Today in class we looked on page 341 for social, political and economic causes of imperialism. We wrote our answers on our cause and effect chart. Here is the class document.
HOMEWORK: Read the “Gentlemen and the Jungle” story. Answer question #1.
ESL Global Studies / Oct 12 / 7th Period only
Posted: October 12, 2010 in Class Activities, Homework0
Today in class we…
Examined a set of photos (and one piece of artwork) to look for motives of imperialism. Unfortunately, I don’t have an electronic copy of the handout yet. However, if you were absent, you can still make up the assignment on your own paper.
Make a chart of one column and four rows for each picture. Each “row” will have more than one line:
- Row 1: For each photo, first simply describe what you see in the photo (as if explaining something to someone over the phone).
- Row 2: Second, list any background knowledge that you have.
- Row 3: Third, “interpret” the picture by asking yourself the question: What does this photo reveal about the causes of imperialism?
- Row 4: Finally, decide if the “Cause of Imperialism” is an example of a social, political, economic or exploratory cause. Remember, social has to do with people, relationships, culture, traditions, language, religion, etc. Political has to do with power, government, laws and leaders. Economic has to do with money, trade, barter, natural resources. Finally, exploratory describes simply the desire to find new places.
- After examining all of the photos, write a one paragraph summary of your “interpretations”. Or, put differently, summarize the various causes for Imperialism (from the pictures) into a single paragraph.
Here are the photos:
- Photo A : Man building railway planned by Cecil Rhodes near Broken Hill, Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe) (time of photo: roughly 1890)
- Photo B : People working among tobacco plants, Rhodesia (time of photo: roughly 1890)
- Photo C: A village school under the direction of a French officer / Une école de village sous la direction d’un sous-officier français (Near Senegal and Niger / Haut-Sénégal-Niger). (1912)
- Photo D : The Training and Industrial Mission School, Monrovia, Liberia, West Coast of Africa, founded December 1892.
- Photo E : Africans bringing ivory to the wagons in South Africa, c. 1860
- Photo F: Reception of loads of rubber in the Mayombe region, Congo Free State (modern day Democratic Republic of the Congo) (time of photo: 1900)
- Photo G : Pear’s Soap Advertisement: “The first step toward lightening is through teaching the virtues of cleanliness. Pear’s Soap is a potent factor in brightening the dark corners of the earth as civilization advances, while amongst the cultural of all nations it holds the highest place–it is the ideal toilet soap.”
- Photo H : Queen Astrid and King Leopold of Belgium visit their colony, the Belgian Congo. (modern day Democratic Republic of the Congo) (time of photo: 1933)
HOMEWORK: None, unless you don’t finish the activity in class.
Today in class we…
1) Finished analyzing the pictures.
2) Began to label the map of the continent of Africa.
3) Began taking notes on the colonization experiences of the United States and Africa. Our goal is to compare the two and use any prior knowledge we have of colonialism (either in American history or in the history of other colonized countries…like Mexico, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, etc.) to inform our understanding of colonialism in Africa. We will finish taking notes next class.
NO HOMEWORK
If you missed class today, we:
- Analyzed some photos of Africa. If you missed class or didn’t finish the photos, here is a pdf file with all the pictures.
- As a class, we went through the 3 steps of observation with one picture. You can find the handout for this activity here. The first column is observation. Think of this step as if you are on the phone, standing in the picture, and trying to describe what you are seeing. The second column is knowledge. This is where you think of what you already know that is related to the picture. The third column is interpretation. This is where you want to combine what you observed with what you know. What is REALLY going on in the picture? Can you explain what is happening? Make a theory? Predict how the people feel or what their situation might be?
NO HOMEWORK!
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