World Civilizations II
(Read all the way down to bottom before you begin!!!!)
Monday December 19, 2005: Computer Lab 2nd /5th /8th all in writing lab
Tuesday December 20, 2005: Computer Lab (2nd /8th writing lab- 5th-main lab)
Wednesday December 21, 2005: Classroom
I. Look back chapter 20 and recall the section we read on the Boer’s, Zulu’s and some of
the problems facing South Africa in the 19th century.
II. Wednesday in class:
Read in Textbook pages 444-557 and 563-586 *be sure to record notes or create
organizer after your read pages.
III. Monday and Tuesday in class:
Vocabulary
You will create a “notes file” (copy/type research in word file/be sure not to “over do it”
on the terms and questions…only research essential information.) Also, be sure to cite the
source when you cut and pate in case you want to use information in the up coming essay
on Imperialism.
Terms:
Karl Marx
Socialism
Revisionism Otto von Bismarck
Count Camillo di Cavour
Benjamin Disraeli
Charles Darwin Albert Einstein
Romanticism Robert Clive Raj
Plassey
Nabobs
Racism
Boer Republics Imperialism
Direct rule
Indirect rule British East India Company sphere of influence
Boer War
Great Trek
Cecil Rhoads Leopold II of Belgium
Berlin Conference 1885
Dutch East India Company
Essential Questions
- Briefly discuss the Unification’s of Italy and Germany.
- What was the emotional/ideological appeal of imperialism for many Europeans?
- What were the causes of the Boer War?
- Create a diagram/flowchart that illustrates the typical European pattern of increased
involvement in a non-Western country during the late 19c. (Do on computer)
- What were the specific British and French goals in Africa? How did the Fashoda Crisis
reflect the different goals of these two countries?
- What were the major motivations for European engagements/entanglements in the nonWestern world during the "New Age of European Imperialism" [mid-19c to mid-20c]?
- Why did so many Middle Eastern, Asian, and African rulers "succumb" to European
domination?
- What were some of the political, economic, social, intellectual, and military factors that
explained the sudden increase in the pace and importance of European imperialism in the
late 19c?
- Discuss the imperialism in South Africa.
- What was the outcome of the Berlin Conference in 1885?
- What are the varying views on Imperialism during the late 19th early 20th century?
(positive and negative)
- What were the motives behind the global scramble for the colonies?
Essay
Due before the quarter will be an essay that will deal with the positive and negative
outlooks on Imperialism. As you research take note of the justifications and criticisms of
Imperialism and evaluate them. Some of the sources I have posted below deal with
various viewpoints. One viewpoint you already know of is George Orwell and his antiimperialist novel Burmese Days.
*For all other research use a search engine then evaluate the sources before you use them.
IV. Some sites to get you started.
Imperialism Website
Primary Sources
- Berlin Conference: http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~jobrien/reference/ob45.html
- Joseph Chamberlain, British secretary of states on Imperialism in 1897
http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~jobrien/reference/ob70.html
- Rudyard Kipling “The White Man’s Burden:
http://www.boondocksnet.com/ai/kipling/kipling.html
- John Hobson, Imperialism 1902 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1902hobson.html
- Document on page 581 in text: Contrary Images
Secondary:
- On Lord Frederick Lugard: http://www.nigeriafirst.org/article_4276.shtml
- http://www.nigeriavillagesquare1.com/Articles/neop.html
Organization of Information
- Good lecture on imperialism from WNEC
http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/imperialism.html
- links http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinksNewImperialism.htm
- http://www.gpc.edu/~proseman/Imperialism.htm
- Outline: http://courses.cvcc.vccs.edu/history_mcgee/courses/his102/his102ln08.html
- Outline, Paul Halsall Fordham University
http://class.et.byu.edu/mfg202/lecturenotes/lecture21.htm
- Outline: http://hist.ucalgary.ca/courses/W2001/205L02LN5.htm
- Late 19th century Imperialism and Nationalism:
http://www.historyteacher.net/EuroProjects/ExamReviewSheets/Late19cEuropeNationaliamReview.htm
- Economic Developments organizer up to New Imperialism:
http://www.homestead.com/chaffeyaphistory/files/Euro_Economics_Overview.htm
- Rise of constitutionalism and liberalism:
http://www.homestead.com/chaffeyaphistory/files/Constitutionalism___Liberalism.htm