Lesson 3: Decolonization and New Nation-States
Duration of Days: 3
Lesson Objective
Students will explain how and why colonies gained independence after 1900 and evaluate challenges faced by newly independent states.
Why did decolonization accelerate after World War II?
What challenges did new nations face?
decolonization, nationalism, nonaligned movement, self-determination
APWH Unit 8 Topic 8.4
Skill 2.B
Reasoning Process: Causation
Evaluating cause-and-effect relationships across texts.
This lesson centers the political, economic, and social dimensions of decolonization.
Purpose: Analyze causes and challenges of independence
DOK: 3
Postcolonial challenges and national identity today.
Students may assume independence immediately solved colonial problems.
Case-study comparisons; scaffolded writing supports.
Source-based short-answer question.
Independence movement sources, political maps