WORLD HISTORY
Ms. Grimshaw
Standards 10.4 & 10.5
The Age of New Imperialism & Causes of the Great War (AKA World War I)
December 5 – 9
Monday
Tuesday
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Career Center
Age of New Imperialism Causes - Introduction
(Text in class)
HOMEWORK: Complete assignment begun in class (Due tomorrow)
Wednesday Group Assignment: Age of New Imperialism
HOMEWORK: SG Age of New Imperialism: A Case Study of India
(Due Friday)
Thursday
Group Assignment: Age of New Imperialism (continued)
The Scramble for Africa (Text in class)
Friday
Discussion, Notes, & Review
Causes of Imperialism (Text in class)
December 12 – 16
Monday
Review / Age of New Imperialism around the world
HOMEWORK: Complete assignment begun in class (Due tomorrow)
Tuesday
Discussion, Notes, & Review (Text in class)
Effects of Imperialism
Wednesday Now entering the Twilight Zone Imperialism in sum
Plus! The Geography of New Imperialism (Text in class)
Thursday
Unfinished business / Review
HOMEWORK: Study for test
Friday
Test Age of New Imperialism
*Remember!
Extra Credit is due Wednesday, 1 / 11 / 2012
January 2 – 6, 2012
Monday
Tuesday
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Local holiday No School
Welcome Back to History
2012! / Intro. Causes of WWI
Attitudes on war / The M.A.I.N.
causes of WWI Simulation
(Militarism, Alliances,
Imperialism, & Nationalism)
(Text in class)
HOMEWORK: Simulation necessities
(Due tomorrow)
website: http://www.losal.org/146420319215521653/site/default.asp)
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Causes of WWI Simulation (Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, &
Nationalism)
HOMEWORK: Read pgs. 407 - 410 and answer the questions that follow on a separate
sheet of paper:
Wednesday
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1) Find the definition of nationalism, and in a short paragraph discuss how nationalism contributed to the coming of
World War I. (Remember to give at least 3 specific examples)
2) Consider your knowledge of our study of imperialism and in a short response discuss how
imperialism contributed to the coming of World War I. (Remember to give at least 3 specific
examples)
3) What was/is militarism, and how did that contribute to the coming of World War I?
4) What was/is an alliance, and who was Otto von Bismarck, and what did he have to do with
alliances?
5) What countries were involved up the Triple Alliance & how did it create a new balance of
power in Europe?
6) How did Kaiser Wilhelm II’s quest for an overseas empire increase military rivalries and
tensions in Europe?
7) Who made up the Triple Entente & what countries were involved?
8) Why were the Balkans called a “powder keg”? (Think about what a “powder keg” is / might
be as you formulate your response.)
9) Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand, what happened to him, & why was it significant?
(Due Friday)
Thursday
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Friday
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Causes of WWI Simulation (Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, &
Nationalism)
Simulation Debriefing: Class discussion, notes, & review
Did our simulation follow history? (Text in class)
website: http://www.losal.org/146420319215521653/site/default.asp)
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