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Imperialism Visual History

Instructions

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Requirements

  1. Group: One presentation per group (pod)
    1. File name: last name.imperialism.visual history
    2. Three or four photographs (one/group member) that show imperialism
      1. One photograph from each of these regions: East Asia, South Asia, and Africa
      2. Fourth (if applicable) photo from SE Asia or Latin America
  2. Photographs must be:
    • Primary source photographs, from before 1918
    • Show an imperialist moment
    • Fully cited and linked
  3. Three slides per photo
  4. Text must be:
    • Brief
    • Original
    • Analytic

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Slides -

  1. Title slide + three slides/photo
  2. Maximum of 25 words per slide (not including caption/citation)
  3. First slide: show the photo
    1. Cite the source below the photo, including where taken
    2. Identify:
      1. What is happening?
      2. Who was the imperialist power?
      3. Who was the colonial group?
      4. imperial motive(s)
  4. Second slide: before the photo: what events led up to the photo
  5. Third slide: after photo: what happened as a result of event(s) in the photo
  6. Repeat for each photos

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Example

Three slides for each photo

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Japanese Triumphal Arch in Korea

Japanese troops celebrate

victory in war over China

Political motive: Japan gained territory

Economic motive: resources

November 1894: Japanese army passing the Triumphal Arch erected near Seoul, Korea after the victory at Asan, during the Sino-Japanese War. (Photo by Vaughan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Before the Japanese Triumphal Arch in Korea

Japan industrialized and became imperialist

Japan attacked China, including Chinese-controlled Korea

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After the Japanese Triumphal Arch in Korea

Japanese imperialism continued to grow

  • Korea
  • Taiwan

Japan won another war: Russo-Japanese War

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Useful sites for finding images

US Library of Congress: drop down from “All Formats” to “Photos…”

Imperial War Museums, for British Imperialism: drop down from “All” to “Collections”

New York Public Library, Black Culture collection; use for imperialism in Africa

Wikipedia page on New Imperialism; wikipedia works well for finding images, if they include source information; look at specific areas of the world

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