Sample Unit: 10th Grade Global Studies
ELA
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World History
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Imperialism
in Africa/
Neo-Colonialism
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Big question: How do authors use literature to challenge
colonial assumptions about their people/culture?
Introduction
to the lens of Post-Colonial Critique
Chimamanda Adichie’s TED
talk on the “Danger of a Single Narrative”
Michael Parenti’s “Myths
of Underdevelopment”
Excerpts of Heart of
Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Various short stories from
Gods and Soldiers: Anthology of Modern African Short Stories
Excerpts of Dayo Olopade’s
The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules
and Making Change in Modern Africa
Film: Justice
vs. Peace (a Ugandan perspective on
the role of the ICC in the LRC/Kony conflict and peace process)
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Big Question: What are the consequences of European
Imperialism in Africa
Introduction to British
Imperialism
(Focus on Nigeria, South
Africa, and India – historical to present)
Economic
Imperialism/Cultural Imperialism/ Neo-Colonialism and oil in the Niger Delta
Apartheid as a consequence
of imperialism in South Africa
Modes of violent and
non-violent resistance to imperialism
African perspectives on aid: good aid vs. bad aid and negative
consequences of certain types of aid
Fair Trade: Black
Gold (film on the impact of C-market volatility on coffee producers in Ethiopia)
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