Imperialism Project

What is the best way for an imperialized people to respond?

Introduction

In your imperialism project, you will create a product in which you make an argument that answers the question above, which is one of our unit questions. You will use evidence from India AND from your independent research on one of the eight following countries (link to country summaries here):

  • Vietnam, The Philippines, Algeria, Egypt, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, and Ghana

Requirements

Your project must include the following

  • An introduction, including
    • Context about imperialism and the three different ways imperialized people can respond to imperialism
    • Your opinion about which response is best AND why this response is the best response to imperialism
  • At least three pieces of evidence (evidence can be a fact or string of facts; it does not have to be a quote)
    • One piece of evidence for each of the three responses (acceptance, violent resistance, non-violent resistance)
    • At least one piece of evidence from India and at least one piece of evidence from the country you researched
    • YOU MAY NOT USE INFORMATION FROM THE COUNTRY SUMMARIES (linked above) AS EVIDENCE.
  • A citation for each piece of evidence
    • Examples: (page 6), (notes 5), (World Book Encyclopedia), (Encyclopedia Britannica)
  • One piece of evidence must come from the Hillsdale library's website (link here)
      • HINT: consider taking your notes for this project in Google docs. justsayin...
    • Check here to figure out where you can go to research your chosen country (library website resources and textbook)
      • World Book information - username: hillsdale, password: knights
      • Encyclopedia Britannica - username: hillsdalehs, password: school

Rubric

Click here for the rubric

Check out completed projects here.