In part of the Imperialism unit in my high school US or World history course when students have studied the relationship of the US government in both Cuba and Puerto Rico around other turn of the 20th century, students will look more closely at the US’s economic influence/interference/dominance and US demands on the role of Puerto Rican and Cuban people in their own government. They will create visual representations of the intersection/interactions. Then they will read the pact of Umar.  They will then create a similar visual representation of this relationship between Muslim rulers and non-Muslims in the conquered areas. Finally, they will create a comparative essay in the language of their choice about the approaches of these two invading powers.