1. Unit 5: Imperialism & WWI

2. Entry Task
Free Write in your notebook: America is a country in which…

3. What is Imperialism?
Concept Formation

4. What is Imperialism?
Objective: Through looking at several political cartoons you will develop a working definition of imperialism.

5. Make this table in your notebook:
B.S.I.C.
Argument
Image #1
Image #2
Image #3
Image #4

6. American cartoon of John Bull (England) as an Imperial Octopus with its arms (with hands) in - or contemplating being in - various regions.
Suez Canal – financed, those who control it control trade
Boersland – cape colony, descendants of dutch farmers

7. Cape-Cairo railway project : Cecil Rhodes founded the De Beers Mining Company & owned the British South Africa Company, which established Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) for itself. He liked to "paint the map British red," and declared: "all of these stars ... these vast worlds that remain out of reach. If I could, I would annex other planets.”

8. (France - late 1890s)
A pie labeled “Chine” is being cut by figures representing the UK, Germany, Russia, France and Japan.
- Notice the absence of the US. US did not want a part in carving up China because they wanted to keep trade open. Japan wanted a part of the action because they desired to join Western Imperialists after they began to modernize after 1868.

10. Similarities Look at the information you wrote down in your notebook
Make a list of similarities of all four images

11. Final Definition
Now use those similarities to write a working definition of imperialism in your notebook “IMPERIALISM IS…”
Imperialism - the political, economic, and/or cultural domination of one country or region by another country

12. Example or Non-Example?
With a partner:
Read the scenarios on your handout
Decide if each one is an example of imperialism or not an example, circle your answer