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Overview: In the 19th century, European countries competed for overseas colonies. They had success in Africa and India, but encountered difficulties in China and Japan. This next unit will cover how "industrialized nations" used their enormous economic and military power to create large empires. We will make connections to the Industrial Revolution. This unit requires a great deal of "critical reading" folks!!!
The Quest for Empire: Analyzing European Motives (Slides and illustrations)
Colonization of Africa (station charts)
"The Scramble for Territory" (group activity)
Imperialism/Colonialism Wrap-up -- Analyzing Maps (Transparancy)
Group Teach-In
Standard 10.5
Students understand the causes, practices, resistance to, and consequences of imperialism by European powers, The United States, and Japan in the 19th and early 20th centuries. [Starting by reviewing 14th-16th "Discovery, Exploration, and Exploitation".]
10.5.1 Identifying economic, political, religious, exploratory, and ideological motives for worldwide expansion by industrialized nations, and comparing them to the motives for European imperialism in the pre-industrial era.
10.5.2 Mapping the colonial possessions of Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Russia, the United States, Spain, and Japan.
10.5.4. Describing political and social manifestations of imperialism and providing examples from around the world.
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