The Opium Wars

The Opium Wars where from 1839 to 1842. The wars were between China and the British. thw wars were very brutle between the two countries.

Film lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

"Mountains of the Moon" is a film that was based upon the search to find the Nile River. Richard Burton and John Speke were the men to go on this quest to find the Nile river. they spent many months on this journey. Speke thought he had found the Nile but wasn't quite shore. So, instead of finding the Nile Speke found a lake. A lake he named Victoria. Lake Victoria was named after the queen of England in 1833-1901.  Speke and Burton had many advantages over the African people during this time. Such as, Europeans had guns, maps, mathematics  tools