Yesterday, May 1st, we continued watching the movie/ working on projects.
Today, May 2nd, we studied "The White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling. This poem viewed imperialism as a responsibility and burden that the white men should take up. Imperialism is dominating another country socially, economically, and politically; the imperialists saw it as "helping" the people by showing them "the better way". We also looked at parodies of "The White Man's Burden" (The Poor Man's Burden" and "The Black Man's Burden"), then created our own. Allie's and my poem (short and somewhat unfinished) on imperialism was:
"Pile on the Burden
To those who suffer in pain.
Pile on the Burden
To those nearest at your door.
Pile on the Burden
To serve your selfish greed."
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