Imperialist Era: Document
Analysis
Ms. Hunt
RMS 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
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19 ,
Journal: January
2012
White 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
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Go bind your sons to exile
To 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
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Photographs
Journals
Maps
Newspapers
Press Releases
Cartoons
Flyers
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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?
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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!
Document #1
Doc. #2
Document #3
Document #4
Document #5
Document #6