MODERN WORLD HISTORYCORE ASSESSMENT #1: Case Study of Imperialized Country

Essential Questions for Project How have technology and exchange transformed societies and the human

experience? How did imperialism mutually affect the colonizer and the colonized world?

BackgroundIn the 19th Century, many industrialized countries took over the non-industrialized parts of the world. The resulting conquest changed the course of global history.

Assignment OverviewYou will be assigned two countries: 1. an imperial power that imperialized a less dominate power, 2. a country taken over by that power during the “Age of Imperialism.” You will create a case study of this relationship and document the information in an Interactive PowerPoint Presentation/Primary Source Product. The following areas should be researched:

Motives for Imperialismo What prompted the European power to take over the less dominate power?

(Examples: What resources did the power want? Were there geopolitical (include map), economic, social, and political reasons?)

Methods of Imperialismo In what ways did the imperial power take over and maintain control of the

imperialized nation? (Did they use violence? Was it a more peaceful takeover? Did the lesser power resist? Make sure to provide specific evidence (events, dates, major players, etc.)

Impact on Imperialized Nationo What were the geopolitical, economic, social, and political results of

imperialism in this country?

Final Products Interactive Power Point (or other comparable option at teacher discretion)

o Using Microsoft PowerPoint and the attached instruction sheet, you will create an interactive Power Point that reflects your understanding of the research areas.

Primary Source Product o From the information gathered in your research, you will create one of the

following products to illustrate the perspective of a person/group of people from the imperialized nation illustrating their experiences while being colonized (positive or negative):

Newspaper editorial, Diary entry, Political cartoon

Source DocumentationYou will be required to complete a bibliography in proper format that includes AT LEAST FIVE SOURCES. You should use the available databases as your first avenue of research.

I. List of potential countries

Choose one imperialist country and one imperialized nation (listed unbold immediately under the imperialist country. If you choose an example that is not included on this list, you MUST obtain prior teacher approval

FranceAlgeriaFrench West AfricaFrench IndochinaMadagascar

Great Britain

Egypt/Sudan

Nigeria

South Africa

Burma

Hong KongIndiaAfghanistan

SpainPhillipinesCuba

PortugalAngolaMozambique

GermanyGerman Southwest AfricaGerman East AfricaCameroons

Belgium Belgian Congo

The NetherlandsDutch East Indies

JapanKorea

Interactive PowerPoint Requirements:PowerPoint Instructions:

o Must have at least 10 slides in addition to 1 main page that contains links to other slides under the three research areas (see sample PowerPoint on course site) and 1 bibliographic slide—at least 12 slides total.

o Informational slides include:o Motives for Imperialism—Why did the European power want to imperialize

the country? To acquire natural resources/raw materials? If so, which? Would the country be a beneficial trading region for the European power? If so, how? Is it on the water? Does it link continents, etc.?

o Methods of Imperialism—How did the European power maintain control of the imperialized territory? Did the European power use force/fight wars? Did the European power negotiate treaties?

o Impact on Imperialized Country—How did imperialism affect BOTH countries?

o Words to know:o Economic—o Political—o Social—o Geopolitical—

o The bibliography slide MUST be in proper MLA format, it should NOT list the resources used. You may use www.noodletools.com to aid you in constructing your bibliography.

o Important: The information in your PowerPoint should be bulleted into concise points. Do NOT include wordy slides. During your presentation you should have the ability to elaborate on each one of your bullet points.

o You are not required to have a video but it is not discouraged. If you find a reasonable length video that highlights/expands upon your research area, you can embed it into your PowerPoint

From the information gathered in your research, you will create one of the following products to illustrate the perspective of a person/group of people from the imperialized nation illustrating their experiences while being colonized (positive or negative). You can choose ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

o Newspaper editorial,o Diary entry,o Political cartoon

Newspaper Editorial/Diary Entry Requirements:o Must take the perspective of EITHER the country that imperialized or the country that

was imperializedo Must highlight the aspects of imperialism that you researched:

Motives for imperialism Methods of imperialism Impact on the imperialized nations

o Must be 1 page in length, 12-point Times New Roman Font. The set-up for the paper should include the following:

Interactive Power Points using Power Point 2007The instructions below detail how to use the features

of Power Point to create an interactive poster.

Primary Source ProductThe instructions below detail the expectations for the reflection piece of CORE Assessment #1

Political Cartoon Requirements:o What is a political cartoon? Political Cartoons are art forms portraying government

policies, programs and personalities in humorous ways. Political cartoons often portray satire and parody to criticize various governmental programs

o Must take the perspective of EITHER the country that imperialized or the country that was imperialized

o Must highlight ONE aspect of imperialism that you researched. Either: Motives for imperialism Methods of imperialism Impact on the imperialized nation

o Must be in color and at least 8” by 11”o Contain a one paragraph, typed description (4-6 sentences describing your cartoon)

Checklist of what you are turning in/should have on ______________________. Printed copy of all 12 PowerPoint slides (can print as handouts/can print in

black & white). Must include bibliography slide. Flash drive/disk/CD with saved copy of PowerPoint to present to class. Printed copy of primary source product. Printed copy of rubric.

PicturesClip artShapesCharts/TablesSmart Art

Illustrations

Click on the Insert tab at the top of the screen. In the Illustrations category, choose the type of illustration you wish to

insert.

Any images retrieved from the internet can be inserted using the “Picture” function. You will need to locate where you saved the pictures.

With the “Clip art” function, you can locate clip art from Microsoft Office online.

With the “Smart art” function, you can insert a variety of graphics to illustrate lists, processes, relationships…etc.

You can also use Microsoft Excel to create

a chart, and then copy/paste it into

PowerPoint.

To insert shaped text boxes and word clouds Click on the Insert tab at the top of the screen. In the Illustrations category, choose the “Shapes” function.

Other Suggestions/Ideas:Click on the Design tab to change the slide orientation, theme, color scheme, or font.

You can locate additional themes by clicking on the office button at the top, left-hand corner of the screen.Select NEW TEMPLATES.

Word artWord cloudsShaped text boxes

Text Boxe

s

Link to websites, documents, power point slides

Links

Pod castsSound filesVideosAnimated graphics (GIF)

Media

Clips

To insert shaped text boxes and word clouds Click on the Insert tab at the top of the screen. In the Illustrations category, choose the “Shapes” function.

Actions and Hyperlinkso You can add these types of links to TEXT or IMAGES.o Action: use this to link to files or other Power Point slides. o Hyperlink: use this to link to web URLs.

Highlight the TEXT you wish to link or SELECT an illustration.o Click on the Insert tab at the top of the screen.o In the Link category, select “Hyperlink” or “Action” to add a

hyperlink or action to the selected text/illustration.

Click on the Insert tab at the top of the screen. In the Media Clips category, select the type of media you wish to insert.

Choose ‘Movie’ to insert a VIDEO OR ANIMATED CLIP ART.

o Select “movie from file” locate and insert the file.

Choose ‘Sound’ to insert music or podcasts. o Select “sound from file” locate and insert the file.

On the ‘Microsoft Online Menu’, choose “Design Slides” or “Content Slides” to see a variety of themes by category. You can also type in a keyword in the search bar to find specific themes.Click on the Animations tab to control the order in which text/images appear on the slide, to add transitions between slides, and to add sound when slides transition.

You can change the preferences so the slides transition after x-seconds instead of when you click the mouse. To create animated text, visit http://textanim.com/, or Google “animated text” and select a website. To convert/download videos from You Tube or other internet sources, use http://zamzar.com. When converting videos, choose the “wmv” format. When converting sound files, choose “mp3” as the format. Any video from You Tube can be converted into a sound file by selecting “mp3” when converting with Zamzar.

LOG-ON TO MOOURL.COM/LMCKEE FOR LINKS TO HELPFUL RESOURCES. CAN BE FOUND UNDER “MODERN WORLD HISTORY” TAB.

Once the video is converted and

emailed to you, you have 24 hours to

download it.