Ramienski: 191106 MWH U5 LPMC Men of Daring Work Sheet
Student Name: ______Seat number: ______
Period: ______
Date: ______
Modern World History
Unit 5
Cecil Rhodes and Henry Morton Stanley
Men of Daring or Racist Opportunists?
Work Sheet
Directions: Fill out this worksheet in its entirety. Use it as an aid to formulate your essay. TURN THIS IN WITH YOUR ESSAY.
Work sheet Value: 100 points. (Class work grade)
Issue Date:Thursday, 21 April 2016
Due Date:Wednesday, 27 April 2016
If turned in by Thursday, 28 April 2016: -10%
If turned in by Friday, 29 April 2016: -20%
If not turned in by Friday, 29 April 2016, NO CREDIT, “0”
Teacher Option NOT to accept if turned in latter than 29 April 2016
REMEMBER SELECT EITHER RHODES OR STANLEY---DO ONLY ONE
A. Administrative (9 points)
1. Project Description: What are you supposed to do?What is your “mission”?(3 points)
2. When is this essay due? (3 points) ______
3. How much is the essay or project worth? ______How much is the work sheet worth? ______(3 points)
B. Basic Information (15)
4. Define Imperialism (2 points)
5. Define “Man of Daring”? Just what is this type of man? (2 points)
6. Give your essay a title. (3 points) ______
7. Which person are you doing, Rhodes or Stanley? (2 points) ______
8. When and where was this person born? (2 points) ______
9. When and where did this person die? (2 points) ______
10. Where is the person buried? (2 points) ______
C. Life (22)
11. How did the person earn his money? What was the person’s profession or professions? Did the person become wealthy? (2 points)
12. What was the person’s relationship to African peoples? Was he feared, hated, liked, respected? Did the person like, hate the Africans? Was the person a racist? Provide specific examples. (5 points)
13. Did the Africans give this person an African name? What was it? (5 points) ______
14. Did the essay discuss the person’s politics? How did this person view Imperialism? Was this person an Imperialist? (5 points)
15. At the end of this person’s life, was this person respected by the white, western world? (5 points)
D. Person specific questions (10)
Do only the questions pertaining to your person
Rhodes
16. What was and is the Rhodes’ Scholarship program? (5 points)
17. What was Rhodes’ views on imperialism? (5 points)
OR
Stanley
16 Discuss Stanley’s explorations. (5 points)
17. Discuss Stanley’s attempt to find Dr. Livingston. (5 points)
E. Hero or Zero? (24)
18. How important was this person to the period studied? If this person had not done what they did,
would history been different? (5 points)
19 .Was this person a good person? HERO? ZERO? (5 points)
20. Provide specific incidents / evidence to support question 19. (7 points)
21. Provide a clear conclusion on whether Rhodes or Stanleywas a positive or negative influence on the history of Africa (7 points)
F. List your bibliography here-minimum 5 sources-(20 points)
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DON’T FORGET THAT YOU MUST FIND A PICTURE AND HAVE ONE OR TWO ILLUSTRATIONS or MAPS TO SUPPORT YOUR ESSAY. You’ll lose points if there is no picture or map