Classroom Based Assessment: Causes of
Conflict - Imperialism in Africa
PROMPT:
During the late 1800’s, Imperialist European nations invaded Africa. Using the
documents provided, identify and explain with evidence from selected sources,
THE
MOST INFLUENTIAL FACTOR that caused the conflicts
associated with Imperialism
Factors:
● Cultural
● Social
● Political
● Economic
CBA Causes of Conflict Checklist
Select which Social Studies factor was the MOST INFLUENTIAL FACTOR in causing
the conflicts of Imperialism
Read and analyzed at least 8 of the provided documents. Answer questions
associated with the documents to support YOUR CLAIM
Choose an additional 2 more from the RRHS Research Databases to analyze
and present evidence to support YOUR CLAIM
Write your first draft using the RRHS ESSAY PLANNER as your guide
Write your final draft then double check using the editing checklist
Did you cite your 5 Sources correctly within the essay?
Did you create a Work Cited (Bibliography Page) http://www.easybib.com
Finally, write a self evaluation using the ARGUMENTATIVE RUBRIC. Identify 2 strong
categories and 1 you need to work on.
Link to the Argumentative Rubric
http://sbac.portal.airast.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/PerformanceTaskWritingRubri
c_Argumentative.pdf
Source #1 -Overview of Imperialism in Africa
Candice Goucher, Charles LeGuin, Linda Walton, In the Balance: Themes in
Global History (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 1998), selections from chapter 17, “The
Tentacles of Empire: The New Imperialism and New Nationalism in Asia, Africa,
and the Americas.”
Abstract: This essay explores the later stages of imperialism from Africa to
Asia and the Americas.
The New Imperialism in Africa
Expansion fueled by capitalist industrialism and nationalism brought previously
unsubjugated lands under European control during the nineteenth century. At its
height the British Empire alone consisted of over a quarter of the world’s land
mass and people. By 1914 Europe together with its colonial possessions occupied
more than 80 percent of the globe. The conquest of Africa provided perhaps the
clearest example of what is sometimes called the “new imperialism,” an era
roughly beginning in Africa in the 1880s and continuing into the twentieth century.
The Berlin Conference
At the Berlin Conference in 1884–1885, European powers and the United States met
to protect their “spheres of influence” (areas of special economic and
political interests) and to establish mechanisms for making new territorial claims.
The scramble for African territory was underway. An earlier catalyst for the
scramble for territories came from King Leopold II of Belgium (r. 1865–
1909). Motivated by greed and ambition to expand the wealth and territory of his
small European kingdom, Leopold undertook what he called a crusade to acquire
the Congo Free State (later, Zaire). The relatively swift imposition of European
colonial rule in Africa following the Berlin Conference also needs to be understood
against the backdrop of several centuries of the Atlantic slave trade, the rise of an
African merchant class, and the penetration of merchant capital prior to 1900.
These forces undermined the earlier systems of authority on the continent and
prevented African societies from dealing with the European presence in any unified
way.
MAPS Source
#2
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Animated Map: The Scramble for Africa
Map Analysis Worksheet Question
1. Creator
2. Date
3. Title
4. Map Format (Circle One)
Economic or resource Climate
Topographical
Physical
Street Map/Road Map
5. What features are shown in the map key?
6. Why was this map made?
7. Explain why this map is important to the history of Imperialism in Africa. Explain what it is
showing.
Source # 3
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Matthew White map
Map Analysis Worksheet Questions
1. Creator
2. Date
3. Title
4. Map Format (Circle One)
Economic or resource
Climate
Topographical
Physical
Street Map/Road Map
5. What features are shown in the map key?
6. Why was this map made?
7. Explain why this map is important to the history of Imperialism in Africa. Explain what it is
showing.
Articles/Reading: Sources # 4, 5, 6 (pick 2 of the 3)
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Moshweshewe: Letter to Sir George Grey (1858 - South Africa
Kaiser Wilhelm II - Place in the Sun Speech (1901) (focus on paragraph one)
Rudyard Kipling: White Man’s…
Document Analysis;
Author:
Title:
Year:
Publisher / Source:
What type of evidence does
the author use?
- a story
- data, facts, statistics
- expert testimony
- eye witness
- a research study
- other
What is the evidence?
● Directly quote OR
paraphrase the
source.
● Make sure you
reference the
paragraph number.
Paragraph #
Paragraph #
Paragraph #
Why is the information or
evidence important
- Purpose
- Appeal
- Rebuttal
Document Analysis;
Author:
Title:
Year:
Publisher / Source:
What type of evidence does
the author use?
- a story
- data, facts, statistics
- expert testimony
- eye witness
- a research study
- other
What is the evidence?
● Directly quote OR
paraphrase the
source.
● Make sure you
reference the
paragraph number.
Paragraph #
Paragraph #
Paragraph #
Why is the information or
evidence important
- Purpose
- Appeal
- Rebuttal
Political Cartoons: Sources #7, 8 (choose 1)
● The Rhodes Collosus
● In The Rubber Coils - Punch Magazine Use National Archives and records
analysis sheet
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/cartoon_analysis_worksheet.pdf
Video: Sources # 9, 10
● A Brief History of European Colonization in Africa - YouTube
● Congo - The Brutal History - YouTube
Motion Picture Analysis Worksheet -National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/motion_picture_analysis_worksheet.p
df
Sources # 11, 12
Student Sources - Go out and find two other sources on the library research databases
that would help support your essay. Fill out the analysis chart on both documents.
RRHS Library Databasese-library
Pro Quest
Sirs Discoverer
History Study Center
World Book
Document Analysis:
Author:
Title:
Year:
Publisher / Source:
What type of evidence does
the author use?
- a story
- data, facts, statistics
- expert testimony
- eye witness
- a research study
- other
What is the evidence?
● Directly quote OR
paraphrase the
source.
● Make sure you
reference the
paragraph number.
Why is the information or
evidence important
- Purpose
- Appeal
- Rebuttal
Paragraph #
Paragraph #
Paragraph #
Document Analysis;
Author:
Title:
Year:
Publisher / Source:
What type of evidence does
the author use?
- a story
- data, facts, statistics
- expert testimony
- eye witness
- a research study
- other
What is the evidence?
● Directly quote OR
paraphrase the
source.
● Make sure you
reference the
paragraph number.
Paragraph #
Why is the information or
evidence important
- Purpose
- Appeal
- Rebuttal
Paragraph #
Paragraph #
Cite Sources
Students are required to cite ALL sources used to complete their paper.
Students are required to cite at least (5) five documents used within their paper.