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OUSD History/Social Studies Tilden School, Portable A 4551 Steele Street Oakland, CA 94619 Preparing for the Fall 2010-2011 10th grade World History Writing Assessment: Working with the Textbook to Gain Background Knowledge This activity is designed to help support the development of a thoughtful response to the history writing assessment for this semester. On this assessment you will be asked to write an essay that responds to the following question: Regarding British imperialism in Africa, a British official, Lord Curzon said: “The British Empire has brought peace, justice, prosperity, and freedom to Africa.” To what extent is this belief accurate? ________________________________ “Point-of-View” Study Guide for use with World History The Modern World, pages 284-297 Read the following directions and then complete the activity that follows. You are about to be interviewed as if you were a number of different individuals living in Africa in the time period of the 1800’s through the early 1900’s. This was a time of the rapid spread of Western Imperialism. As the identified individuals, describe your reactions to each of the issues and/or events discussed below. Number 1a is already completed as a model response. (The identified page numbers connect to pages in your textbook.) Building Overseas Empires -- p. 286 “Motives Driving the New Imperialism” – p. 286-287 1a. As a European steel manufacturer – Why do you want to establish European colonies in Africa? Sample response: In order to manufacture steel for a reasonable price, I need manganese. Africa has great quantities of manganese. If we establish colonies in Africa, I will have access to this manganese—therefore I can make a substantial profit on the sale of my manufactured steel. 1b. As a German politician – Why do you want to establish German colonies in Africa? OUSD History-Social Studies/Preparing for the Fall 2010-2011 Assessment/10th Grade World History 1. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 1c. As a European missionary – Why do you want to establish European colonies in Africa? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 1d. As a believer in Social Darwinism – Why do you want to establish European colonies in Africa? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ “European Conquest of Africa” – p. 288 2a. As Chief Kabongo -- What is your argument AGAINST imperialism? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2b. As Cecil Rhodes – What is your argument IN FAVOR OF imperialism? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ “The Rapid Spread of Western Imperialism” – p. 288-289 3. As an African – What forms of resistance did you use to oppose Western Imperialism? OUSD History-Social Studies/Preparing for the Fall 2010-2011 Assessment/10th Grade World History 2. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ As a 19th century European -- Explain why Western imperialism spread so rapidly. ________________________________________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ “Forms of Imperial Rule” – p. 289 5. As the child of an African local chief – Describe how the British government ruled your colony. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 6. As a colonizer -- How is a protectorate different from a sphere of influence? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ The Partition of Africa--p.290 “Africa in the Early 1800s” p. 290-291 7a. As a North African– Describe the factors that helped shape your region in the early 1800s. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 7b. As a West African– Describe the factors that helped shape your region in the early 1800s. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ OUSD History-Social Studies/Preparing for the Fall 2010-2011 Assessment/10th Grade World History 3. 7c. As an East African– Describe the factors that helped shape your region in the early 1800s. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 7d. As a South African– Describe the factors that helped shape your region in the early 1800s. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 7e. As a Liberian– Describe the factors that helped shape your region in the early 1800s. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ “European Contact Increases” – p. 292 8a. As a European explorer in the early 1800s – What are your motives for going to Africa? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 8b. As a European missionary in the early 1800s – What are your motives for going to Africa? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Maps – p. 293 9. As a cartographer – Describe the differences in the two maps on page 293 – “European Colonies in Africa About 1850” and “Imperialism in Africa to 1914.” Why did countries want to control certain areas? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ OUSD History-Social Studies/Preparing for the Fall 2010-2011 Assessment/10th Grade World History 4. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ “A Scramble for Colonies” – page 292-295 10a. As an African in 1884 – What is your reaction to the Berlin Conference? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 10b. As a European in 1884 – What is your reaction to the Berlin Conference? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 11a. As a Belgian in the late 1800’s – Describe your country’s African colonies. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 11b. As a French citizen in the late 1800’s – Describe your country’s African colonies. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 11c. As a British citizen in the late 1800’s – Describe your country’s African colonies. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ “Africans Resist Imperialism” -- page 295-296 12. As Menelik II – How did you preserve Ethiopian independence? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 13. As an African elite during the Age of Imperialism – What is the BEST way to respond to Western influence? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ OUSD History-Social Studies/Preparing for the Fall 2010-2011 Assessment/10th Grade World History 5. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ On Trial for My Country p. 297 14. As King Lobengula – Why did you want to avoid fighting the British? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Part II: Developing a tentative thesis Using what you read in your textbook and your work on this assignment, write a tentative thesis statement that responds to the assessment question, Regarding British imperialism in Africa, a British official, Lord Curzon said: “The British Empire has brought peace, justice, prosperity, and freedom to Africa.” To what extent is this belief accurate? Tentative thesis in response to the question: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ OUSD History-Social Studies/Preparing for the Fall 2010-2011 Assessment/10th Grade World History 6.