L4: Imperialism, Economics, and Forms of Control

Agenda

Objective:To understand…1. How European

industrialization motivated imperialism.

2. What industrialization looked liked under Imperialism

3. Lenin’s theory of the internationalization of capitalism.

Schedule: 1. Group Work and Whole

Class Discussions

Homework:1. Pass Nation-

State Paper in by Wednesday if you haven’t done so already.

2. Consult unit schedule for Africa background reading.

3. Read excerpt from Things Fall Apart for class on Wed after Thanksgiving.

Industrialization Motivates Imperialism

• Brainstorm a list of all of the ways in which the industrial revolution may have provided economic motivation for imperialism?

Industrialization Motivates Imperialism

• Read and analyze the excerpt from the 1900 speech by American Senator Alfred Beveridge, “In Support of American Empire.”

• Answer the following question: – What does Beveridge identify as the

economic motivations for imperialism?

Industrialization and Imperialism

• Analyze the following photographs and answer the following questions:– What does “economic development”

look like in imperialism?– What do you see as the relationship

between imperialism and industrialization?

Discussion• Read and analyze the attached secondary

source describing Vladimir Lenin’s theory of imperialism as articulated in his essay, “Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism” (1917)

• Discussion:– What is Lenin’s argument?– Do you agree with Lenin’s argument?– What does Lenin see as the relationship between

imperialism, economics, and control? – What do you see as the relationship between

imperialism, economics, and control?