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• Take out a piece of lined paper. Write your name at the top.

• In 6 lines (with at least 5 words on each line) tell me as much about Animal Farm (plot, characters, historical context, etc.) as you can remember. Use complete sentences.

• You have five minutes.

REVIEW

• Pass back final exams.

• Look over mistakes. Ask questions.

• If you’d like to set up a one-on-one meeting to discuss the exam or your progress in this course, see me after class.

• Collect. These will be kept in your writing portfolio.

OBJECTIVES

• Introduce Essential Questions.

• Discuss rise and growth of British Empire. Reflect on implications of imperialism.

• Apply tools for reading image-based texts

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

What makes an Empire? What is Imperialism?

Empire: A group of nations ruled over by a monarch, emperor, or government

Imperialism: The formation of an Empire based on a relationship of domination and subordination (Inequality)

What is Imperialism’s relationship to Power?

To what extent does Imperialism shape, confirm, and/or redefine notions of “British-ness”?

What are the implications of Imperialism? How do these implications continue to resonate today?

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

“THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE BRITISH EMPIIRE”

Timeline: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/empi

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READING IMAGE-BASED TEXTS

• What is an image-based text? • Maps, cartoons, advertisements• Why would is it important to develop the tools to analyze these

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• The following slide shows a map (“Imperial Federation, Map of the World Showing the Extent of the British Empire”) from 1886.

• On a piece of paper, write 5 lines (with at least 5 words on each line) making observations of this map (images, words, designs, etc)

HOMEWORK

Complete political cartoon packet.

• Write down observations. What do you see?

• What is the main idea or message expressed in this image?

• Who is the primary audience for this piece? How do you know?