Key Topic Term Week Number Indicative Content Extended Content Resources 4 The Berlin Conference of 1884 Role of Bismarck British influence on agreements Impact on International Relations Blank map of Africa Oxford: The British Empire 1857-1965 The Empire Project, Darwin Empire: how Britain made the modern world, Ferguson The British Empire, a very short introduction, Jackson The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, Lawrence Empire, Paxman The Cambridge illustrated History of the British Empire 4-5 Economic explanations for imperialism; overseas investment crisis of capitalism gentlemanly capitalism Oxford: The British Empire 1857-1965 The Empire Project, Darwin Empire: how Britain made the modern world, Ferguson The British Empire, a very short introduction, Jackson The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, Lawrence Empire, Paxman The Cambridge illustrated History of the British Empire 5 Imperial Rivalry Germany and Britain; Kaiser Wilhelm and the Naval Race Britain and France; Fashoda and the Nile Britain and China; the Opium Wars Oxford: The British Empire 1857-1965 The Empire Project, Darwin Empire: how Britain made the modern world, Ferguson The British Empire, a very short introduction, Jackson
12 The Rise of Nationalism across theEmpire India and Gandhi Kenya and Kenyatta Nkrumah in Ghana Pan Africanism Oxford: The British Empire 1857-1965 The Empire Project, Darwin Empire: how Britain made the modern world, Ferguson The British Empire, a very short introduction, Jackson The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, Lawrence Empire, Paxman The Cambridge illustrated History of the British Empire The impact of imperial power on the periphery and Britain 13 The relative success and failure of opposition Methods Successes and Failures in different regions/nations Consequences for Britain and its colonies including independence Oxford: The British Empire 1857-1965 The Empire Project, Darwin Empire: how Britain made the modern world, Ferguson The British Empire, a very short introduction, Jackson The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, Lawrence Empire, Paxman The Cambridge illustrated History of the British Empire 3 14-16 The impact ofEmpire policy on the following: Orientalism patterns of work famine technological progress disease and medicine national identities religion gender Oxford: The British Empire 1857-1965 The Empire Project, Darwin Empire: how Britain made the modern world, Ferguson The British Empire, a very short introduction, Jackson The Rise and Fall of the British
The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, Lawrence Empire, Paxman The Cambridge illustrated History of the British Empire 19 Empire and Britain’s relationship with the USA US attitudes towards the British Empire The Special Relationship after WW2 The emergence of the USA and Russia as superpowers andEmpire policies during the cold war Oxford: The British Empire 1857-1965 The Empire Project, Darwin Empire: how Britain made the modern world, Ferguson The British Empire, a very short introduction, Jackson The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, Lawrence Empire, Paxman The Cambridge illustrated History of the British Empire 20 The Commonwealth Aims and objectives Member states Obligations Impact of commonwealth on international affairs eg. Menzies during Suez Crisis Debate over impact and validity of commonwealth Oxford: The British Empire 1857-1965 The Empire Project, Darwin Empire: how Britain made the modern world, Ferguson The British Empire, a very short introduction, Jackson The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, Lawrence Empire, Paxman The Cambridge illustrated History of the British Empire 21 Relations with Europe and the EEC De Gaulle and his attitude towards the British Empire Britain’s exclusion from EEC Oxford: The British Empire 1857-1965 The Empire Project, Darwin
Britains views onEmpire VS Europe Empire: how Britain made the modern world, Ferguson The British Empire, a very short introduction, Jackson The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, Lawrence Empire, Paxman The Cambridge illustrated History of the British Empire British India Palestine 1914-1948 4 22 British India; the war of 1857 and its consequences to 1876 India in 1857 The causes and consequences of the Mutiny The impact of the mutiny on British methods of rule Oxford: The British Empire 1857-1965 The Empire Project, Darwin Empire: how Britain made the modern world, Ferguson The British Empire, a very short introduction, Jackson The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, Lawrence Empire, Paxman The Cambridge illustrated History of the British Empire 23 Palestine in 1914 Status and causes of problems in 1914 Oxford: The British Empire 1857-1965 The Empire Project, Darwin Empire: how Britain made the modern world, Ferguson The British Empire, a very short introduction, Jackson The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, Lawrence
Empire, Paxman The Cambridge illustrated History of the British Empire 24 The First World War and the Balfour declaration The role of Palestine in WW1 The strategic interests of Britain in Palestine The Balfour declaration and its impact on British and US public opinion Oxford: The British Empire 1857-1965 The Empire Project, Darwin Empire: how Britain made the modern world, Ferguson The British Empire, a very short introduction, Jackson The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, Lawrence Empire, Paxman The Cambridge illustrated History of the British Empire 25 Reasons for and immediate consequences of the partition of Palestine in 1948 The Madate up to 1948 The diplomatic issues surrounding partition The conflicts arising from partition Oxford: The British Empire 1857-1965 The Empire Project, Darwin Empire: how Britain made the modern world, Ferguson The British Empire, a very short introduction, Jackson The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, Lawrence Empire, Paxman The Cambridge illustrated History of the British Empire Nationalism in Kenya 1945-1965 26 Kikuyu grievances Land shortages Unemployment Evictions 27 Mau Mau Rebellion Causes Events Results 28 Winds of Change Macmillan and end ofEmpire Changing policy towards Kenya Kenyan Independence