Thursday, September 27, 2012

Homework: Imperialism documents

Date assigned
Thursday, September 27


Assignment
Read, highlight/underline, and annotate 4 primary source documents from the era of imperialism:

- British Contract with an African King (link)
- Letter Opposing the English (link)
- In Favor of Imperialism (link)
- The White Man's Burden (link)

Answer the questions attached to each of the first 3 documents (you will need pages 357-360 in your textbook to answer the 3rd question for Letter Opposing the English).

For The White Man's Burden, write a 1 page interpretation of the poem.  Is it meant seriously or sarcastically?  What does it show about the attitudes of Europeans and Americans in 1899?  Use evidence from the text, and reference discussions we've had in class.

Make sure to look up words you don't know and write their definitions in your annotation!


Due date
Monday, October 1, beginning of class

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