age of imperialism
Week Three
Due Sept 28th
Week three
Due Sept 28th
Bible: Read chapter of Crazy love and be ready to discuss it in class.
Part One: Literature - Around the World in 80
Days
I.
Finish book
II.
Geography – IN CLASS: Complete the recording of the journey
on your world map.
III.
Literary Analysis - type all answers
1. What is the climax in this story?
2. Explain the themes in the story. You must show support
using specific details from the story.
3. Which of the themes is most important to the author?
Support your answer with specific details from the book.
4. Would you say Fogg had a quest? Look up the definition in
your Writer’s Inc. and explain your answer thoroughly.
5. Do you feel the plot is well developed? Explain with specific
details from the story.
6. Do you think the adventures in this story lack credibility and
verisimilitude? Explain your point of view.
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7. At the end of the story, Verne seems to be giving the message
that the attainment of love can lead to greater happiness than
any amount of wealth and vanity. Do you think that Verne has
emphasized this message? Explain your point of view.
8. Consider the denouement. Did the author make it interesting
and exciting? Explain your answer with specific details from
the story.
IV. Discussion Questions - written answers not required.
1. To what is this quote referring: “a torrent of living flesh which
no dam could contain”?
2. Who was William Hitch and how did he enlighten Passepartout?
3. Who does Aouda discover on the train?
4. What experiment did Passepartout think a “little too American”
and what did he mean by that?
5. Describe what happens as Proctor and Fogg prepare to resolve
their dispute.
6. Describe the “rescue”.
7. How did the travelers manage to make it to the Omaha train
station on time?
8. What happens to the Henrietta?
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9. How does Fogg finally arrive in London?
10. What does Aouda ask of Fogg and what is his response?
11. Explain the ending.
III. Complete the grammar handout. Mark sentence openers (see
instructions in project section).
PART TWO: History
1. View video on results of imperialism on website.
2. Read pages 239-244 in Streams of Civilization and 678-681 in
World History.
3. Read pages 606-616 in World History and 223 in Streams.
4. What were some of the results of imperialism? List both short-term
and long-term results. Use this information to complete #1 in the
project section below.
5. How were Parliament and political parties in England altered from
1814-1915?
6. What social and economic reforms did Britain pass in the 1800s?
What do you see as the cause of these reforms?
7. Remember to complete questions for
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Part three: Project - historical atlas
1. Make final drafts of paragraph #1 and paragraph #2 for your
atlas. Print pictures, graphs, political cartoon, quotes, etc. that
you wish to appear on these pages.
2. Print out these pages and put them in page protectors and bring
them to class on Wednesday. n
3. Print a 2nd copy of paragraph #2 and mark the sentence openers.
do this by underlining the opening of the sentence and then
marking the kind of opener it is from the hand out by writing the
number of the opener in the margin. [An extra copy of the kinds
of sentence openers hand-out is provided at the end of this
lesson.]
4. Complete paragraph(s) #3 – the cause and effects of your nation’s
colonizing. Be sure to print maps, pictures, etc. that you wish to
include in this section or imbed them in the paragraph(s). [Tyler
and Jessy will do this next week.]
5. Complete all suggested editing from last week if needed.
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Kinds of Sentence Openers
1. -ly opener
(i.e. Suddenly, she jumped...) Word ends in -ly
Watch out for fake ly words! (example: early, which
is an adverb.
2. adverbial clause opener
(i.e. If he ran...) (Hint to remember words:
www.asia.wub. This stand for
w-hen
w-hile
w-here
a-s
s-ince
i-f
a-lthough
w-hereas
u-nless
b-ecause)
3. prepositional phrase opener
(i.e. After the storm...)
4. subject opener
Normal sentence(i.e. Sally ran.)
5. -ing/-ed opener – gerund/participial phrase
1st word ends in either ing or ed (i.e. Walking
noiselessly,)
6. Very short sentence
Also known as a "VSS" 5 words or less
(i.e. Katie sat quietly.)
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