PRESCRIBED LEARNING OUTCOMES
It is expected that students will:
Define colonialism, imperialism (more), and nationalism
SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
• Divide the class into groups. Ask each group to
consider either colonialism, imperialism, or
nationalism in terms of the system’s power holders
and its political and economic assumptions. Provide
time for groups to share their discussions.
RESOURCES
COLONIALISM, IMPERIALISM, NATIONALISM
Colonialism: a broad concept that refers to the project of European political domination from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries that ended with the national liberation movements of the 1960s.
Imperialism: a broad term that refers to economic, military, political domination that is achieved without significant permanent European settlement.
Nationalism: is generally used to describe two phenomena: (1) the attitude that the members of a nation have when they care about their national identity and (2) the actions that the members of a nation take when seeking to achieve (or sustain) self-determination.