Unit 4.4 Classwork: Rudyard Kipling's "The White Man's Burden"

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9 questions

Note from the author:

Content Objective: I will be able to explain American imperialism in my own words.

Standard Objective: I will be able to draw reasonable inferences from a text.

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Content Objective: I will be able to explain American imperialism in my own words.

Standard Objective: I will be able to draw reasonable inferences from a text.

Absent? Just want to review the slides? Click here!

Required

Unit 4.4 Classwork: Rudyard Kipling's "The White Man's Burden"

Last updated over 1 year ago

9 questions

Note from the author:

Content Objective: I will be able to explain American imperialism in my own words.

Standard Objective: I will be able to draw reasonable inferences from a text.

Absent? Just want to review the slides? Click here!

Instructions

Content Objective: I will be able to explain American imperialism in my own words.

Standard Objective: I will be able to draw reasonable inferences from a text.

Absent? Just want to review the slides? Click here!

Required

Between 1870 and 1890, the _______  nations of Europe and Asia, particularly Great Britain, France, Germany, and Japan, scrambled to _______  territory in the undeveloped world. With unmatched firepower and technology, these imperial powers divided Africa and Asia among themselves. Many in the United States feared that if America didn't join the race for _______ , the great powers would leave it behind.

Note: Darwin’s theory of evolution was just becoming widespread during this time, and many people were applying the “survival of the fittest” concept to individuals and countries.

Required

Markets were particularly important for the United States, which had emerged as the world's _______  industrial power in the wake of the Gilded Age. Americans were beginning to fear that new markets within the United States were drying up now that _______  had been achieved. In 1893, eminent historian Frederick Jackson Turner declared that the American _______  was now closed, leading many to fear that the pioneering spirit central to the American identity was in jeopardy.

Required

While the United States was considering its fate now that relentless expansion west was no longer possible, Cuban rebels were attempting to overthrow _______  colonial rule. After the U.S.S. _______ , an American warship, exploded in Havana harbor, the United States declared war on Spain. Within six weeks the United States had triumphed in the Spanish-American War - acquiring significant _______  over Cuba, annexed Hawaii and claiming Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines as _______  in the process.

Applying Knowledge: Today, we are going to analyze a poem written in February 1899 by British novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling entitled "The White Man's Burden.”

Take up the White Man’s burden  
Send forth the best ye breed
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives’ need;

To wait in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half-devil and half-child.

Required

Take up the White Man’s burden
The savage wars of peace
Fill full the mouth of Famine
And bid the sickness cease;
And when your goal is nearest, 
the end for others sought
Watch sloth and heathen Folly
Bring all your hopes to nought.

Required

Take up the White Man’s burden
And reap his old reward:
The blame of those ye better,
The hate of those ye guard

Take up the White Man’s burden
Have done with childish days
Comes now, to search your manhood
Through all the thankless years
Cold, edged with dear-bought wisdom,
The judgment of your peers!

Required

Exit Ticket: How is Kipling’s perspective about American imperialism portrayed in this political cartoon? Your answer should include two connections between the cartoon and the poem.

Sentence-Starters:
Kipling's perspective about American imperialism is...
In the poem, Kipling writes, "QUOTE" (Kipling, 1899).
This idea is reflected in the political cartoon where... [DESCRIBE A DETAIL FROM THE IMAGE]
Furthermore, Kipling suggests... [PARAPHRASE IDEA FROM POEM]
Similarly, the political cartoon depicts [DESCRIBE A SECOND DETAIL]

Unit 4.4 Classwork: Rudyard Kipling's "The White Man's Burden"

Unit 4.4 Classwork: Rudyard Kipling's "The White Man's Burden"

Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4:

According to the poet, the “burden” that the White man must take on is

As stated in the poem, what are two positive things that the White man will do for the natives? (Select TWO)

Will the natives be grateful towards the White man? Explain why or why not under "Show Your Work."

What rewards does Kipling suggest that the “white man” gets for carrying this “burden”?

Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4:

According to the poet, the “burden” that the White man must take on is

As stated in the poem, what are two positive things that the White man will do for the natives? (Select TWO)

Will the natives be grateful towards the White man? Explain why or why not under "Show Your Work."

What rewards does Kipling suggest that the “white man” gets for carrying this “burden”?