Decolonization and Nationalism
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
The purposeful breaking of laws to protest actions by the government. |
SALT MARCH
Passive resistance campaign of Mohandas Gandhi where many Indians protested the British tax on salt by marching to the sea to make their own salt. |
APARTHEID
A political policy in South Africa where black South Africans could only live in certain areas, were required to use separate trains, beaches, restaurants, and schools, and could not enter into an interracial marriage. |
Overview:
Nationalist and decolonization movements employed a variety of methods, including nonviolent resistance and armed struggle. Tensions and conflicts often continued after independence as new challenges arose.
Nationalist and decolonization movements employed a variety of methods, including nonviolent resistance and armed struggle. Tensions and conflicts often continued after independence as new challenges arose.
Unit Essential Question:
How are governments formed? How do they stabilize, centralize, and sometimes lose control?
How are governments formed? How do they stabilize, centralize, and sometimes lose control?
Lesson #1: India
How did imperialism affect former colonies like India as they prepared for independence? |
Lesson #2: Question
Why did England give independence to India? |
Lesson #3: Gandhi & Civil Disobedience
Why was Mahatma Gandhi a unique figure in world history? |
Lesson #4: Timeline of Independence
How did India gain independence? |
Lesson #5: Modern Day India
How did the Partition of India affect the people of India and Pakistan? |
Lesson #6: Effects on Africa
How is Africa affected by the de-colonization of India? |
Lesson #7: Kenyatta
Why did the British consider Jomo Kenyatta a terrorist? |
Lesson #8: Apartheid
What are the political, economic and social characteristics of South Africa under apartheid |
Lesson #9: Nelson Mandela
Why didn’t the United States attempt to end Apartheid? |
Lesson #10: Modern Day
What are the modern problems of African? |
Lesson #11: Review
How did the end of World War II cause a trend for decolonization? |
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