Monday, 12/12

Today we finished up the Industrial Revolution presentations, took some notes on Africa leading up to Imperialism in Africa, and collected Imperialism and Racism homework answers.

Introduced today, also, was a Colonialism Project for student to do over the two week conference period in January when we don't have classes.  Students should start on their projects and have a basic idea of what they're doing and up against for next class, 12/19, by doing items 1-4 on their project.  See project below:

Colonialism Project                                                                   Due: Monday, 1/30/12

To compliment our Colonialism and Imperialism unit, each student will create a power point* presentation demonstrating a different country’s involvement in Colonialism.  You will become an expert and teach the class the history and affects of colonialism on your country.

Include the following:

1. Country Name: __________________________

2. Country your country was colonized by:__________________________

3. People groups and tribes colonized with you.

4. Area of the World

5. Map(s) of area (Before, during, after, etc.)

6. How did the Colonizer create the boundaries of their Colony (your country)?

7. Why was the Colonizer interested in this Colony? (Natural resources, trade, etc.)

8. Timeline of the Colonial relationship (from when the Colonizer first came ->when Colonizer left)

9. Nature of the Colonial relationship. How was it beneficial to the Colonized? How was it detrimental to the Colonized? How was it beneficial to the Colonizer? How was it detrimental to the Colonizer?

10. Independence movement: How did your country gain its independence from the colonial power?

11. Political and economic affects of colonization on your country:  How successful were the newly independent country’s attempts at setting up a government? A economic system? (This is the aftermath of colonialism, the legacy of imperialism, the positive or negative affects of being taken over for decades or centuries by another power and then trying to be autonomous—self governing.)

Colonizing Countries:

England                        France                        Belgium                        Netherlands                        Portugal                       

Germany                        Italy                        USA                                    Japan                                    Spain

Colonized Countries:

11^th/12^th Graders:

Philippines                        Puerto Rico             Palestine                        Vietnam                        Hong Kong

Guam                                    Egypt                        Taiwan                        Iraq                                    Afghanistan                       

9^th/10^th graders:

Sri Lanka                        Laos                        Cambodia                        Indonesia                        Malaysia

East Timor                        Macau                        Morocco                        Senegal                        Niger

Ghana                                    Ivory Coast            Benin                                    Burkina Faso                        Algeria

Madagascar                        Republic of the Congo                        Democratic Republic of the Congo

Gabon                                    Guinea                        Cameroon                        Tanzania                        Libya

Rwanda/Burundi            Nigeria            South Africa                        Namibia                        Zimbabwe

Kenya                                    Uganda            Equitorial Guinea            Mauritania                        Mali

Togo                                    Jordan                        Somalia                        Syria                                    Lebanon           

Angola                                    Tunisia            Mozambique                        Guinea Bissau                        Botswana

Sudan                                    Chad                        Manchuria                        Korea

                                   

*Google docs “Presentations” are recommended as a format for your power point. It makes technology transfer much easier.

Monday, 12/5

Due to power outages and the huge wind storms, many people weren't ready to present today. A few people had their Industrialization projects ready and did a great job teaching the class. Students took notes on presentations.  We then did an activity that mimicked the Colonial Powers' Scramble for Territory, by having groups make a name and flag for themselves and "claim" parts of the classroom. Many parallels were easy to see between what our class did in claiming items and furniture and structural features of the class, and what the Colonial Powers (mostly European countries) did in the mid 1800s. 

After debriefing the activity, students began reading: Imperialism and Racism, with questions and tasks to help bring the material to life that will be due next class.

Homework:  1. Presentations, for those who haven't done theirs, yet.
2. Imperialism and Racism Reading, with Tasks I - III completed. (Task IV is extra credit).