Grade: High School Subject: World History Goes with Pages: 1-17 Colonialism Through Maps
What Your Student is Learning:
Colonialism has lasting global impacts.
What are the global impacts of colonialism?
Background and Context for Parents: During the 16th century, European nations began an era of global colonization that lasted well into the 20th century. This long lasting era of global colonization left nearly no continent untouched by Europe. This scramble for colonies across the globe had many lasting global effects on the economies, cultures, governments, societies, and environments.
Ways to support your student: What are the impacts of colonization? Define colonization. Why would a nation colonize another? How did colonization change over time?
Online Resources for Students:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Colonisation2.gif
Colonialism Through Map Use the maps and organizers below to describe how colonialism has changed over time.
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Observe
What do you notice first?
What type of map is this?
What is the title of the map?
What era or period in history is this about?
What do you know about this period in history?
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Reflect
Does this map help you define colonialism? Explain.
What information does the map add to the textbook’s account of colonialism?
What new information does the map add or contradict to your prior knowledge about colonialism?
List 3 important things the map tells you about colonialism. Conclusion
Summarize the map in one sentence?
According to the map, what are the global impacts of colonialism?
Colonialism Through Map
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Observe
What do you notice first?
What type of map is this?
What is the title of the map?
What era or period in history is this about?
What do you know about this period in history?
Reflect
Does this map help you define colonialism? Explain.
What information does the map add to the textbook’s account of colonialism?
What new information does the map add or
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List 3 important things the map tells you about colonialism. Conclusion
Summarize the map in one sentence?
According to the map, what are the global impacts of colonialism?
Colonialism Through Map
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Observe
What do you notice first?
What type of map is this?
What is the title of the map?
What era or period in history is this about?
What do you know about this period in history?
Reflect
Does this map help you define colonialism? Explain.
What information does the map add to the textbook’s account of colonialism?
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What new information does the map add or contradict to your prior knowledge about colonialism?
List 3 important things the map tells you about colonialism. Conclusion
Summarize the map in one sentence?
How has colonialism changed over time?
According to the map, what are the global impacts of colonialism?
Colonialism Through Map
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Observe
What do you notice first?
What type of map is this?
What is the title of the map?
What era or period in history is this about?
What do you know about this period in history?
Reflect
Does this map help you define colonialism? Explain.
What information does the map add to the textbook’s account of colonialism?
What new information does the map add or contradict to your prior knowledge about
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List 3 important things the map tells you about colonialism. Conclusion
Summarize the map in one sentence?
How has colonialism changed over time?
According to the map, what are the global impacts of colonialism?
Colonialism Through Map
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Observe
What do you notice first?
What type of map is this?
What is the title of the map?
What era or period in history is this about?
What do you know about this period in history?
Reflect
Does this map help you define colonialism? Explain.
What information does the map add to the textbook’s account of colonialism?
What new information does the map add or contradict to your prior knowledge about colonialism?
List 3 important things the map tells you about
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Summarize the map in one sentence?
How has colonialism changed over time?
According to the map, what are the global impacts of colonialism?
Colonialism Through Map
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Observe
What do you notice first?
What type of map is this?
What is the title of the map?
What era or period in history is this about?
What do you know about this period in history?
Reflect
Does this map help you define colonialism? Explain.
What information does the map add to the textbook’s account of colonialism?
What new information does the map add or contradict to your prior knowledge about colonialism?
List 3 important things the map tells you about colonialism. Conclusion
Summarize the map in one sentence?
How has colonialism changed over time?
According to the map, what are the global impacts of colonialism?
Colonialism Through Map
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Observe
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What do you notice first?
What type of map is this?
What is the title of the map?
What era or period in history is this about?
What do you know about this period in history?
Reflect
Does this map help you define colonialism? Explain.
What information does the map add to the textbook’s account of colonialism?
What new information does the map add or contradict to your prior knowledge about colonialism?
List 3 important things the map tells you about colonialism. Conclusion
Summarize the map in one sentence?
How has colonialism changed over time?
According to the map, what are the global impacts of colonialism?
Colonialism Through Map
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Observe
What do you notice first?
What type of map is this?
What is the title of the map?
What era or period in history is this about?
What do you know about this period in history?
Reflect
Does this map help you define colonialism? Explain.
What information does the map add to the textbook’s account of colonialism?
What new information does the map add or contradict to your prior knowledge about colonialism?
List 3 important things the map tells you about colonialism. Conclusion
Summarize the map in one sentence?
How has colonialism changed over time?
According to the map, what are the global impacts of colonialism?
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Grade: High School Subject:World History Goes with Pages: _____ Topic: Understanding Colonialism
What Your Student is Learning:
Colonialism has lasting global impacts.
What are the global impacts of colonialism?
Background and Context for Parents:
During the 16th century, European nations began an era of global colonization that lasted well into the 20th century. This long lasting era of global colonization left nearly no continent untouched by Europe. This scramble for colonies across the globe had many lasting global effects on the economies, cultures, governments, societies, and environments.
Ways to support your student: What are the impacts of colonization? Define colonization. Why would a nation colonize another?
Online Resources for Students:
Colonialism Facts https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/topics/reference/colonialism/
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Focus Question: What are the global impacts of colonialism?
Text Notes
Colonialism is defined as “control by one power Define colonialism. over a dependent area or people.” It occurs when one nation subjugates another, conquering its What is synonym for subjugate? population and exploiting it, often while forcing its own language and cultural values upon its people. Define exploiting
By 1914, a large majority of the world's nations had What impact does colonialism have on language and culture values? been colonized by Europeans at some point. What questions do you still have about the text or colonialism?
The concept of colonialism is closely linked to that What is the difference between colonialism and Imperialism? of imperialism, which is the policy or ethos of using power and influence to control another nation or What questions do you still have about the text or colonialism? people that underlies colonialism. What words or phrases are you unfamiliar with in this portion of the text? Reflection and Conclusion
How does this text add or contradict the information learned from the maps you studied in the previous lesson?
Summarize the impacts of colonialism.
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Focus Question: What are the global impacts of colonialism?
Text Notes
After reading this portion of the text, what questions do you have about the text or colonialism? Modern colonialism began during what’s also known as the Age of Discovery. Beginning in the Summarize the first paragraph. 15th century, Portugal began looking for new trade routes and searching for civilizations outside of How long did Portugal colonize or held colonies? Does that shock you? Why or Europe. In 1415, Portuguese explorers conquered why not? Ceuta, a coastal town in North Africa, kicking off an What if any new learnings did you gain from this paragraph? Explain. empire that would last until 1999.
Summarize the second paragraph. Soon the Portuguese had conquered and populated islands like Madeira and Cape Verde, and their rival nation, Spain, decided to try exploration, too. In 1492, Christopher Columbus began looking for a western route to India and China. Instead, he landed in the Bahamas, kicking off the Spanish Empire. Spain and Portugal became locked in competition for new territories and took over indigenous lands in the Americas, India, Africa, and Asia.
What new learning did you gain from this portion of the text? Explain.
England, the Netherlands, France, and Germany What questions do you still have about the text or colonialism? quickly began their own empire building overseas, fighting Spain and Portugal for the right to lands they had already conquered. Despite the growth of What does the author mean by the phrase, “the Eastern Hemisphere
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European colonies in the New World, most continued to tempt European colonial powers?” Cite evidence from the countries managed to gain independence during text. the 18th and 19th century, beginning with the American Revolution in 1776 and the Haitian Revolution in 1781. However, the Eastern Hemisphere continued to tempt European colonial powers.
Starting in the 1880s, European nations focused on taking over African lands, racing one another to coveted natural resources and establishing colonies they would hold until an international period of decolonization began around 1914, challenging European colonial empires up to 1975.
Reflection and Conclusion
Did any portion of this text surprise you? Confirm or contradict previous knowledge you had? Explain.
Thinking about the first portion and this portion of the text, what inference can draw about the impact of colonialism on economies?
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Focus Question: What are the global impacts of colonialism?
Text Notes
What do you think is the author’s opinion of colonialism? Cite evidence Colonial powers justified their conquests by asserting that they to support your answer. Explain how the evidence supports your had a legal and religious obligation to take over the land and answer. culture of indigenous peoples. Conquering nations cast their role as civilizing “barbaric” or “savage” nations, and argued that they were acting in the best interests of those whose lands and peoples they exploited.
Despite the power of colonizers who claimed lands that were already owned and populated by indigenous peoples, resistance is an integral part of the story of colonialism. Even before decolonization, indigenous people on all continents staged violent and nonviolent resistance to their conquerors.
Reflection and Conclusion
Did any portion of this text surprise you? Confirm or contradict previous knowledge you had? Explain.
Thinking about the first portion and this portion of the text, what inference can draw about the impact of colonialism on economies?
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Focus Question: What are the global impacts of colonialism?
Text Notes
What do you think is the author’s opinion of colonialism? Cite Colonial governments invested in infrastructure and trade and evidence to support your answer. Explain how the evidence supports disseminated medical and technological knowledge. In some your answer. cases, they encouraged literacy, the adoption of Western human rights standards, and sowed the seeds for democratic institutions and systems of government. Some former colonies, like Ghana, experienced a rise in nutrition and health with colonial rule, and colonial European settlement has been linked to some development gains.
However, coercion and forced assimilation often accompanied those gains, and scholars still debate colonialism’s many legacies. Colonialism’s impacts include environmental degradation, the spread of disease, economic instability, ethnic rivalries, and human rights violations— issues that can long outlast one group’s colonial rule.
Reflection and Conclusion
Did any portion of this text surprise you? Confirm or contradict previous knowledge you had? Explain.
Thinking about the first portion and this portion of the text, what inference can draw about the impact of colonialism on societies?
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Final Conclusion
Cite evidence from the text and your notes to justify or refute the following statement. Explain how your evidence supports or justifies the claim.
European nations are responsible for the disruption of cultures, economies, and environments on every continent.
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Grade: HIgh School Subject: World History Goes with Pages: _____ Topic: The Impacts of the Partition of India
What Your Student is Learning:
Colonialism has lasting global impacts.
What are the global impacts of colonialism?
Background and Context for Parents: During the 16th century, European nations began an era of global colonization that lasted well into the 19th century. This long lasting era of global colonization left nearly no continent untouched by Europe. This scramble for colonies across the globe had many lasting global effects on the economies, cultures, governments, societies, and environments.
Ways to support your student: Colonialism has lasting global impacts.
What are the global impacts of colonialism?
In what ways did British colonialism impact Indian culture, society, and government?
Online Resources for Students:
The Roots of Indian Partition
The History of the Indian Partition
The Indian Partition: The Forgotten Story
Partition: An Event to celebrate, mourn, or forget
How the Partition of India Happened
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Directions: Use the organizers below to guide learning and analysis of aal the sources listed above.
Investigative Question or Task: In what ways did British colonialism impact Indian culture, society, and government?
Source 1: Source 2: Source 3: Source 4:
S Subject/Significance What is the subject of the document? What are key phrases or details that stick out to you?
O Occasion When and where was this evidence created? What context or situation encouraged the creation of this document?
A Audience Who would be expected to see
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or read this piece of evidence?
P Purpose What was this document intending to accomplish? What was its creator’s aim?
S Speaker Who created the document? Whose voice is not represented in the document? Why do you think that voice was left out?
Historical Interpretation Answer the investigative question, be sure to cite evidence from all sources In what ways did British colonialism impact Indian culture, society, and government?
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Investigative Question or Task:In what ways did British colonialism impact Indian culture, society, and government?
Source 1: Source 2: Source 3: Source 4:
S Subject/Significance What is the subject of the document? What are key phrases or details that stick out to you?
O Occasion When and where was this evidence created? What context or situation encouraged the creation of this document?
A Audience Who would be expected to see or read this piece of evidence?
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P Purpose What was this document intending to accomplish? What was its creator’s aim?
S Speaker Who created the document? Whose voice is not represented in the document? Why do you think that voice was left out?
Historical Interpretation Answer the investigative question, be sure to cite evidence from all sources In what ways did British colonialism impact Indian culture, society, and government?
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Grade ______Subject______Goes with Pages: _____ Topic:
What Your Student is Learning:
Colonialism has lasting global impacts.
What are the global impacts of colonialism?
Background and Context for Parents: During the 16th century, European nations began an era of global colonization that lasted well into the 20th century. This long lasting era of global colonization left nearly no continent untouched by Europe. This scramble for colonies across the globe had many lasting global effects on the economies, cultures, governments, societies, and environments.
Ways to support your student: What are the impacts of colonization? What were the impacts of German colonialism on Rwanda culture, society, and government?
Online Resources for Students:
Rwandan Genocide: What happened, why it happened, and how it still matters
The Hutus and Tutis
Corroborate the impacts of colonialism by analyzing the following two articles on the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
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Focus Question: What were the impacts of German colonialism on Rwanda culture, society, and government? Rwanda’s Genocide The Hutus and Tutsis April 10, 2014
This week marks 20 years since the start of the genocide in Rwanda, so the world has spent some time reflecting on one of the most horrifying — and most defining — events in post-Cold War history.
What may have gotten lost in all of this is what actually happened in Rwanda, a land-locked, Maryland-sized country in central Africa. Here's what you need to know about how 1 million people were systematically slaughtered, why it happened, how it changed the world, and where Rwanda stands today.
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How does the two articles differ with the information? Similar?
What questions do you have after reading each article?
What were the impacts of German colonialism on Rwanda culture, society, and government?
Corroborate the impacts of colonialism by analyzing the following two articles on the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
Focus Question: What were the impacts of German colonialism on Rwanda culture, society, and government?
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Rwanda’s Genocide The Hutus and Tutsis April 10, 2014
The split between Hutus and Tutsis arose not as a result of religious or cultural differences, but economic ones. "Hutus" were people who farmed crops, while "Tutsis" were people who tended livestock. Most Rwandans were Hutus. Gradually, these class divisions became seen as ethnic designations.
Because cattle were more valuable than crops, the minority Tutsis became the local elite. By the time Belgium took over the land in 1917 from Germany (who took it in 1884), an ethnic Tutsi elite had been the ruling monarchy for quite some time.
How does the two articles differ with the information? Similar?
What questions do you have after reading each article?
What were the impacts of German colonialism on Rwanda culture, society, and government?
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Corroborate the impacts of colonialism by analyzing the following two articles on the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
Focus Question: What were the impacts of German colonialism on Rwanda culture, society, and government? Rwanda’s Genocide The Hutus and Tutsis April 10, 2014
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Post-independence, the resentment created by colonial divide-and- conquer bred violence. Seeing as Hutus were a large majority, they handily won the country's first elections in 1961, and the regime that followed was staunchly Hutu nationalist. Intermittent violence between Hutus and Tutsis became a feature of post-independent Rwandan
How does the two articles differ with the information? Similar?
What questions do you have after reading each article?
What were the impacts of German colonialism on Rwanda culture, society, and government?
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Corroborate the impacts of colonialism by analyzing the following two articles on the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
Focus Question: What were the impacts of German colonialism on Rwanda culture, society, and government? Rwanda’s Genocide The Hutus and Tutsis April 10, 2014
German and Belgian rule made the dividing lines between the
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Post-independence, the resentment created by colonial divide- and-conquer bred violence. Seeing as Hutus were a large majority, they handily won the country's first elections in 1961, and the regime that followed was staunchly Hutu nationalist. Intermittent violence between Hutus and Tutsis became a feature of post-independent Rwandan
How does the two articles differ with the information? Similar?
What questions do you have after reading each article?
What were the impacts of German colonialism on Rwanda culture, society, and government?
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Corroborate the impacts of colonialism by analyzing the following two articles on the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
Focus Question: What were the impacts of German colonialism on Rwanda culture, society, and government? Rwanda’s Genocide The Hutus and Tutsis April 10, 2014
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The Rwandan genocide was a systematic campaign by the Hutu ethnic majority aimed at wiping out each and every member of the minority Tutsi group. The Hutu-controlled government and allied militias slaughtered between 800,000 and one million Tutsis before a Tutsi rebel group overthrew them. Over 100,000 Hutus were also killed, including both moderate Hutus killed by Hutu extremists and those killed by Tutsis in so-called "revenge killings."
The genocide was set into motion by the death of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana. On April 6th, 1994, Habyarimana's plane was shot down by a missile of unknown origin. Government-aligned forces used (Hutu) Habyarimana's death as an excuse to begin a campaign of slaughter they had been planning for some time, and the genocide began on April 7th. It went on for about 100 days…
Moreover, the aftershocks of the Rwandan genocide contributed to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). That war, the deadliest since World War 2, was sparked in part by 2 million Hutus fleeing Rwanda attacking Tutsis. Some of the 2 million were militiamen, who attacked Tutsis in the DRC. The Kagame government supported local Tutsi forces, and the conflict escalated.
How does the two articles differ with the information? Similar?
What questions do you have after reading each article?
What were the impacts of German colonialism on Rwanda culture, society, and government?
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