World Imperialism Draft Simulation

Your Group Members

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Welcome to the Big Dance! You and your colleagues will now represent a major imperialistic nation or empire.
As any self-respecting empire would do, you have a need and desire for as many productive colonies as
possible. Your task is to create The Greatest Empire in the World! We are talking about the 1800-1914 era.
To accomplish this, you will compete against other empires in this years Imperialism Draft! The draft will
work like the MLB, NFL or NBA drafts for new players. You will be assigned picks based on your previous
power or performance. You will select colonies in the draft based on their resources and attractiveness to your
empire, and well as your empires need for certain resources and strategic locations.
Directions:
1. Your group needs to meet, choose an empire, communicate your choice to the draft commissioner,
design a logo and choose a mascot for your empire. You can choose to follow tradition with empirical
images for your location or come up with something new. Your logo and mascot will need to be
displayed on sheets of paper on draft day.
2. Your group needs to do research on the various available colonies during this time period. Look for
a. Important or strategic locations
b. Advantageous geographic conditions
c. Wealth of natural resources
d. Weak or poor political structures
e. Population numbers for workers
Your research will need to be done on Scouting report sheets that will be turned in for project points.
3. Your group needs to develop a list of potential draftees, ranking each colony you will choose in order
of your perception and opinion of its value to you. Besides just a colony name on your list, you need to
give specific reasons that it is valuable and desirable for your empire.
4. You group needs to be prepared for draft day. On draft day, be prepared to make your picks. You may
trade picks with other countries, especially if you have a bad pick order and you can best obtain the
colonies you want be negotiating a deal or trade. Each group will be graded by the value of the colonies
that they draft and obtain. The values are a secret until the end of the draft. The empire/team with the
most points is declared the winner and will receive extra credit for #winning!
5. Draft Empires are as follows
a. American Empire
b. British Empire

c. Russian Empire
d. French Empire
e. Japanese Empire

Your Empire

Imperialism Draft Potential Colonies List

Directions:
Each group member will be responsible for researching eight (8) potential draft colonies and completing a
Scouting Report on that colony for sharing with the group. Come to the table armed with knowledge. Your
group needs to organize your data gathering strategy. Divide up the countries on the list below. There are 40
countries below that your group needs to gather information on. Research will be done in the LMC, computer
labs, on net-books in the classroom and at home for homework. Study Hall passes will be distributed upon
request from the draft commissioner.

Panama

Rhodesia

Uganda

Congo

Vietnam

Nigeria

Gambia

India

Cuba

Burma

Madagascar

Borneo

Philippines

Laos

Puerto Rico

Algeria

Egypt

Singapore

Cameroon

Somalia

Angola

Sudan

Morocco

Gold Coast

South Africa

Rio Muni

Mozambique

Kenya

Libya

Bechuanaland

Guinea

Sierra Leone

Jamaica

Togo

Nyasaland

Malaya

New Guinea

Rio de Oro

Cambodia

Hispaniola

Choose your colonies and be prepared to take notes from sources of information that will answer questions for
your scouting reports. Make sure that within your group you check off each colony to be sure you are
covering all your bases.
Requirements Recap for the Draft Simulation Project:
1. Each group must meet and decide which empire they would like to represent.
2. Each group must have a symbol/mascot/logo that represents their Empire.
3. Each group must work cooperatively to divide the colonies into their research plan.

4. Each group member must complete research and turn in scouting report sheets on assigned colonies.
5. Each group must create and present a final ranking order of the colonies to be drafted.
6. Each group must participate in Draft Day on Friday, May 18, 2012.
7. Each group must have fun