IES "DIEGO TORRENTE PÉREZ". SECCIÓN BILINGÜE EN INGLÉS

Maybe we have the idea that Imperialism and, above all, conquest of territories was an easy task for the Western powers, but sometimes it wasn't so easy.  Try to guess who these people were:  a) Tell me why I have put these two pictures talking about resistance to Imperialism.   b) Who were these soldiers? From where were they? Why have I used this picture talking about resistance to Imperialism?   c) Who is this man? Why have I used this picture talking about resistance to Imperialism? Which book did he eat hoping his cure of apoplexy? What did he use as a throne? By whom was his country conquered?

Just a video to introduce the new unit

You can download our notes here or just see the presentation we have reviewed in our classes: The age of Imperialism from Mencar Car In this clear video Richard Toye explains the legacy of Britain’s Elizabethan explorers and how imperial crisis in the Americas triggered the rise of a second British Empire in the east: