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2. You will now be given a source sheet with some positive and negative impacts of the British Empire. You must cut these up and then place these around the two interpretations (positive/negative)
3. In pairs you have now each been given a source to analysis. For each source you must decide whether it is showing the British Empire as ‘Good’ or ‘Evil’ or possibly somewhere in between. As you do this you must think about it from the perspective of: 1. A British Person 2. An Indigenous Person. |
Lesson Tasks - Part 1
1. On the left hand side of the A3 sheet of paper you are to draw an outline of your hand.How has Hong Kong been impacted by the British Empire? You have 5 minutes to write down as many of these effects as possible - Inside the hand anything you have written that you think are positive about the British Empire Outside the hand anything you have written that you think are negatives about the British Empire. |
4. Present Your Findings
You must now come out and peg your sources on the ‘Washing line of Evilness’!
You must decide as a pair where the source should go and then explain your reasoning.
The rest of the class must listen to the students interpretation and then note down the positive and negative aspects of the British Empire that they hear in the table on your worksheet.
Homework: For each statement you must find some additional evidence to support the claim.
You must now come out and peg your sources on the ‘Washing line of Evilness’!
You must decide as a pair where the source should go and then explain your reasoning.
The rest of the class must listen to the students interpretation and then note down the positive and negative aspects of the British Empire that they hear in the table on your worksheet.
Homework: For each statement you must find some additional evidence to support the claim.
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Lesson tasks - Part 2
1. You are now going to be divided into groups of four. Two members of the team will argue for the British Empire being a force for good, while the other two will argue that the British Empire was a force for evil. You can use your evidence sheet that you worked on during last lesson. However, you will have to argue your case in SILENCE!!! Silent Debate Rules All ideas, evidence and arguments must be written on the large sheet of paper on your table.
Write up the key points from the debate using this worksheet. In order that you portray your evidence in the most PERSUASIVE manner use the below writing structure.
Writing Task: You are an indigenous person from a land that the British have colonised. You must write a letter to a family member explaining what life is like since these foreign invaders landed on your shores. You should highlight both the positive and negative aspects of the having these new people in your lands. To do this it is important that we practise the skill of empathy. Use the source sheet to help you investigate one of the below countries.
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