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Empire and Other Consequences of Industrialization

Driving Question: How were industrial empires different from earlier types of empires?

Industrialization empowered empires in the nineteenth century. New tools of warfare, production, transportation, and communication helped industrial empires spread to new places. Yet, in every region, colonized people found means to resist industrial imperialism.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify how industrialization supported imperialism and the expansion of empires.
  2. Evaluate how imperialism changed communities, networks, and production and distribution during the nineteenth century.
  3. Use close-reading skills to consider how various trends contributed to a new age of imperialism.
STEP 1

Opener: Empire and Other Consequences of Industrialization

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page 2 of the Lesson 6.1 Teaching Guide Locked .

This blog post, “Here to be dragons: Teaching world history in maps”, is a great reminder that historical maps are not just geographic tools, but windows into the beliefs, fears, and priorities of the people who made them.

Imperialism shaped the world as it evolved during the nineteenth century. What can comparing images tell you about this big moment in history?

STEP 2

Looking Ahead

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page 3 of the Lesson 6.1 Teaching Guide Locked .

Our Writing Guide shares our approach to informal and formal writing, including Unit Notebooks.

STEP 3

Expanding Empires

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page 3 of the Lesson 6.1 Teaching Guide Locked .

Looking to differentiate, modify or adapt this assignment? Check out our Differentiation Guide Locked .

Imperialism expanded in the nineteenth century, but it looked different in different regions. This video and article will help you consider how power, resistance, and inequality shaped a new age of imperialism.

Unit 6 Overview External link

In the mid-nineteenth century, industrial powers extended their empires across new regions of the world, creating new and unequal social hierarchies.

Key Ideas

As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
STEP 4

Framing Unit 6

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page 5 of the Lesson 6.1 Teaching Guide Locked .

This discussion on the OER Project Community forum has teachers sharing tips for drawing the frames of an empire External link .

Learn how to examine imperialism through the lenses of communities, networks, and production and distribution to better understand how empires shaped and disrupted the world.

Unit 6 Frames External link

Empires seem to contradict the trends we’ve seen in the frames so far. Were these contradictions an intended feature of empires, or some kind of glitch?

Key Ideas

As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
STEP 5

Closer: Empire and Other Consequences of Industrialization

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page 6 of the Lesson 6.1 Teaching Guide Locked .

Extension Materials
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Essay Review: Organization and Language/Style

Teaching Tools

To teach this lesson step, refer to page 7 of the Lesson 6.1 Teaching Guide Locked .

A great way to improve your writing skill is to evaluate writing samples. In this activity, you’ll evaluate your own writing or a sample essay using the Organization and Language/Style rows of the OER Project Writing Rubric.