Week 6: September 28 - October 2

Thursday/Friday: October 1 - 2

Check exercises and work on practice quiz for vocabulary chapter 3 (final quiz is 10/9); watch video documentary about Patrice Lumumba; read and discuss Poisonwood Bible.

Tuesday/Wednesday: September 29 - 30

Reading in class: The Poisonwood Bible to p. 311;

Note: Bring books to class or be docked participation points;

Reading assessment: 10 identifications (open book);

Vocabulary exercises for chapter 3 (quiz on October 9).

Monday: September 28

We discussed the following:

1. Rudyard Kipling

2. "The White Man's Burden" (poem: handout)

3. Joseph Conrad

4. Heart of Darkness

5. "Apocalypse Now"

6. The Philippines War

7. Imperialism

Also: how could the mistreatment/abuse of a little child be analogous to the development, or lack thereof, of an entire country or nation?