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Good morning! Please take out a sheet of paper and answer the following questions: 1. Why do you think the international community was reluctant to get involved in the Rwandan genocide? 2. Why did the Europeans want to colonize Africa? 3. Why do you think the Europeans didn’t pay attention to ethnic groups and ethnic boundaries when drawing the political boundaries of countries?

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Page 1: Good morning! Please take out a sheet of paper and answer the following questions: 1. Why do you think the international community was reluctant to get

Good morning!

Please take out a sheet of paper and answer the following questions:

1. Why do you think the international community was reluctant to get involved in the Rwandan genocide?2. Why did the Europeans want to colonize Africa?

3. Why do you think the Europeans didn’t pay attention to ethnic groups and ethnic boundaries when drawing the

political boundaries of countries?

Page 2: Good morning! Please take out a sheet of paper and answer the following questions: 1. Why do you think the international community was reluctant to get

Your task, should you choose to accept it (and you have to) is to complete a mini-DBQ on the colonization of Africa!

• You will use primary and secondary sources, as well as prior knowledge, complete the following prompt.

– Explain how colonization caused political, social, and

economic problems in Africa.

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Step 1—Define key words• Use your electronic device to define the

“words of importance” on your DBQ paper.

– Colonization: to create a colony in or on (a place) : to take control of (an area) and send people to live there

– Political: of or relating to government, a government, or the conduct of government

– Social: of or relating to people or society in general

– Economic: of, relating to, or based on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services

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Step 2—Gathering Background Info

• You will use your textbook (p. 432, 468) AND/OR your notes AND/OR your own brain to answer these questions

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Step 3—DOCUMENTS!

• You will need your textbook, YOUR BRAIN, and the packet I am giving you containing two pages front and back to answer these questions!

• The documents are organized into POLITICAL problems, SOCIAL problems, and ECONOMIC problems.

• COMPLETED BY THE END OF CLASS!

• TOMORROW…WE WRITE!!!!

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Good morning!

• PLEASE take out your Colonization DBQ information from yesterday– The piece of paper with the boxes on it – It best be completed…– If it’s not…complete it NOW

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Step 4—Writing!

• Your goal now is to take the information you gathered yesterday about the POLITICAL, SOCIAL, and ECONOMIC problems that European colonization caused in Africa and turn that into an ESSAY!

• You will have the following– Introduction– Body 1 (Political, Social, or Economic problems)– Body 2 (Political, Social, or Economic problems)– Body 3 (Political, Social, or Economic problems)– Conclusion

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Essay OutlineIntroduction• Include your background information HERE! If I didn’t know

anything about the colonization of Africa, what would you need to tell me?!

• Thesis statement! “European colonization in Africa created extreme social, political, and economic conflict.”

Body Paragraphs 1 (Political Problems)• How/Why did European colonization cause POLITICAL

problems?• Evidence—Include the 2 examples from your boxes and

provide explanations• Use any QUOTES, FACTS, STATISTICS, NUMBERS, that can

help you…make sure you CITE them!

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Essay OutlineBody Paragraphs 2 (Social Problems)• How/Why did European colonization cause SOCIAL problems?• Evidence—Include the 2 examples from your boxes and provide

explanations.• Use any QUOTES, FACTS, STATISTICS, NUMBERS, that can help

you…make sure you CITE them!

Body Paragraphs 3 (Economic Problems)• How/Why did European colonization cause ECONOMIC

problems?• Evidence—Include the 2 examples from your boxes and provide

explanations• Use any QUOTES, FACTS, STATISTICS, NUMBERS, that can help

you…make sure you CITE them!

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Essay Outline

• Conclusion– Restate main points of your essay– What are your closing thoughts?

• CITATION EXAMPLES– Document P tells us…– Apartheid, defined on page 454 in the textbook, is…– As seen in the film Hotel Rwanda,…– In the article, The Birth of South Sudan, …– The map on page 469 of the textbook shows us…