The Age of New Imperialism 16 Day Unit - PowerPoint & Activities

A PowerPoint file containing 13 presentations for a World History unit titled “The Age of New Imperialism.”

The PowerPoint file is 117 slides in length. It includes 13 individual lessons, which in my classroom provides for 16 days of instruction:

4.1 Social Darwinism - 1 day

4.2 New Imperialism and the Magnificent African Cake - 1 day

4.3 Patterns of Colonization and the Impact of Colonial Rule - 1 day

4.4 African Resistance to Colonial Rule - 1 day

4.5 South Africa and the Apartheid System - 1 day

4.6 India - The Jewel in the Crown of the British Empire - 2 days

4.7 The Impact of Imperialism on China - 1 day

4.8 The Impact of Imperialism on Japan - 1 day

4.9 Yankee Imperialism in Latin America - 1 day

4.10 An Austro-Franco Empire in Mexico? - 1 day

4.11 The Unification of Italy - 2 days

4.12 The Unification of Germany - 2 days

4.13 Balkan Nationalism - 1 day

(Lessons 4.11-4.13 are included in a second PPT file.)

Also included in this download is a 15-page set of visuals and activities to accompany the 13 lessons. In my classroom, students take Cornell style notes on the right side in their interactive notebooks; their corresponding visuals pages are glued on the left. These activities are completed before (vocabulary), during (visual labeling), and after (writing, thinking maps, etc.) completion of the presentation.

If you would like to download a full-preview for free of one of my units, in order to get an idea of the types of things you might find in them, please do a search on TpT for my unit titled “The Birth of Democracy.”

Alternate add-ons for this unit include:

- A simulation exercise of the scramble for Africa. Search for “he Scramble for Africa Simulation Exercise” on TpT.

- A list of 33 questions for a showing of the film “Gandhi” - broken-down into five sets of six or seven questions for a five day viewing. Search for “Gandhi - 33 Questions for a Student Viewing of the Film” on TpT.

*There are references throughout the presentations to DVD clips I show during some of my presentations. These clips cannot, of course, be included with your download. Below is a list of the DVDs that I use:

- “Zulu” (1964)

- “Gandhi” (1982)

Thank you for downloading my lessons! Your feedback is always welcome.

James Oberacker

james.oberacker@gmail.com