It helps students analyze several poems and secondary stories to understand a range of responses to u. In 1899, british writer rudyard kipling was inspired by events during the spanish american war and composed a poem titled the white mans burden. Students should individually read the poem and answer the questions in part i of the worksheet. This activity asks students to consider british novelist and poet rudyard kiplings 1899 poem the white mans burden which urged the u. The white mans burden, published in 1899 in mcclures magazine, is one of kiplings most infamous poems.
The united states and the philippine islands 1899, by rudyard kipling, is a poem about the philippineamerican war 18991902, which exhorts the united states to assume colonial control of the filipino people and their country kipling originally wrote the poem to celebrate the diamond jubilee of queen victoria 22 june 1897, but it was replaced with. Plan your lesson in industrial and political revolution 1750 1914 and social studies with helpful tips from teachers like you. Read the poem the white mans burden by rudyard kipling and answer the following questions. Similarly, in the third lesson, on vietnam, students analyze several poems, songs, and excerpts. The white mans burden worksheet for 9th 10th grade. They should use small words and patiently repeat themselves in order to give aid to these other people. Reading lessons in historysocial studies sage publications. About the white mans burden kipling, author of the jungle book and many other works of fiction, history, and letters, published this poem in 1899 in response to the u. This worksheet goes with the activity art, commentary and evidence. The poem addressed the united states shift from isolationism, a foreign policy where countries keep to themselves, to. Anthropomorphizing nations and concepts meant that in an 1899 cartoon captioned the white mans burden, the u. This famous poem, written by britains imperial poet born in india, boarding school in britain, journalist in india, fame in britain, and marriage and live for a time in usa, was a response to the american take over of the phillippines after the spanishamerican war. Johnson obviously feels that the eroupeans are overly violent and are seeking to take over the world as is obvious in the line. The poem became a focal point for the debate about imperialism and prompted both positive and.
Imperialism, social darwinism and the white mans burden. While he originally wrote the poem to celebrate queen victorias diamond jubilee in 1897, kipling revised it in 1899 to exhort the american people to conquer and rule the philippines. The white mans burden student worksheet introduction. For the image analysis, students pick 10 of 14 images and respond to 7 promp. Our speakers got some strong recommendations that he wants to get off his chest. It has been lauded and reviled in equal measure and has come to stand as the major articulation of the occidents rapacious and allencompassing imperialist ambitions in the orient. Analysing the white mans burden apologies to rudyard. On fluttered folk and wild your newcaught, sullen peoples, half devil and half child. Poetry analysis for the white mans burden worksheet herb. The cartoon is limited because it is the interpretation of only one person gillam and is an artistic representation of an idea rather than a photograph of an event, so it is somewhat subject to interpretation and heavily. Students read the white man s burden, answer 10 questions, analyze 10 images, and complete a graphic organizer relating the white man s burden to religion, economics, imperialism, nationalism, racism, and social darwinism.
Take up the white man s burden have done with childish days the lightly proferred laurel, the easy, ungrudged praise. This the white man s burden worksheet is suitable for 9th 10th grade. Study questions, discussion questions, essay topics for the white man s burden. These are questions on the poem white mans burden by rudyard kipling. And when your goal is nearest the end for others sought, watch sloth and heathen folly bring all your hopes to nought. The white mans burden poem summary and analysis litcharts. The white man s burden is mentioned at the start of each stanza, obviously aiming to point the reader toward contemplation of the phase. You may be familiar with the phrase, but unaware that it comes from a poem written by rudyard kipling. This idea was reflected by a popular concept of the time, social darwinism, in which certain people are considered superior based on their race or color. The writing of the white mans burden is an allusion to rudyard kiplings poem of the same name. The white mans burden is a phrase popularized by rudyard kipling in his 1899 poem by the same name. In this poetry activity, students read rudyard kipling poem titled the white man s burden, and then respond to 9 short answer questions about the poem.
Poetry analysis the white mans burden by eliza fabillar, american social history project. The white mans burden primary source and image analysis tpt. Take up the white man s burden no tawdry rule of kings, but toil of serf and sweeperthe tale of common things. For starters, he wants white people well, white men to send forth the best ye breed to go into exile and help their captives. Then lead the students in a discussion of the white man s burden, going over students responses in part i.
In the first view point, kipling uses the poem the white mans burden to encourage america to take over the phillipines imperialistically or, for elitist gain. Originally subtitled with the united states and the philippine islands, kipling wrote this poem after the spanishamerican war, during which the united states acquired the philippines from spain. Take up the white man s burden no tawdry rule of kings, but toil of serf and sweeper the tale of. Pass out copies of the worksheet and kiplings the white man s burden to each student. The poem justifies imperialism by whites of nonwhites to be morally acceptable because the whites are supposedly not ruling and colonizing these lands for their. This supposed or presumed responsibility of white people to govern and impart their culture to nonwhite people, he viewed as a justification for european people to colonize on other peoples native land and exploit these people. It has been lauded and reviled in equal measure and has come to stand as the major articulation of the occidents rapacious and allencompassing imperialist ambitions in. Displaying all worksheets related to white mans burden. Analysis of the white mans burden worksheet is suitable for 8th 12th grade. Johnson two months after the white mans burden was published. The white mans burden explained that as an imperial power, the united states was responsible for educating and civilizing the different people it controlled.
Take up the white man s burden the savage wars of peacefill full the mouth of famine and bid the sickness cease. The white mans burden internet history sourcebooks project. The brown races are about to become important and have yet to produce many writers who will write of the brown persons rising up and their coming into their own. Rudyard kipling 18651936 was a british writer who is best known for the jungle book. Poetry analysis for the white man s burden worksheet. From the poem, rudyard kipling writes from the point of view of a man who once carried the white man s burden.
Poetry analysisthe white mans burden history matters. Comes now, to search your manhood through all the thankless years cold, edged with dearbought wisdom, the judgment of your peers. Terms in this set 7 according to kipling and in your own words, what was the white man s burden. Rudyard kipling, the white man s burden, 1899 this famous poem, written by britains imperial poet, was a response to the american take over of the phillipines after the spanishamerican war. Take up the white man s burden send forth the best ye breedgo bind your sons to exile to serve your captives need.
Students understand the concept of social darwinism through analyzing the poem the white mans burden. Take up the white mans burden send forth the best ye breed go, bind your sons to exile to serve your captives need take up the white mans burden the savage wars of peace fill full the mouth of famine, and bid the sickness cease take up the white mans burden. Answers to questions on kiplings the white mans burden. How does kipling portray the subjects of colonial rule. The poem addressed the united states shift from isolationism, a foreign. Take up the white man s burden the savage wars of peace fill full the mouth of famine and bid the sickness cease. An analysis on the views,trends, and concepts conveyed in the poem. What does it tell us about imperialist views in the early 1900s. Written at the end of 1898, it contains an exhortation to americans to pick up the. Through an analysis of primary and secondary sources, including a reading of rudyard kiplings famous poem the white mans burden 1899, students in this lesson will identify, understand and be able to explain why the poem was written, what kipling meant by the burden, and how the work came to symbolize the age of european imperialism in the decades. Poetry analysis for the white mans burden worksheet. This lesson is an primary source and compare and contrast introductory activity that serves as an excellent leadin to new content dealing with 19th century european imperialism. Longstanding personifications and visual symbols for countries were used by cartoonists to dramatize events to suit their message. The white man s burden questions and answers discover the community of teachers, mentors and students just like you that can answer any question you might have on the white man s burden.
This poem sparked considerable controversy when it was. The white man s burden is a poem by the british victorian poet and novelist rudyard kipling. Students read the white mans burden, answer 10 questions, analyze 10 images, and complete a graphic organizer relating the white mans burden to religion. White mans burden rudyard kipling by clara quan on prezi. Teaching american history project lesson title the. The supposed responsibility of european people to govern and care for their colonial subjects.
This activity asks students to consider british novelist and poet. The white man s burden was an appeal to the united states to pursue a greater interest in imperialism. Take up the white mans burden send forth the best ye breed go bind your sons. The white race, which has dominated history in the west, has had innumberable writers who have written about the white man s experience. This quiz and worksheet will assess your understanding of this poem and how it encouraged the. Meaning and analysis, to further your understanding of this poem and its impact on how the u. According to kipling and in my own words, the white man s burden was to educate the natives. Engage your students during remote learning with video readalouds.
In february 1899, british novelist and poet rudyard kipling wrote a poem entitled the white mans burden. The title, the white man s burden, causes one to believe the poem will reflect upon how the whites take the responsibility to lead the world and how this affects them. The white mans burden by rudyard kipling excerpt take up the white mans burden send forth the best ye breed go send your sons to exile. In 1899, british writer rudyard kipling was inspired by events during the spanishamerican war and composed a poem titled the white mans burden. Pupils practice primary source analysis techniques and examine rudyard kiplings famous poem titled the white man s burden, which sparked great controversy over american colonization in the nineteenth century. The white man s burden was a poem by rudyard kipling, published in 1899. Moral is disgusted by the concept of the white man s burden, and sees it as a farce. These are questions on the poem white man s burden by rudyard kipling.
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