About This Lesson
These 23 documents explore the causes and effects of European and Japanese imperialism. 1-9 are about the European motives of natural resources, markets, and racism (social Darwinism and White Man's Burden). 10-12 explore the Opium Wars in China, Treaty of Nanjing, and spheres of influence, docs 13-15 are about the British in India using railroads, exploited labor, and causing famine, docs 16-19 are about the scramble for Africa, Berlin Conference, and Belgian Congo, and 20-23 are about The Tokugawa's isolationism, Matthew Perry, the Meiji Restoration, and Japanese Imperialism.
I will be teaching this lesson to my World History class on Monday 2-28 and Tuesday 3-29. I have uploaded the Word document to my google classroom. Students will convert it into a google.doc and share with me (using school student/teacher email accounts). I will begin by having individual students read out loud to the group the vocabulary and background information. As a group, we will complete the first two together. Once students know how to accurately analyze the data and answer the question below, I will have them complete the rest on their own. On Tuesday, student will need to review out loud to the class their answers. I will be checking to make sure we all understand the development of European Imperialism in the 19th Century. I will begin the lesson on Monday 3-28 with a Map Overlay Transparency assignment Activity #20 (supplemental teaching activity) from Glencoe McGraw Hill text company. This activity examines the population growth in Europe throughout the 19th Century. I will link this to the European demand for products through Imperialism.