With this digital collection, students will review maps, correspondence, editorial cartoons, and other materials to explore the interplay between foreign trade and diplomacy in China, as well as how China’s economic and diplomatic ties to the outside world have shaped its modern history. Students will consider the following essential questions as they review the documents: 1. How did China seek to control its place within international systems of trade? 2. How have China’s domestic politics influenced its foreign affairs? 3. How have Western traders and diplomats interacted with China?

Students will summarize the treatment of North African women by both North African men and the colonial powers. Students use primary text and visual sources to evaluate the multiple perspectives of the treatment of North African women. Students will write an essay summarizing the lesson.

This unit brings together multimedia resources describing the Age of Exploration. Multiple documents are available for examining notable voyages of discovery from various perspectives including economic, technological innovation, and trade as well as explaining the consequences for native peoples and enslaved populations.

Students will analyze primary text and visual sources in order to identify the roles of women in the development of the Cape Colony. Students will identify point of view in a variety of sources and understand the difference between different types of written documents, such as journals and diaries, letters, or legal documents. Students will write an essay summarizing the lesson.