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DO NOW• 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

resources

• 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)

HOMEWORKComplete 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?