Warm Up # 2 Who’s account of the “Meeting in the Congo” do you find to be more believable? What are similarities and differences between the accounts? Why is it more trustworthy?

The White Mans Burden (pg. 23, Class Docs)

Stanza # 1 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.

Essential Question (workbook pg. 10) What is the message or purpose of Kipling's poem “The White Man’s Burden?”

White Man’s Burden 1. Read your stanza (paragraph) with your partner 2. Read each line again translating each line in the margin 3. Write a summary of your stanza 3 - 4 sentences

Vocabulary Abide - Stay Sloth – lazy Heathen – godless Sullen – gloomy, grumpy Folly – stupid acts Tawdry – showy, but cheap Serf – Slave Reap – to gain or harvest Bondage – Slavery “Lightly proferred laurel” – easily won prize

Caricatures Uncle Sam Great Britain

Analysis Questions Complete “Analysis Questions” at the bottom of pg. 10 Use Complete Sentences