Make sure to check your reading assignments! You have some primaries this week.
Blog Response (Due 4/25). Read Kipling's White Man's Burden. How do you interpret his poem? What does it reflect of 19th century attitudes? How does Kipling view the subject? Be sure to use specific evidence in support of your response. Were such ideas unique to Europeans? (If you haven't read Letter to Queen Victoria, I suggest you do so!)
Imperialism Primary
Source Exercise
Use SOAPSTone to analyze and take notes on the documents you have received. Once you have completed this, discuss your
findings/analysis with those in your group.
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What did you find most important?
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Did you find any information particularly
surprising or interesting?
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Do your interpretations differ from others in
your group?
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If so, how?
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Did others focus on aspects you may have missed?
Written Response
Analyze the relationship between Europeans and their
colonial subjects.
You must develop a thesis statement and answer the question
in a short essay (page) that relies on the primary source documents to support
your arguments.
YOU MAY NOT WRITE ON
THE DOCUMENTS!!!!
You will have 15
minutes document before you must switch folders.