Lesson 1: Industrialization and the New Imperialism
Duration of Days: 3
Lesson Objective
Students will explain how industrialization drove imperial expansion by increasing demand for raw materials, labor, and new markets.
Why did industrialized states pursue overseas empires in the nineteenth century?
How did economic needs shape imperial policies?
imperialism, raw materials, export economies, spheres of influence
APWH Unit 6 Topic 6.1
Skill 2.A
Reasoning Process: Causation
Identifying economic cause-and-effect relationships in informational texts.
This lesson introduces the link between industrialization and imperial expansion.
Purpose: Establish economic causation for imperialism
DOK: 2
Global supply chains and resource extraction today.
Students may believe imperialism was motivated solely by nationalism or racism rather than economics.
Cause-and-effect charts; guided reading supports.
Formative multiple-choice questions focused on causation.
AP World History textbook, imperial maps