Entire Enquiry: Scramble for Africa

All the resources needed to teach a historical enquiry about the Scramble for Africa based on the causation question: Why did Europe ‘Scramble for Africa’ between 1880 and 1900?

The lessons are backwards planned from an essay assessment of the enquiry question with each lesson teaching students of a different causes or themes that could explain why Europe’s powers acquired African colonies in the period.

1. What was the ‘Scramble for Africa’?
2. How far did economic factors drive the ‘Scramble for Africa’?
3. How far was fear of losing out a cause for the ‘Scramble for Africa’?
4. What was the role of ‘men on the spot’ in the Scramble for Africa?
5. What was the role of technology in the ‘Scramble for Africa’?
6. ASSESSMENT: Why did Europe ‘Scramble for Africa’ between 1880 and 1900? (Including detailed assessment criteria based around both the knowledge and procedural skills that need to be demonstrated)

Each lesson is fully resourced including answers and model responses where appropriate. Practice of writing is built into the enquiry before reaching the assessment so that students have drafted several paragraphs by the time they reach the summative assessment in the “Me, us, you” format of modelling.

A student workbook is included that mirrors the lessons, as well as a Knowledge Organiser of the core factual knowledge to be memorised and at student’s fingertips, a Scheme of Work and an Additional Materials List of fiction, non-fiction, websites, film, TV, podcasts etc that students can use to go deeper and broader into the topic of European imperialism in Africa.