Bell Ringer

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVQj0dbeVgU

• Get out your political cartoon assignment.

Cartoon Activity #1• Based on this cartoon, why do you

think it was called the “scramble” for Africa?

• Why do you think each country is placed where they are?

• What do you think the artist is trying to show about imperialism?

• If you were alive when this cartoon was published, how would it have affected your view of imperialism?

• What is so significant about the position of Great Britain and Holland? What event is it referring to?

Cartoon Activity #2

• What does this message say about how the US views their colonies?

• What do you think is the Hidden Message of this cartoon? What do you think this cartoonist’s view of imperialism is?

Cartoon Activity #3

• How does this cartoon make you feel about imperialism?

• What type of viewpoint does this person have of imperialism?

• Who would have drawn a cartoon with this kind of message?

Cartoon Activity #4• According to this picture,

what is the White Man’s Burden? What makes you think that?

• What do you think the artist was trying to tell people with this cartoon?

• Once again, if you were living during the time of imperialism, how would this cartoon impact your view of imperialism?

Things to Know

• Caste System• Sepoy Mutiny• Sati (suttee)

Caste System

• Caste system- Social Structure of India.

British Take Over: Exploitation

• Mughal Empire

Pro of Imperialism

• Sati- Hindu practice of women throwing themselves on funeral pyres.

Sepoy Mutiny

• Sepoy Mutiny- sepoy soldiers attempted to overthrow British rule.

The Direct Cause

Aftermath

• “Blood-Lick Laws”• Roughly 100,000 dead• Clamp Down

Gandhi

Primary Source Comparison

• Pros/Cons• Perspectives• Opinion