May 20 & 21 Socials 9

 May 20th

-we did a thorough review of the wars that settled the North American continent

-we talked about the expulsion of the Acadians and why this occurred and if it was justified

-we watched these two videos that went with the war of 1812

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqmUpVtmu5Q&t=1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrp0aXY702E&t=1s

We the started to discuss the scramble for Africa by looking at some slides and started this video and did a video sheet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzF88HBlAHY

May 21st

We started with this cartoon analysis:

From here we launched into a discussion around the cartoon and the Berlin conference.  Finished these two videos, went over the video sheet and then watched a final video on the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uMF9j8FTtI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzF88HBlAHY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NXC4Q_4JVg

We then worked on a map of Africa.

We started a quick partner project:

Prior to WWI, there were 7 main colonizing countries of Africa:  Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, Britain, France & Italy

You and a partner if you choose will work on one of these and answer the following questions:

• What African colonies did they control?

• What were the specific consequences for these colonies under colonial rule of these countries?

• What were the causes of colonization and what resources were they after?

• What conflicts arose because of colonization?

• When did they become independent?

Create a quick set of slides or poster on this.  Ensure you use your words and create a bibliography.