Inquiry: What were the causes, nature and effect of French Imperialism in French Indo-China?
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ATL Focus: Researching in a traditional academic setting. Locating and selecting information from books and using MLA 8 citations. Categorising research according to focus areas.
Applications: History IA, research papers such as Extended Essays/IAs in other subjects, university assignments, safeguarding against plagiarism |
This unit will be organised as a guided inquiry over four lessons and home works. It will culminate in a comprehension based assessment. You will need to stay organised, consciously think about every aspect of the process and reflect on the skills used as well as the history learned. Your inquiry will follow theses steps:
1. Get an overview
2. Locating and selecting information.
3. Prioritising and evaluating ideas and arguments with your peers.
4. Evaluating historical significance and drawing conclusions.
1. Get an overview
2. Locating and selecting information.
3. Prioritising and evaluating ideas and arguments with your peers.
4. Evaluating historical significance and drawing conclusions.
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1. Getting an Overview of Indo-China to 1914
ATL: Audio Visual Research using Cornell Note taking focus is: How did the French change the lives of people living in 'Indo-China'? 
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Overview (0.00 to 9.13 minutes) and then China in Vietnam (9.13 to 11.15) French in Vietnam (11.15 to 16.11)
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2. What do historians identify as the key political, economic, social and cultural motivations / impacts of French actions in Indochina?
ATL: Locating and selecting information using books
You will take one of the following themes: political, social, cultural and economic factors.
- Using the variety of textbooks, including your own, practise researching effectively, using contents pages and indexes, to find information for each box. For this exercise, do not go to other sources outside of the provided texts.
- Each piece of information needs to be referenced according to MLA 8, as in text citations and in a shared Works Cited List.
- Each student needs to look at a minimum of 4 textbooks.
- Group members must confer to agree on which points to include on the table. Look for consensus among historians. Add alternate perspectives. Aim to have about 5 salient points in each box. No more.
- Each group finds their information adds it to the class google doc of this table.
- Each student saves their own copy in their own notes at the end.
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3. Was there any effective nationalist resistence to the French in Indo - China?
This lesson explores the extent to which there was consistent resistence to the French in Indo-China - how far had nationalism devleoped by 1914?
1. Open the note frame below and review the table.
2. Read at least two of the readings below. Complete the table using the readings. You are aiming for around 5-6 bullet points in each column.
3. Answer the final question
2. Read at least two of the readings below. Complete the table using the readings. You are aiming for around 5-6 bullet points in each column.
3. Answer the final question
Note Frame:
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Readings:
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