Curated OER
Quebec Separatism
Students determine if the Quebec separatists have just cause for separation. They evaluate acceptable alternatives to separation. They assess damages to Quebec and Canada if separation occurs.
Curated OER
Wagon's West
Students travel to the American West. In this Westward Expansion lesson, students discuss the Oregon Trail and then play the computer game of the same title. Students take on the roles of those who travelled the trail.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Nonviolent Resistance and Indian Independence
This is a lesson from a unit on 20th Century and Modern Poetry focuses on Mohondas Gandhi and his nonviolent resistance against British rule of India. It features links to Gandhi's biography, his ejection from a train in...
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: Global Studies: The Road to Independence on the Subcontinent Quiz
Nine multiple choice question quiz is immediately scored and tests your comprehension of the Indian independence movement.
BBC
Bbc: History: The British Raj in India 1858 1947
A detailed and insightful article which examines the colonial rule of the British in India. The author explores the origins, the Indian independence movement, how the British gave up India and more. Archived.
Curated OER
Indian Support Was Lent During World War One
A detailed and insightful article which examines the colonial rule of the British in India. The author explores the origins, the Indian independence movement, how the British gave up India and more.
BBC
Bbc History: British History: Modern Britain: Hidden Story of Partition
The author describes how India and Pakistan were created as a result of a division of the British colony of India and what problems and issues developed as a result of their separation. Archived.
Other
Unique Novelist: A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
This is the full-text ebook of A Passage to India by E. M. Forster available to read online or download. Includes a brief biography of the author.
University of California
Ucla: Manas: British India
An overview of the British presence in India, 1600-1947, from university professor Vinay Lal. Includes links to related topics, such as the British East India Company, and to biographical details of many key figures from this period in...
Other
The Hindu: Sept. 11: Creating History of a Different Kind
The attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 is compared to Mohandas Gandhi's response to oppression of Indians in South Africa on September 11, 1906. On that day, he led a nonviolent protest against the Natal Government to...
Other
Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal: Gandhi's Life in 5000 Words
Very detailed biography of Mohandas Gandhi's life, nicely laid out in stages.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Others Demand Equality
Many other groups learned how to push for their civil rights from African Americans' civil rights movement. Read about the Mexican Americans, Native Americans, and gays as they worked to achieve equal treatment under the law.
Library of Congress
Loc: Country Study: India
An extensive site from the Library of Congress that covers all kinds of topics about India. Includes a very detailed history of British India under "Company Rule, 1757-1857," "The British Raj, 1858-1947," and "Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-59."...