Global
Marking Period 4 Week 2
Imperialism: The Scramble
for Africa
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Calendar and Agenda for Week 2 (subject to change):
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
-Start Imperialism - Map of Africa
- Scramble for
in Africa Unit
-Scramble for
Africa
-Causes of
Africa simulation: simulation:
Imperialism
Prep for the Berlin Berlin
-“The White
Conference
Conference
Man’s Burden”
Day 8
- Debrief
Scramble
-Effects of
Imperialism
(BRING YOUR
STUDY GUIDE)
Homework:
-
Make sure you are ready for Day 7’s Berlin Conference Simulation
Create a study guide for the quiz and bring it Day 8 (20 pts.)
Day 9
- Quiz 2 on Imperialism
Unit 5, Section 7 (25
pts.)
- Start Congo Free State
Case study, go over
Congo Parliamentary
Hearing
Rudyard Kipling, The White Man's Burden, 1899
This famous poem, written by Britain's imperial poet, was a response to the American takeover of the Phillipines after the Spanish-American War.
This is the 1st and 3rd
stanza.
Take up the White Man's burden-Send forth the best ye breed-Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild-Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half-devil and half-child.
Take up the White Man's burden-The savage wars of peace-Fill full the mouth of Famine
And bid the sickness cease;
And when your goal is nearest
The end for others sought,
Watch sloth and heathen Folly
Bring all your hopes to nought.
Questions to help with poem:
1. Who is the speaker speaking to?
2.
Who are the sullen peoples, half-devil and halfchild?
3.
What is the overall tone of these stanzas?
4.
What is Rudyard’s purpose for writing this
poem?
Roles (group of 4):
- Clarifier – looks up/defines any unknown words
- Summarizer – summarizes ideas from each line, annotates
- Questioner – annotates any questions your group has
- Predictor – predicts how different audiences of the time will react to the poem
Cartoon from 1899
What was the concept of “White Man’s Burden” during the age of “new” Imperialism?
The Colonization of the Continent by European Powers
Matt Rosenberg
In 1884 at the request of Portugal, German chancellor Otto von Bismarck called together the major western powers
of the world to negotiate questions and end confusion over the control of Africa. Bismarck appreciated the
opportunity to expand Germany's sphere of influence over Africa and desired to force Germany's rivals to struggle
with one another for territory.
Fourteen countries were represented by a plethora of ambassadors when the conference opened in Berlin on
November 15, 1884. The countries represented at the time included Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France,
Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden-Norway (unified from 1814-1905),
Turkey, and the United States of America. Of these fourteen nations, France, Germany, Great Britain, and Portugal
were the major players in the conference, controlling most of colonial Africa at the time.
The initial task of the conference was to agree that the Congo River and Niger River mouths and basins would be
considered neutral and open to trade. Despite its neutrality, part of the Congo Basin became a personal kingdom for
Belgium's King Leopold II and under his rule, over half of the region's population died.
At the time of the conference, only the coastal areas of Africa were colonized by the European powers. At the
Berlin Conference the European colonial powers scrambled to gain control over the interior of the continent. The
conference lasted until February 26, 1885 - a three-month period where colonial powers haggled over geometric
boundaries in the interior of the continent, disregarding the cultural and linguistic boundaries already established by
the indigenous African population.
Source:
de Blij, H.J. and Peter O. Muller. Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997. Page 340.
Reading Questions:
1. Who called the Western Powers together?
2. How many nations were involved in the conference? Who was not represented at the conference?
3. What was the purpose of this conference?
4.
Why do you think the conference lasted so long?
Scramble for Africa
Berlin Conference Preparation
Delegation from:
Members:
Our delegation controlled these territories before 1884:
Our delegation wants these territories:
We want them because:
Our demands for the Berlin Conference (Final Draft)
We, the delegation from :
want:
because: