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How important is cultural or historical context to the production and reception of a text?​

How do we approach texts from different times and cultures to our own?

To what extent do texts offer insight into another culture?

How does the meaning and impact of a text change over time?

How do texts reflect, represent or form a part of cultural practices?

How does language represent social distinctions and identities?

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Click the link below to watch a short documentary on child brides in Tanzania.  It is a practice that was made illegal and abolished in 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SwrXYJE6xw

Questions for students
1.  What prior knowledge do you have about child marriages (in any part of the world)?
2. Discuss the relevance of power and gender to this topic of child brides

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Conrad's Heart of Darkness is told through Marlow. Prominent on the book's cover are the eyes--red and white. Some in the caribbean believe that to have or be "red eyed" means that to covet another person's possessions and might resort to any means to get it.  With this perspective in mind, the red eyes are those of imperialists.
Questions for students
1.  Discuss the subject of imperialism as a necessary means for expansion and advancement.

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Wendell Phillips" letter to Frederick Douglass addressing how the race is treated in the North vs. the South in America and calling for the need for the race to be represented without shame.
Questions for students
1.  How does Wendell address the topic of slavery?
2.  How is the idea of representation discussed here and how is the idea of representation discussed currently?
3. To what extent are culture and representation linked? Elaborate by using current events as a basis for your response

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Sculpture depicting slaves (circa 19th century) carrying elephant's tusk-a valuable commodity for the slave holders during that time.
National Museum, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Questions for students:
1.  Looking at the sculpture, what visceral response do you have to it?
2.  What background information do you have on slavery?
3.  Are incidents of the past relevant today? Justify your response.