1. Good Morning!! 1.NVC/Prep Check for Permission Slip 2.Warm-up: Comparing Congo and Egypt 3.Congo Prompt Revision Activity 4.China: The Century of Humiliation Begins Essential Questions: How was the experience of Imperialism in the Congo and Egypt similar and different? Homework: Finish Egyptian Imperialism Caption DUE TODAY, Submit permission slip for Stanford study!!

2. Congo and Egypt Congo Who Imperialized: Belgians Why (motive): Economic reasons, wanted resources for profit, rubber and ivory, political: first to colonize, could bring national greatness ideological: social darwinism = felt they were superior How natives were treated: hands/arms were cut off, treated very badly, punishment for not enough rubber but also trophy like if they were animals How natives reacted: Congolese run from ALL foreigners, scared of getting killed Egypt Who Imperialized:Britain Why (motive): Geopolitics land was valuable, connected two seas and could help with trade, Suez Canal = economic motive, bring European culture = ideological How natives were treated: not as bad, but got into fights, British took their wealth and the Egyptians became poor, treated like “slaves” How natives reacted: Egyptians start rioting, big riot with weapons, injured a lot of europeans, ended up burning down the city, maybe a revolution tried to completely change government

3. Egypt and Congo Similarities They were both imperialized by Europeans Both were imperialized for economic reasons: trying to make profit Natives had no say Both European countries planned on “changing” the people  ideological bringing western civilization A lot of people were killed Differences Belgians were much more brutal by cutting off hands Egyptians fought back, Congolese were afraid Egyptians started as a stronger nation

4. Compare and Contrast How was the experience of Imperialism in the Congo and in Egypt similar and different? – Work with your partner to come up with AT LEAST one similarity and one difference

5. Congo Prompt Debrief

6. Directions Read and evaluate each paper using the rubric FOR EACH PAPER write – 2 things you think are good – 2 things you think could be improved – Score it (Advanced, Proficient, Basic)and write TWO sentences explaining why

7. Advanced Thesis: Answers ALL aspects of the prompt (motive + treatment) in a clear and specific way Evidence – Pulls evidence from AT LEAST TWO documents – Addresses the source – Evidence is well-chosen and strongly supports the thesis Analysis – Analysis fully explains the evidence – Analysis gives specific reasons how the evidence proves the thesis – Analysis uses academic language Structure: – Written in 3-4 paragraphs Proficient Thesis: Answers ALL aspects of the prompt, but might be short and not specific Evidence – Pulls Evidence from AT LEAST TWO documents – Evidence is short and the source may not fully addressed – Evidence supports thesis, but not the best evidence Analysis – Analysis explains the evidence, but is shorter, less specific, Structure – Written in 2 paragraphs Basic Thesis: Answers prompt, but does not include a specific argument Evidence: Evidence is partially missing (one quotation), or does not fully support the thesis Analysis: Simply repeats what the evidence says. Structure: written in one paragraph

8. Work Time Choices 1.Work on/Revise your Congo Prompt – Use my feedback and our revision activity as a guide! – Complete your prompt using the graphic organizer if still necessary! 2.Work on/Revise your Egypt Imperialism Cartoon Caption! – This is technically DUE TODAY – Your Caption should be 5 Sentences AT LEAST

9. Imperialism in China Qing Dynasty: ruling dynasty of Chinese Empire since 1600 1790s Europe seeks trade with China – Industrial Revolution = need new markets! China self-sufficient – Does not need “strange objects” from Europe 1830s Britain starts trading Opium to China – Opium: an addictive drug – c.1835 12 million Chinese addicted

10. Why did Britain fight the Opium War?

11. Opium War Debrief Knowing that Great Britain did fight the first Opium War against China, why do you think Parliament found Macaulay’s speech more convincing than Gladstone’s? Do you think there were any other factors or motives at play that led Britain to go to war with China? What might those be? In his speech, William Gladstone called the Opium War one of the most unjust wars ever fought? Do you agree?