Imperialism Unit Plan



Imperialism and Nationalism Unit Plan

AP World History – H3X

“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.”

-- Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

Whatever happens

We have got

The Maxim gun

And they have not

-- Hilaire Belloc

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Students Will Understand:

The origins and causes of political and economic imperialism

The political, economic, social and cultural effects of imperialism in Asia, Africa and Latin America

Origins and effects of nationalism in Europe: state-building and empire-splitting

Nationalism and anti-imperialism in Asia, Africa and Latin America: the dilemma of non-western elites

Students Will Be Able To:

Analyze effects of imperialism – political, economic, social and cultural change and continuity over time

Compare responses to imperialism among national elites and the lower classes

Compare forms and results of nationalism

Assess points of view on the value and the problems of imperialism

Examine the “special case” of Japan – in what ways was it a “model” for later non-western development?

|Date |Topics |Homework – due the following day |

|Thursday, Dec. 2 |Introduction to the Unit: How would you respond to a new and imposed way of |Nationalism Handout; Answer Questions |

| |life? Acceptance and resistance; Nationalism and westernization | |

|Friday, Dec. 3 |Forms of Nationalism; Unification of Germany and Italy; the economic |Duiker on Ottomans, pp. 528-29, 560-61, 660-61 |

| |development of Germany; Nationalism and imperialism |and Egypt Handout. Compare German nationalism and|

| | |development with that of (1) the Ottoman Empire |

| | |and (2) Muhammad Ali’s Egypt |

|Monday, Dec. 6 |Problems of Nationalism and Economic Development: the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, |Duiker, pp. 571-82 |

| |the “Eastern Question” | |

|Tuesday, Dec. 7 |The Spread of Imperialism: Technological developments; The Congress of Berlin; |Duiker, pp. 582-92; Impact of imperialism in |

| |Social Darwinism and “The White Man’s Burden”; Nationalism, the Enlightenment, |India, Southeast Asia and Africa; list |

| |and Empire |similarities across all three regions; specific |

| | |differences by region |

|Wednesday, Dec. 8 |Imperialism in Practice: Change and continuity in India – political, economic | |

| |and social changes; Point of View exercise | |

|Thursday, Dec. 9 |Frantz Fanon on the native elites and intelligensia; India DBQ exercise; review| |

| |of Industrial Revolution DBQ Test | |

|Friday, Dec. 10 |Imperialism in Practice: Belgian Congo, South Africa, Egypt – political, |Fanon handout and Duiker, pp. 592-97; What was |

| |economic and social changes |good about imperialism? Did colonial peoples |

| | |“suffer for nothing?” Did imperialism make |

| | |nationalism in Africa and Asia possible? |

|Monday, Dec. 13 |Responses to imperialism: Anti-colonialism, Nationalism, Westernization; India,|Handout: Create a Comparative Graphic Organizer |

| |Vietnam, Ethiopia |for Philippine and Cuban responses to American |

| | |imperialism; prepare for DBQ quiz |

|Tuesday, Dec. 14 |Responses to American imperialism: Cuba and the Philippines: DBQ Graphic |Duiker, pp. 599-612; It is 1880; make suggestions|

| |Organizer Quiz |to the Emperor; what are the strengths and |

| | |weaknesses of your suggestions? |

|Wednesday, Dec. 15 |Imperialists in China and the fall of the Qing: Opium Wars, Taiping and Boxer |Duiker, pp. 613-23; Make a list of the reasons |

| |Rebellions; Spheres of Influence and Extraterritoriality; Problems of the |Japan was able to withstand European imperialism.|

| |Emperor and the Confucians; the Self-Strengthening Movement | |

|Thursday, Dec. 16 |Imperialists in Japan and the Meiji Restoration; Economic modernization; | |

| |cultural changes; “Restoration” or “Revolution”? “Revolution from above” | |

|Friday, Dec. 17 |Comparing Chinese and Japanese responses to the West; What are the |Latin America Handout and Graphic Organizer |

| |possibilities and problems of nationalism as a response to imperialism? Japan’s| |

| |“late-developer” economic and political model | |

|Monday, Dec. 20 |Comparing Latin American political and economic developments w/ Japan; |Handout w/ questions |

| |Comparing imperialism in Latin America w/ Africa | |

|Tuesday, Dec. 21 |Comparing Russian nationalism, imperialism and economic development w/ Japan; | |

| |Russia, Austria-Hungary and the Balkan Slavs | |

|Wednesday, Dec. 22 |Multiple Choice Test | |

|Thursday, Dec. 23 |Review of Test | |

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|Have a great Winter Break! Policy Briefing paper due on return – Jan. 3 |

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