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Power and Possession: The Role of Place Names in Establishing Territorial Claims
| Resource type | Lesson plan |
| Published date | 12 Jan 2022 |
| Description | What is the relationship between territorial claims and changing place names? This lesson examines the motives and attitudes behind changing place names in early American colonies before applying these ideas to the case of the Japanese conquest and colonization of Korea and the subsequent changes to Korean place names. |
| Subjects | World History, AP Human Geography |
| Grade levels | 10-12 |
| Keywords | Colonization, Korea, Japan, Document-based, Primary Sources |
| Author(s) | Cindy McNulty |
| Region(s) | Eastern Asia, Northern America |
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