IMPERIALISM AND CHINA! Activity: Write a Play about the
Open Door Policy and the Boxer
Rebellion!
SCENE I:
ACT I: European Interest in China trade, and
Chinese disinterest
ACT II: The cause and effect of the Opium wars
SCENE II:
ACT I: The Chinese Anti-Foreign Reaction
ACT II: The Boxer War and the stand-off in
Beijing
SCENE III:
ACT I: The outcome and effect of the Boxer
Rebellion
ACT II: The Open Door Policy
•  Directions:
•  1)Your group will be assigned an ACT from
the drama, Imperialism in China, to write and
perform. Write a 1-page script on your ACT,
and be ready to perform it tomorrow.
•  2) Your skit should be about 4 minutes long,
and each member of your group should have a
speaking role. Extra kudos (points) for
costumes and props!
•  3) Us these resources: Read the following:
The Boxer Rebellion and China and The
Open Door Policy and the Boxer Rebellion.
Note events that occur and how the Chinese
and foreign imperial powers interact and
respond to each other.