Hn Legacies of Colonialism
(Otty 2018)
Overarching Question: To what extent was colonialism responsible for causing conflicts after independence?
Overarching Question: To what extent was colonialism responsible for causing conflicts after independence?
Project Introduction: Explore topics and Complete the Research Exploration Handout
Project Introduction: Explore topics and Complete the Research Exploration Handout
Recommended Library Resources
Recommended Library Resources
- Library books: **IMPORTANT** Books on the "Hold for Otty" cart may NOT be checked out, but may be accessed in the library before, during, and after school)
- Guide to Primary Sources
- Databases by Subject: **IMPORTANT** To access the databases off school campus, you will need to enter the required passwords. Please visit the Passwords page and follow the instructions.
Recommended Databases:
Recommended Databases:
- Britannica: School Edition
- Culturegrams - ProQuest
- World Book Advanced
- Global Issues in Context - Gale
- World History in Context - Gale
- World History: The Modern Era - ABC-CLIO
- World At War - ABC-CLIO
- Biography in Context - Gale
- PowerSearch - Gale
- NBC Learn
Recommended Websites:
Recommended Websites:
- Communal Violence in India
- The Longest August: The Unflinching Rivalry Between India and Pakistan
- The Invention of Pakistan: How the British Raj Sundered (posted on Google Classroom)
- "Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition" (book review)
- British National Archives' "The Road to Partition 1939-1947"
- Indian Independence: Partition of India and Pakistan
- History.com: India and Pakistan win independence - August 15, 1947
- PBS: The Story of India Timeline, 1700-2000
- Lebanese Civil War
- The Troubles in Syria: Spawned by French Divide and Rule
- The McMahon-Hussien Correspondence 14 July 1915 - 10 March 1916 - letters
- The Sykes-Picot Agreement : 1916
- U.S./France Treaty: Rights in Syria and Lebanon, 1924
- Approaching Lebanese History (SoundCloud podcast can only be accessed OFF CAMPUS)
- The historiography and the memory of the Lebanese civil war
- New York Times: After 2 Decades, Scars of Lebanon's Civil War Block Path to Dialogue
- The Communal Pact of National Identities: The Making and Politics of the 1943 National Pact
- Lebanese Civil War: 1975-1991 from American University of Beirut Libraries
- Rwandan Genocide
- List of 16 Declassified Documents from the National Security Archive at George Washington University
- Atlantic Monthly Article Bystanders to Genocide by Samantha Power
- Survivor Testimonies
- Genocide Archive Rwanda
- United Nations: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda - overview, timeline, cases
- Human Rights Watch Report: Leave None to Tell the Story
- Vietnam War
- Biafran War
- Second Congo War
- The Guardian: Is colonialism still to blame for the Democratic Republic of Congo's woes?
- Congo's Colonial Ghost
- The World's Worst War
- Independence Day: Fifty Years after Lumumba Speech, DRC's Riches Still Not Benefiting her Children
- Patrice Lumumba's Speech at the Ceremony of the Proclamation of the Congo's Independence
- Sources on The Democratic Republic of Congo from the Stanford Libraries
Library Day 1 Goals: Locate and Cite Sources in NoodleTools
Library Day 1 Goals: Locate and Cite Sources in NoodleTools
AGENDA:
- NoodleTools: Create a new account, create a new project, share project with teacher, type research question in the Noodle Tools Dashboard, cite a database (15 min)
- Review overview article (highlight key terms) research assignment (format and guiding questions) and (15 min)
- Locate credible sources with evidence to support your research question. Use the C.R.A.P. Test when evaluating a source's credibility and appropriateness for research (40min)
- Cite a website in NoodleTools (5 min)
Library Day 2 Goal: Take Notes
Library Day 2 Goal: Take Notes
AGENDA:
- Noodle Tools Note-taking (20 min)
- Read and take notes on your first two sources (at least 2 notes per source)
- Locate and cite credible sources with evidence to support your research question. Take notes. (60 min)
Day 3 Goal: Locate Primary Sources and Take Notes
Day 3 Goal: Locate Primary Sources and Take Notes
AGENDA:
- Locate and cite primary sources (15 min)
- ABC-CLIO Databases: "Documents" links (left hand column)
- Gale Databases: "Primary Sources" link (right hand column)
- Recommended Websites (listed above on this page)
- Guide to Primary Sources
- Locate and cite sources. Take at least 3 new notes before class tomorrow. (60min)