The Driving Forces Behind European Imperialism in Africa: Informational Essay
Now that you have outlined your essay in your engineering design notebook and received peer review feedback, today you will write an informational essay explaining the driving forces behind European Imperialism in Africa, using the Informational Essay Writing Rubric to guide your writing (Attached).
You may use your outline as well as the Informational Essay Writing Rubric to guide your writing. The documents from the DBQ are attached for your convenience.
You will have one and a half class periods to complete your final essay and submit.
One round of feedback is permissible before your final submission.
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Source 1
Document A - Various Sources - Partition of Africa, 1884-1885
Source 2
Document B - John Ruskin, lecture at Oxford University, February 08, 1870 AND/OR Freidrich Fabri, Does Germany Need Colonies? 1879
Source 3
Document C - Various Sources - Technological Advancements Chart
Source 4
Document D - Various Sources - Selected African Colonies and Their Exports Chart
Source 5
Document E - Trevor Owen Lloyd, The British Empire, 1558-1995, 1996 - Great Britain and South Saharan Africa Imports and Exports, 1854 and 1900
Source 6
Document F- Rudyard Kipling - "The White Man's Burden," 1899
Group 1
Write an informational essay explaining the driving forces behind European Imperialism in Africa, using Documents A-F ONLY and the Informational Essay Writing Rubric to guide your writing.
Source 1.1
This rubric is how you will be scored when you receive your feedback in Class Companion and when you submit the final essay. Make sure to check over it to ensure your essay is good to go before submitting your final essay.
Question 1a
What were the primary driving forces behind European imperialism in Africa?
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