Updated and with new color scheme 8/20/2009
This lesson looks at the reasons European powers decided to colonize Africa, the process of taking it over, and the results for Africa and Europe. In the Powerpoint there is a 50 slide timed presentation of photos and commentary focusing on Leopold the II of Belgium's especially brutal conquest and treatment of the Congo. I typically accompany this with music to set a proper mood for the students.
In the PowerPoint, the color flowchart develops slide by slide while other notes for the students scroll down the side. There are also extensive photos with captions mixed in to illustrate the lesson and capture students� interest. This packet also contains a student reading, flowchart, and the author�s own research notes with lots of details and interesting trivia.
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Very thorough. Excellent flow chart (structure wise) but text was too small to read when projected on to screen. Also alot of repetition of images from slide to slide. With some editing and reorganization on my part, this became a very good resource for an introductory overview of the topic.
February 15, 2007
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For the last 27 years, I have taught at University High School, in Urbana, Illinois. During this time I have created a 4-year world history curriculum that breaks down as follows: Subfreshmen (7th and 8th grades combined): Prehistory and ancient civilizations, including India, China, and Japan. Freshmen: Western civilization and the Islamic world to 1500 Sophomores: World history from 1500 to 1945 Seniors: the world since 1945. All of these, except the senior course are required. The elective senior course is consistently filled to capacity of 30, usually with a waiting list.
