HIS 101 Module 3 SLP

HIS 101 Module 3 SLP

Module 3 ­ SLP
Challenges in East Asia, 1800­1912
Following a remarkable voyage around the globe, Charles Darwin wrote, in his  The Origin of Species by  
Means of Natural Selection in 1859, that nature favored characteristics most suitable to particular  
environments: thus, the fittest would survive longest and breed the most.
Darwin’s theories were path breaking for the time but were unfortunately used and extended towards  
humans to serve as a rationale for Imperialism.
This SLP will look at how this came about and why.
Read the information in the background material, look for more information, and then write a 2 to 3 pages  
paper answering the following question:
How did the idea of Social Darwinism fuel Europeans to see themselves as morally superior to those they  
ruled?
Assignment Expectations:
 you are expected to:
•  Describe the purpose of the paper and conclusion.
•  Answer the case assignment questions clearly and provide necessary details.
•  Provide a quality argument; that is, no poor sentence structure, no spelling and grammar  
mistakes or run­on sentences.
•  Provide citations to support your argument and references on a separate page.