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Imperialism Primary Source Group Activity:

Common Core standards:


RH.6-8.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.

RH.6-8.2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide
an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including
vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.

RH.6-8.6 Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point view or purpose (e.g., loaded
language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).

RH.6-8.8 Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text.

WHST.6-8.1 a) Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant, accurate data and
evidence that demonstrate an understanding of the topic or text, using credible sources, and b)
use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among
claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.

WHST.6-8.2 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain
the topic.

WHST.6-8.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and
research.

Arkansas world history standard:


H.6.8.39A:
- Describe the effects of imperialism and related nationalistic movements (e.g., Africa, Asia,
Europe, Latin America)
- Describe how the European need for resources led to increased nationalism and imperialism.
Imperialism Primary Document 1

“I contend that we (Britons) are the first race in the world, and the more of the world we
inhabit, the better it is for the human race. … It is our duty to seize every opportunity of
acquiring more territory, and we should keep this one idea steadily before our eyes that
more territory simply means more of the Anglo-Saxon race, more of the best, the most
human, most honourable race the world possesses.”

- Cecil Rhodes, Confession of Faith, 1887


Group names: _____________________________________________________

Vocabulary
inhabit:

seize:

acquiring:

Anglo-Saxon:

Questions (CSRQ format, please)


1. How do Britons compare to the rest of world in Rhodes’ eyes?

2. How does Rhodes view people who are not in the Anglo-Saxon race? Use a quotation in
your response to justify your answer.
Imperialism Primary Document 2

“For Europe to rule Africa by force for purposes of gain, and to justify that rule by the
pretence that she is civilizing Africa and raising her to a higher level of spiritual life, will
be adjudged by history, perhaps, to be the crowning wrong and folly of Imperialism.
What Africa has to give, her priceless stores of wisdom garnered from her experience of
ages, we refuse to take; the much or little which we could give, we spoil by the brutal
manner of our giving. This is what Imperialism has done, and is doing, for Africa.”

- J.A. Hobson, Imperialism, 1902


Group names: _____________________________________________________

Vocabulary
pretence (pretense):

adjudged:

folly:

stores:

Questions (CSRQ format, please)


1. What is the “crowning wrong and folly of Imperialism” committed by Europe, according
to Hobson?

2. How are the viewpoints of Rhodes and Hobson similar to or different from one another?
Use specific evidence from the two primary sources to justify your response. Please write
at least three sentences.
Imperialism Primary Document 3

“Violent physical opposition to abuse and injustice henceforth is not possible for the
African in any part of Africa. His chances of effective resistance have been steadily
dwindling with the increasing perfectibility in the killing power of modern armament.
Thus the African is really helpless against the material gods of the white man, as
embodied in the trinity of imperialism, capitalistic exploitation, and militarism.”

- Edward Morel, The Black Man’s Burden, 1920

Group names: _____________________________________________________

Vocabulary
henceforth:

armament:

embodied:

exploitation:

Questions (CSRQ format, please)


1. Why did Morel believe that Africans’ “chances of effective resistance have been steadily
dwindling?”

2. Why do you think every African nation eventually gained independence from European
imperialists? Based on what you read from the Morel quote, how may the Europeans’
actions have actually contributed to this? Make sure you answer each question separately.

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