Imperialism Webquest

Introduction

Introduction:

1.

Imperialism played a huge part in shaping out world. Today you are going to be historians and it your job to discover the truth behind why Impeiralsim played such a large part in out history and how it affected.

You will work in teams of four and each member will be responsible for filling your own sheets. When you have finsihed you will present your findings to eachother. If you all come up with different conclusions and cannot reach an agreement on an answer you need to come up with a different theory or edit currently existing theories. If you come to an agreement on what the answer is write it down and prepare to present it to the class.

Task

2.

The Task:

You will come up with hypthethis about how Imperialism became the idea that shaped the world and the effects that it had and present it to the class using examples to justify your ideas.

Process

Directions:

1.Each person reads every website.

2.Answer each question on your own.

3.Discuss Answers.

4.Come up with an answer that everyone agrees on.

5.Make sure that you include evidence to support your answer

5.Write the answer down.

6.Create a poster. You poster will present your ideas-you must have (as minimum) three pieces of evidence to support your thesis.

7.Each person fills out a form, which explains how much of the project they did (they will also be asked to rate group mates)

6.The person whose birthday is closest to the beginning of the year will present their ideas.

7.Each person turns their own worksheet in.

http://www.britannica.com/topic/imperialism

http://www.historywiz.com/primarysources/imperialism-capitalism.html

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/panama-canal

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=56

http://www.ushistory.org/us/44e.asp

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/spanish-american-war

http://www.enciclopediapr.org/ing/article.cfm?ref=09072301

http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/filipino-insurrection-against-us

http://constitution.laws.com/amendments/teller-amendment

Evaluation

	poor	unsatisfactory	average	good	excellent	Score
Participation	Did not help your teammates at all and did not do any work.	You did not help your teammates or helped very little, and did not participate in group discussions	You helped your teammates with some of the project, but participated with group discussions some of the time.	You helped with the project, and participated in group discussion most of the time.	You did your share of work on the project, and participated in group discussions the whole time.	/10
Worksheet	Did not answer any questions or only answered one or two.	Only a few questions are answered or are answered correctly	Some of the questions are answered correctly	Most of the questions of answered correctly	All or the majority of the questions are answered correctly.	/25
Poster	The does not define imperialism, state a clear hypothesis, or have supporting details. Lacks picture	The poster has an unclear definition of imperialism, and unclear hypothesis, lacks supporting details, or relations of supporting details to hypothesis is unclear.	The poster has a fairly clear definition of imperialism and has a fairly clear hypothesis with some supporting details a somewhat clear relationship to hypothesis	The poster has a clear definition of imperialism and a mostly clear hypothesis and supporting details that are somewhat explained	The poster clearly defines imperialism, has a clear hypothesis, and clear supporting details that are well explained.	/50
Presentation	Does not present or meet any of the requirements	Presents, but only meets one or two requirements. The presentation is sloppy and difficult to follow.	Presents and meets at least half of the requirements. The presentation has some clarity.	Meets over half of the requirements, show good effort, and has clarity.	Meets most or all of the requirements. Effort clearly went into the project and is easy to follow.	/15

Conclusion

5.

Congratulations on your discovery historians! You've learned about the motivations behind imperialism and it's relationship to the Spanish American war, The Filipino Affair, the Annexation of Hawaii, and US involvment in South America around the turn of the century. Imperialism changed the world map, hurt indigenous peoples, and still affects many people today.