Starter: Let’s all share out one thing we did this past weekend!
Learning Goals
Announcements
Breakout rooms
Powerpoint Lecture: Theories of Imperialism, the Berlin Conference and “The White Man’s Burden”
Read and discuss “White Man’s Burden” by Rudyard Kipling
HOMEWORK: Let’s review the homework due for Wednesday
Learning Goals
- Discuss your understanding of and takeaways from the "How Race was Made" podcast
- Understand the various motives and theories of imperialism
- Delineate the similarities and differences between various approaches to colonial rule
- Analyze a poem to identify examples of racial assumptions of superiority
Announcements
- Heart of Darkness: Next week, we are going to start reading our class novel, The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Contrad. I am one copy short. Does anyone already own it or want to purchase their own copy to be able to annotate? Also, I need to get you all a copy this week! I'll try to find you all during school on Thursday or Friday. Rio, I can give your dad a copy.
- Workload: Some thoughts from Ashley
Breakout rooms
- First, elect a spokesperson who will take notes and share out everything highlighted in RED below
- Second, elect a facilitator who will read the following questions and keep the group on track.
- Take turns sharing 1 claim and piece of evidence that you took notes on for the Podcast, “How Race was Made”.
- Discuss, overall, what stood out the most from this podcast? Pick ONE insight to share with the whole group.
- Take turns sharing your questions from the podcast. Don't discuss them for now, just pick 1 of your questions to bring back to the whole group for discussion.
- Share out your summaries of the Fashoda Incident
- Take turns sharing your questions about the "theories of imperialism" reading (text #2). Don't discuss them for now, just share them out and pick 1 that is most common among your group or most important to understanding the reading.
Powerpoint Lecture: Theories of Imperialism, the Berlin Conference and “The White Man’s Burden”
Read and discuss “White Man’s Burden” by Rudyard Kipling
HOMEWORK: Let’s review the homework due for Wednesday