Imperialism Primary Sources

"The White Man's Burden," Rudyard Kipling

Heart of Darkness excerpt, Joseph Conrad

Imperialism Treaty sample (similar to Bentley's Sources from the Past)

Today's Frame

As Europeans divided nearly the entire African continent into colonial possessions during the Berlin Conference, how did the Scramble for Africa generate a huge infusion of capital for the Europeans and widespread devastation for African nations?

Today's Frame

How did European imperialism impact Asia, Africa, and the Pacific regions?  How did the various types of colonialism affect each region and nation?

Primary Source: Marx & Engels

The Communist Manifesto excerpt

Today's Frame

All about "ism's"...   How did socialism grow as a response to industrialized societies? How did imperialism grow as Europeans desired access to raw materials for industrialized products? And... how was new imperialism a result of Europeans opening up new markets through colonialism in Africa and Asia?

Friday's Activity

For the activity, we will begin by using this straight-up, conventional PowerPoint from Bentley's publisher. Stand by in class Friday for more directions.

Here's the link to the PowerPoint

Today's Frame

Why did the modern ideas of “the nation” and the “nation-state” develop during 19th-century Europe? How does nationalism have the power to both unify and dismember states and empires?

Today's Frame

How are additional revolutions and the emergence of liberal and conservative thought responses to the French Revolution?

Today's Frame

How was the French Revolution inspired by Enlightenment ideas about the role of government, natural rights, and the social contract? Why did the Jacobins determine that these ideas ultimately required "ideological purity"?

Today's Frame

How did the Enlightenment change European (and American) society forever?

Today's Frame

How does science challenge a society’s understanding of the world as well as its values and convictions?  ... And how does Galileo's story epitomize this phenomenon?