Unit: Rewrite the Script of Imperialism

Teachers will be able to prepare materials and concepts for project. Students will understand project, role of book and movies, and film component of project.

Students will learn key vocabulary words and practice their meanings throughout the two weeks of the project. Students will be prepared for the contextual language of the novel, “Heart of Darkness.”

Students will understand what imperialism is, which countries/regions were involved, and what factors motivated imperialism.

Students will understand the different mechanisms of control used in imperialism and the effects they had on relations between dominant and subordinate populations

Students will understand the philosophical/mental impact of colonization on colonized countries, leading to their understanding of ways the era of imperialism changed the world.

Students will understand what minerals are, how they are identified, what they are used for, and the role they played in motivating imperialism

Students will understand the relationship between wealthy countries and underdeveloped, indebted countries and how this relates to their histories of imperialism

Students will use percent increase and decrease to compare colonizing and colonized countries’ economies

Students will write and produce 3 minute or shorter film scripts, imagining an alternative ending to one country’s story of imperialism