DAKE JUNIOR HIGH

GRADE 8 SOCIAL STUDIES

INVESTIGATION OF IMPERILAISM WEB QUEST

INTRODUCTION

TASK

PROCESS

RESOURCES

EVALUATION

SAMPLE

MATERIALS

• TEXTBOOK 

Japan

Site 1 http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/imperialism/japan.cfm

Site 2  http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/teach/ends/opening.htm

Site 3 http://mickmc.tripod.com/perry.html

Site 4 http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~jobrien/reference/ob25.html

Site 5 http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/treaty_of_kanagawa/

China and Open Door Policy

Site 1 http://www.pinzler.com/ushistory/opendoorsupp.html

Site 2 http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/fists.html

Site 3 http://regentsprep.org/regents/global/themes/imperialism/china.cfm

Site 4  www.mrberlin.com/8th/world_power/China.ppt

Hawaii

Site 1 http://www.opihi.com/sovereignty/timeline.htm

Site 2 http://www.uic.edu/depts/owa/history/liliuokalani.html

Site 3 http://hawaii-nation.org/betrayal.html

Site 4 Overview of Annexation of Hawaii

Site 5 http://www.hawaii-nation.org/treaty1884.html

Site 6 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hawaii/

Alaska

Site 1  http://virtualology.com/virtualpubliclibrary/hallofthehistoricarchives/ALASKAPURCHASE.COM/

Site 2 http://www.historycentral.com/rec/AlaskaPurchase.html

Site 3 Alaska Purchase

Site 4  Alaska website

 Philippines

Site 1 http://asms.k12.ar.us/classes/humanities/worldstud/97-98/imper/Philippines/usa.htm

Site 2 Philippines - SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

Site 3 Spanish American War vs. Philippine American War

Panama and Panama Canal

Site 1 http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/joining.html

 Site 2 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1903panama.html

 Site 3 http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2006-01/2006-01-25-voa2.cfm

Site 4 http://www.vw.vccs.edu/vwhansd/HIS122/Teddy/TRCanal.html

Spanish American War-1898

Site 1 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sawhtml/sawsp1.html

Site 2 http://www.pbs.org/crucible/

Site 3 http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/remember.html

Site 4 A Gift from the Gods

 Site 5 http://www.spanamwar.com/

Iraq   2003

Site 1 http://www.socialistappeal.org/antiwar/us_imperialism_and_the_war_on_ir.html

Site 2 http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/impact/index.html

Site 3 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june07/iraqoil_05-18.html

Site 4  http://www.courttv.com/trials/saddam/101805_ap.html

 Panama Canal -1999

Site 1 http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/panama.canal/

Site 2 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/556959.stml

Site 3 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/panamacanal/canal_12-13.html

 Middle East

Site 1 http://www.saudi-us-relations.org/newsletter2004/saudi-relations-interest-02-19.html

Site 2 http://meria.idc.ac.il/journal/2003/issue4/jv7n4a3.html

Site 3 http://www.saudi-american-forum.org/Newsletters/SAF_Item_Of_Interest_2003_05_14.htm

Site 4  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/3618762.stm

Site 5 http://www.fpif.org/briefs/vol2/v2n4oil_body.html

                                                                   Extra Modern Imperialism Links

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