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Read the following sections and answer the questions.

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Read the following sections and answer the questions.

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Use the online book and internet research to label the Imperialism map.  Write Philippines in by using the letter L and adding to your key. I is Fiji, H is Midway, J is Guam. On the Atlantic map E is the US Virgin Islands.

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Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
Rudyard Kipling, The White Man's Burden, 1899

This famous poem, written by Britain's imperial poet, was a response to the American takeover of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War. Read the poem to yourself THREE TIMES before beginning to answer the questions.

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.

Take up the White Man's burden-- And reap his old reward: The blame of those ye better, The hate of those ye guard-- The cry of hosts ye humour (Ah, slowly!) toward the light:-- "Why brought he us from bondage, Our loved Egyptian night?"

Take up the White Man's burden-- Ye dare not stoop to less-- Nor call too loud on Freedom To cloak your weariness; By all ye cry or whisper, By all ye leave or do, The silent, sullen peoples Shall weigh your gods and you.

Guiding Questions:

1. According to Kipling, what is the ‘White Man’s Burden?’

2. Based on this poem, how did imperialists (people who supported annexation) think of the
people in the countries they were taking over (i.e., Cuba, Philippines, etc.)?

3. Kipling supported U.S. annexation of the Philippines. What might someone say who
disagreed with Kipling?

Vocabulary

Burden: a heavy responsibility

Breed: children

Harness: boring daily work

Fluttered: unsteady

Folk: people

Sullen: bad-tempered; gloomy

Cloak: hide

STANFORD HISTORY EDUCATION GROUP sheg.stanford.edu

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Properly label in your Padlet.

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Scroll down and use the cartoons to answer the questions.