Imperialism

Empire or Humanity?: What the classroom didn’t teach me about the American empire

Background Reading for Teachers and High School Students - PDF. By Howard Zinn. 4 pages.
An essay which raises questions about the justifications for empire building and imperialism.

Imperialism, US Foreign Policy, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements

What War Looks Like

Background Reading for Teachers and High School Students PDF. By Howard Zinn. 4 pages.
An essay by Howard Zinn on the impact of war.

Imperialism, US Foreign Policy, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements

Discovering Columbus: Re-reading the Past

Teaching Activity PDF. By Bill Bigelow. 6 pages.
How to engage students in a critical analysis of the textbook version of “discovery.”

Education, Imperialism, Individuals in US History, Native American

The People vs. Columbus, et al.

Teaching Activity PDF. By Bill Bigelow. 8 pages.
Role play in the form of a trial to determine who is responsible for the death of millions of Tainos on the island of Hispaniola in the late 15th century.

Imperialism, Individuals in US History, Native American

U.S. Mexico War Tea Party: “We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God”

Teaching Activity PDF. Lesson by Bill Bigelow and student reading by Howard Zinn. 21 pages.
Interactive activity in the form of a tea party introduces students to the history of the U.S. Mexico War.

Imperialism, Individuals in US History, Latino, Slavery, US Foreign Policy, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements

What the Tour Guide Didn’t Tell Me

Teaching Activity PDF. By Wayne Wah Kwai Au. 5 pages.
Lesson on the history of Hawai’i and the impact of colonization and tourism.

Asian American, Imperialism, Pacific Islander, Racism & Racial Identity, US Foreign Policy

History Textbooks: “Theirs” and “Ours”

Teaching Activity PDF. By John DeRose. 4 pages.
Analysis of textbook passages from different countries, videos and books are used to explore different perspectives about the same event in history, i.e. “Philippine-American War” vs. “War of Philippine Independence”.

Imperialism, US Foreign Policy, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements

A Revolution of Values

Teaching Activity PDF. By the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 3 pages.
Text of speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Vietnam War, followed by three teaching ideas.

Civil Rights Movements, Imperialism, Individuals in US History, US Foreign Policy, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements

Rethinking the Teaching of the Vietnam War

Teaching Activity PDF. By Bill Bigelow. 8 pages.
A role play on the history of the Vietnam War that is left out of traditional textbooks.

Imperialism, US Foreign Policy, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements

Vietnam and Beyond: The Historic Resistance

Teaching Activity PDF. By Mike Benbow and Robin Pickering. 17 pages.
Questions and teaching ideas for Chapter 18 of Voices of a People’s History of the United States on opposition to the Vietnam War.

Imperialism, Social Class, US Foreign Policy, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements