1. 2015 Accelerated Level Reasons/Causes for Imperialism Lesson Date and Number Your Papers: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Block Day: Wednesday, January 14 or Thursday, January 15, 2015 Tuesday, January 20, 2015 Wednesday, January 21, 2015

2. Day One: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Quiet Question: Type Two Prompt---As part of the oral tradition and history as told by the griots in Africa, proverbs are an important tool. Proverbs are concise sayings that are used to convey the values of a culture. Proverbs used symbolism or language from one aspect of life to give advice that can be applied more generally. For example, a stich in time saves nine applies not just to people who are mending clothing but to how all people should approach their work conscientiously. Most of the proverbs below come from the Mongo Tribe of the inner Congo Basis, but some come from other tribes. Select TWO proverbs from the list. Highlight the chosen two. For each proverb, you will do the following: Explain what it means---what is the advice in teenage language? Examine how the proverb connects to specific aspects of Religions or Tribalism in Africa.

3. Day One: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Reflection Question: a) Proverb in Own WordsConnections to Religions/Tribalism with Specifics Explained b)

4. Day One: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Class: What the proverbs show us about the history and diversity of the cultures in Africa is that they have a wisdom that the world could learn from, but the West often fails to see this. This is because since the time of Triangular Trade and Slavery, the African continent has been viewed through a racist lens. This was only made worse under the time period of Imperialism, where the industrialized nations of Europe felt they had the right to divide up Africa like slices of cake and gobble up their natural resources and destroy the ancient traditions and ways of life. This is what we will be studying in the lesson.

5. Day One: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Class: The teacher is going to begin the Interactive Causes of Imperialism PowerPoint Lecture. There are Pair-Share Activities built into the lecture that will have you and your partner working with primary sources relating to each cause. There is a space for these activities built into your graphic organizer. It is very important that you take detailed notes from the PowerPoint Lecture and the photocopied supplemental reading, because this will be the primary material for your Imperialism Editorial that will be a major Summative Assessment for the Third Marking Period.

6. Day One: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Homework: You will be reading and taking notes from the photocopied supplemental reading entitled “Part I: Pre-Colonial Congo and Europe’s Interest in Africa”. You will be taking notes in EITHER RED, PINK, ORANGE, OR PURPLE PEN to distinguish where the information in your graphic organizer comes from. Topics Covered in Reading: Pages 1-3: Life in Africa before Slavery and the Europeans---Contrast to what happens to them when Europeans arrive (Important Information for Editorial) Pages 3-5: Slave Trade and Impact on Africa Pages 5-9: Reasons or Causes for Imperialism Pages 9-10: Berlin Conference Will be checked for Class Participation Points on Wednesday, January 21! Chunking: Night One: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Read and take notes from pages 1-4 stopping at “How Did the End of the Atlantic Slave Trade....” Section. Night Two: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 Read and take notes from pages 4-7 stopping at “The Scramble for Africa” Section. Night Three: Thursday, January 15, 2015 Finish reading and takes notes from pages 7-10.

7. Day Two: Block Day Either Wednesday, January 14 or Thursday, January 15, 2015 Class: The teacher is going to continue the Interactive Causes of Imperialism PowerPoint Lecture, and you should continue taking notes in the graphic organizer. Homework: Continue reading and taking notes from the supplemental reading. Will be checked for Class Participation Points on Wednesday, January 21!

8. Day Three: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 Class: The teacher is going to finish the Interactive Causes of Imperialism PowerPoint Lecture, and you should continue taking notes in the graphic organizer. Class: The teacher is going to go over the Imperialism Editorial Summative Assessment. You should be following along, highlighting key points in the directions, and asking questions of clarification. Homework: Work on Africa Unit Study Guide for Midterm. Begin chunked work for the Imperialism Editorial.

9. Chunking of Imperialism Editorial Night One: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 Select perspective. Go to Online Textbook Pages 692-701 to take additional notes on the chosen country or act of resistance. Go to the Colonial Empires PowerPoint and Effects of Imperialism PowerPoint on the teacher page and take additional notes on the chosen country or act of resistance. Take these notes on a separate piece of paper to attach to the Pre-Write Graphic Organizer.

10. Chunking of Imperialism Editorial Night Two: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Complete the Pre-Write Graphic Organizer EXCEPT for the Primary Source Evidence. That will be the next night.

11. Chunking of Imperialism Editorial Night Three: Thursday, January 22, 2015 Go through the Primary Documents Supplemental Reading and select your primary sources for each argument. Fill in that part of the Pre-Write Graphic Organizer. This will be checked for Class Participation Points on Friday, January 23, 2015.

12. Chunking of Imperialism Editorial Night Four: Friday, January 23 through Thursday, January 29, 2015: Begin to write/type your Rough Draft. Do the headline. Do the Visual Primary Source with Caption. Do the Introduction. Do the First Supportive Argument Paragraph.

13. Chunking of Imperialism Editorial Night Five: Friday, January 30, 2015 Do the Second Supportive Argument Paragraph. Do the Counter-Argument Paragraph. Do the Conclusion. Make sure to print out TWO COPIES of your Rough Draft.

14. Chunking of Imperialism Editorial Night Six: Monday, February 2, 2015 In class today, we will be holding Peer-Editing Conferences on the Rough Drafts. So your homework tonight is to finish filling out the Peer- Editing Conference Handout. This will be counted as Class Participation Points. This will be returned to the other student the next class period.

15. Chunking of Imperialism Editorial Night Seven: Tuesday, February 3, 2015 The Peer-Editing Conference Handout with your Rough Draft was returned. Begin to make the revisions.

16. Chunking of Imperialism Editorial Night Eight: Wednesday, February 4, 2015 Work on the revisions.

17. Chunking of Imperialism Editorial Night Nine: Thursday, February 5, 2015 Have a parent or older sibling read over your revisions to catch any mistakes. Correct the mistakes. Print up TWO COPIES of your Final Draft. One is for your notebook to supplement your notes on Imperialism. The other is to turn in to the teacher. Final Draft of Editorial due tomorrow: Friday, February 6, 2015!

18. Day Four: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Groups: To understand how an editorial works, you will be examining an editorial from The New York Times. You and your group members will complete the Editorial Analysis Handout. While you work on this, the teacher will be calling you up to check your Imperialism Reading Notes. This will be collected at the end of the class period for the last grade for the second marking period. Homework: Work on your Africa Unit Study Guide for the midterm. Work on the Pre-Write for the Imperialism Editorial.