The Age of Imperialism

Imperialism Ideas

European Imperialism in Africa

-Fill out foldable (pages 486-487 would be a good start to help with summarizing each revolution).

On back of Foldable: Write down all 14 vocabularly words, a definition, and a symbol for each word.

Revolutions Vocabularly:

Absolute Monarch: A king who holds all the political power
Aristocracy: Members of noble families.
Revolution: A sudden great change.
Napoleon Bonaparte: The general who seizes power in France in 1799.
Simon Bolivar: The man who started the war of independence for South America in 1810.
FatherMiguel Hildago: A poor preist that inspired Mexicans to improve their lives.
Textile:Cloth
Union: A group of workers who join together to make working conditions better.
Strike:Workers who leave their jobs until demands are met.
Socialism: A belief that workers in the world should unite and seize economic power. 
Nationalism: A form of national pride.
Robert Folton:The engineer that created the steamboat.
Karl Marx:The German born thinker who was credited for his ideas as socialism. 
Imperialism: One country's control over another country's government and economy.

-Finish Entire Script

Revolutionary Theater:

your group has been assigned one of the topics of our revolutions unit. Together you must create a play that teaches us about your topic. Your play must:

-tell the story of your topic

-include all major people

-teach important vocabulary

-include all members of your group in an active role

Have fun and be creative with this project. Make sure that all group members have a chance to contribute equally. As always, you will have a chance to evaluate your group members after the project.



Grades

A: meets minimum requirement, written script, parts memorized, visual aids

B: meets minimum requirement, written script,visual aids

C: meets minumum requirement, written script