspapers from around the world
- Another list of newspapers from Africa