Students examine how industrialized nations built vast overseas empires in the 1800s — driven by the hunt for resources and markets — and honestly weigh the profound and often devastating consequences for colonized peoples.
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Why did a handful of nations come to control much of the globe in the 1800s — and what did that mean for the peoples whose lands they took?
Project each question and have students analyze the causes and effects of imperialism. The tool explains the drivers and the human consequences.
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How did a few nations end up controlling most of the world?
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Aligned to the C3 Framework for Social Studies and Common Core literacy in history/social studies.
Explain multiple causes and effects of events and developments.
Analyze relationships and interactions within and between human and physical systems.
Analyze why developments are historically significant.
Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author’s point of view or purpose.
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Have students research a resistance or independence movement against imperial rule and explain the perspective of the colonized people. A printable research sheet is in the Social Studies library.
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