Students will trace the events that lead to the first world war. 
Students will understand how the quest for markets influenced colonizer's actions all over the world. 
Students will dissect how the interconnectedness of the world caused or resolved conflicts. 

Melissa Quijano has a Master's of Adolescent Social Studies Education and has been teaching for over 5 years. She is extremely passionate about the social sciences and strives to make history relatable to students. She is constantly looking to expand her perspective on historical topics by going to museums all over the world. Melissa frequently teaches about imperialism and colonization and works hard to ensure multiple viewpoints are shared and that the voices of those affected are not silenced. She has studied colonization in Africa and Latin America at the graduate level. 

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There is no formal homework, but I will post discussion questions 1-2 times a month that could include brief resources, such as a histomap. Students will be encouraged to respond to these in any way they prefer. 
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Each lesson pulls from a variety of sources. Some include:
- The Encylcopedia Brittanica
- Equiano, Olaudah. 1789. The Interesting Narrative of. Mary-le-bone: Dodo Press.
- Schulze, H. (1996). Germany: A New History. (D. L. Schneider, Trans.) Munich: C. H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.
- Winder, S. (2010). Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and their History. New York: Picador.
- Charles Babbage's On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures 1832
- Felix Gilbert's The End of the European Era, 2008
- A Concise History of the Caribbean by Charles Babbage, 2012
- African Perspectives on Colonialism. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. Print. 
- The Imperial War Museum, London, UK