Imperialism

This unit focuses on colonialism and the peoples under colonial rule using case studies, and how those peoples emerged as nation states; also how these events are of significance to New Zealanders.

Learning Intentions:

1. Understand what forces and movements allowed the Vietnamese to maintain and develop a national identity throughout the changes to their country under Chinese and French colonisation.

2. Understand what forces influenced the Vietnamese people to attempt to take control of their country, and the consequences of these attempts

3. Understand how and why forces and movements in America led to American involvement in Vietnam

4. Understand what happened during the Second Indochina War, and the consequences of the war

5. Investigate 3 case studies of times where imperialism has had significant impact on New Zealand or New Zealanders (e.g. Treaty of Waitangi/NZ Wars, protectorate of Samoa, Maori Leadership, Cold War, American ‘cultural imperialism’, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, etc)

Achievement Standards covered:

2.4 (91232) Interpret different perspectives of people in an historical event that is of significance to New Zealanders

Concepts:

Imperialism

Colonialism

Nationalism

Communism

Values

Protest

Achievement Objective:

Understand how people’s interpretations of events that are of significance to new Zealanders differ.

Indicators:

• Identifies and describes differing interpretations of an event
• Describes how different perspectives led to different interpretations of an event
• Describes and explains different interpretations, held by a range of people over time, of past events that are of significance to new Zealanders (The range of people could include participant, contemporaries, historians, descendants, observers, and people today.)