1. Warm Up
Do you agree or disagree with this quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ?

2. New Unit Rules No workbooks
Assignments will be handed out and done in class and overnight. They will be collected the next class period.
Notes are to be kept and studied until the test. They will be collected the day of the test.
All students need to be prepared to participate in class discussions.

3. Mid unit Quiz
There will be a quiz on May 24th over India decolonization and the Rwandan Genocide.

4. Unit 7 – How to rid yourself of a colonial power
DECOLONIZATION
Unit 7 – How to rid yourself of a colonial power

5. Introducing Vocabulary
Definition of the word
Two facts about the word
Word Being Defined
Two examples that explain the word
1 non-example of the word

6. Tree are not artifacts. Artifact Of cultural interest
a simple object (such as a tool or weapon) that was made by people in the past
Of cultural interest
Shows human activity
Artifact
Pottery from old burial site
Jewelry found buried
Tree are not artifacts.

7. Decolonization Country was under Imperialist Rule.
Country Gained freedom
The freeing of a country of being dependent on another country.
Decolonization
America gained freedom from Great Britain.
Puerto Rico is part of America, but not a state.
India Gains Independence from Great Britain

8. Nationalist Movement Comes from the same root as nationalism
Movement to free yourselves from foreign control
Methods Vary
Peaceful Protest
Violent Uprising
Help from other nations/revolutionaries
All out war
Movements to liberate entire regions

9. Back up to WWII
After WWI and WWII, the old powers that had imposed Imperialism were no longer able to afford to rule countries from afar. They moved from direct rule to limited self- government in many of the colonies.

10. Triggers of Decolonization
World War I and World War II
Changed global policy
Wilson’s 14 Points at Versailles advocates for national self-determination
Really only meant it for European Nations
Korean and Vietnamese leaders locked out of Versailles

11. Weakened colonial powers
Between 1945 – 2000, over 50 nations gained independence
Too much energy needed to fight the war = can’t focus on colonies
Change the Natives’ perception of Europeans
Who is the savage now?
European powers are not undefeatable

12. Civil Disobedience
Many colonies knew, that despite their imperial leaders being less able to govern from afar, they would not win in a violent rebellion. The method of civil disobedience was used as a way to protest and undermine these powers.

13. Crash Course: Decolonization (if time)