Paige+S'+Thematic+Unit+Wiki

After talking ot my CT, we concluded that I will be doing my three week lesson on Unit 10, which included imperialism, industrialism and nationalism. I will be teaching this unit a few weeks after Christmas break. This allows me to become comfortable with my students and get to know them better.

__**Possible Content Focuses**__
Imperialism Industrialism Nationalism

__**Possible Themes**__
Nationalism within different countries Inventions Child Labor Oppression

=__**Brainstorming**__= Materials - Prezi, Marker Board, Markers, A Novel Resources - Online sources (websites), Textbooks (if avaliable), Historical Documents

=**__Activities__**= Journaling Use Maps Create own inventions Reading and Interpreting primary documents Writing from the primary documents

=__Goals__= At the end of the unit students will be expected to achieve the following: 1. Appreciate the technology and inventions of the Industrial Revolution. 2.

Narrative of 15 day Unit

=__Poem for WWII__= "Into Battle" by: Julian Grenfell Have students read this poem and anaylze its meaning. Then students will compare the poem to a photo from WWI. Here students will make connections between the two and give the similarities and differences.

=**__Imperialism__**=
 * ~ Students will read a variety of primary and secondary sources focused on European imperialism in the African continent, including the imperialist rationale and the anti-imperialist rebuttal. ||


 * Students will research the Opium War, explore the war's causes, and devise responses to key issues from the Chinese and British perspectives. ||


 * Students will label a map of either Africa or Asia at the height of European imperial control from 1900 to 1914, create questions related to the history of imperialism on a particular continent, exchange the map for one of the other continent, and review the map and answer questions. ||