Imperialist Era: Document Analysis

Ms. HuntRMS IB Middle School

2011-2012

Agenda: Thursday, January 19th, 2012

• OBJ: To compare and contrast the thoughts and feelings of European and native peoples in regards to colonialism through document analysis.

• 1. Journal- “The White Man’s Burden”• 2. What are primary vs. secondary documents?• 3. SOAPSTone technique• Document Analysis• Presentations

• HW: Review Colonialism and Independence notes for 15 minutes

Journal: January 19th, 2012White Man’s Burden Reading and

Response• Directions:• Read the passage entitled “The White Man’s Burden” then

write an immediate 2 sentence response to the reading for today’s journal.

• Class discussion- What does the poem mean? What is the writer referring to?

• Read the passage entitled “KUA Poem.” When you are done, discuss with the class your thoughts, feelings, and concerns after having read both passages.

• Following discussion, complete a second 2 sentence response on today’s journal sheet (following your first sentences).– Be sure to use complete sentences!

Documents for Journal• The White Man’s Burden

– By: Rudyard Kipling

Take up the White man's burden –

Send forth the best ye breed –

Go bind your sons to exileTo serve your captives'

need;

• “KUA” Hymm

– Kua Tribe, Africa

You Europeans are nothing but robbers--

Though you pretended you came to lead us.

Go away, go away, you Europeans,

The years that are past have been more than enough for us.

Primary vs. Secondary Document

• Primary document- made at the time of the event, unaltered by people post the event– Example- Newspaper, census, birth certificate,

diary

• Secondary document- made after the event by someone who was not in attendance at the event or alive at the time period. – Example- textbook, biography, etc.

Review the following maps

Class Discussion

• What do these maps tell us about history?• Which map is more historically accurate? How

do you know?• Which map is a primary source? Secondary

source?• From your Unit 5 Pre Assessment- What do

you think are some types of documents students and historians use to better understand history?

Types of Documents

• Photographs• Journals• Maps• Newspapers• Press Releases• Cartoons• Flyers

• Memorandums• Advertisements• Diaries• Photos• Artifacts• Magazines• Census Report

SOAPSTone• S- Speaker

– Who is telling this story? What is the view point is the document using?

• O- Occasion– When and where was this document created? What caused the

document to be written?• A- Audience

– Who is the document meant for?• P- Purpose

– What is the purpose or reason of the text? Why was it written? What for?

• S- Subject– What is the topic of this document?

• T- Tone– What is the author’s attitude towards the subject/ content?

Imperialist Era Document Analysis

• Students will work in your assigned teams/ tables to analyze your assigned document.

• Use your SOAPSTone worksheet to successful analyze the document.

• In 20 minutes each team will present their document to the class using the SOAPSTone technique to summarize.

• Your worksheet will be collect for a grade!

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