Analyzing Primary Sources: Imperialism

WHAT ARE PRIMARY SOURCES? Original Documents Autobiographies, diaries, interviews, letters, news film footage, official records, photographs, speeches, etc. Creative Works Art, drama, films, music, novels, poetry, cartoons, etc. Relics or Artifacts Buildings, clothing, DNA, furniture, jewelry, pottery

How do you Analyze Primary Sources? What type of document and when was it written? Date/Time Period can help with understanding! Who wrote/created it and who was it written/created for? Does this impact or bias the meaning? What is the main idea? What evidence (quote) supports this?

What else can you do? Is there any additional information that can help with understanding? People, Places, Events, other clues? How does it fit within your background knowledge? Use what you learned in class and your readings to help you better understand. Use the document to better understand what you learned.

Questions For each of the following Primary Sources please answer the following. What is the Main Idea or Concept? In other words, what is being depicted in the Primary Source? What specific piece of evidence from the Primary Source best supports your claim? What is the Point of View? Do you sense any Bias? Who is the intended audience?

ORIGINAL DOCUMENT "When the whites came to our country, we had the land and they had the Bible, now we have the Bible and they have the land." African proverb

ORIGINAL DOCUMENT Photograph of the Suez Canal after it opened in 1869. Pictured below are several British Steamships. Photo by British Historian John L. Stoddard

Creative Work “The Rhodes Colossus” Striding From Cape Town to Cairo Cartoon by British Newspaper Punch 1895 Depicting Cecil Rhodes in Africa

"Thus Colonize the English." Creative Work "Thus Colonize the English." A German cartoon, published in the early 20th century.

“China” Political Cartoon The cake of kings… and of emperors A French Political Cartoon from 1898 (Chine is French for China)

Poem “The White Man’s Burden” 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 -- In patience to abide, To veil the threat of terror And check the show of pride; By open speech and simple, An hundred times made plain, To seek another's profit, And work another's gain. “The White Man’s Burden” By Rudyard Kipling Written in 1899 about the United States and the Philippines

Thanksgiving Project! You will create a Postcard from the perspective of either a colonist or native from any country that we have studied during our Imperialism Unit. The previous Primary Sources should have given you some insight into the various points of view regarding Imperialism. You may choose to be anyone ranging from a Sepoy to an American soldier assigned to a gunboat under Matthew Perry. Side #1 – Write a letter to me from one of the two perspectives describing the conditions within your country/colony. Include specific details such as labor, relations between colony/colonizer, uprisings, or anything else you find helpful to help me understand what it is like to be in your colony. Side #2 – Draw a visual representation of a scene from your point of view. This must be an original piece of art that you created and not taken from the Internet. This visual should clearly depict a scene that corresponds to your letter. Creativity and neatness counts!

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