May 12- May 16 Lesson Plan Roundup

The lesson plans for this week were requested by teachers specifically preparing their students for AP European exams and World History state tests. Both teachers plan to give the lesson plans to the students to use outside of the classroom as part of their preparation.

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British Imperialism - Rudyard Kipling: The White Man’s Burden

Through and analysis of primary and secondary sources, including a reading of Rudyard Kipling’s famous poem The White Man’s 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 before the Great War.

Enlightenment Britain - Thomas Malthus: An Essay on the Principle of Population

Through an in-depth analysis of primary and secondary sources, students in this lesson will identify, understand and be able to explain how Thomas Malthus saw the ratio between population growth and food supplies, and whether or not he believed government programs designed to help the poor were in the end good for society.