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Our Agreements
1. Respect the Speaker2. Be Open to Each Others' Ideas3. Be Open to Growth4. Challenge the Statement Not the
Speaker5. Step Up/Step Back
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"The burning of widows is your custom. Prepare the funeral pyre. But my nation also has a custom. When men burn women alive, we hang them and confiscate their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets (wooden frames) on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to our national customs." Charles Napier, British Official
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Essential Questions
• How can our ability to think change the course of history?
• Why are some ideas more powerful than others?
Aim: Was British imperialism of India beneficial?
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Group Tasks
Andrea 221224• Discuss Clive's view on India and the benefits England will reap if it is colonized.
Andrea 331333• If you were an Indian, would you agree with Roy's educational plan for India?
Andrea 334336• Describe the detrimental effects British rule has had on the different groups of Indians. How do they plan to solve their problems?
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London Times
“Some 200 hundred prisoners . . . have been tried here . . . and we blew 40 of them away from our [cannons], in the presence of the whole force three days ago, a fearful but necessary example . . . Three sides of a square were formed, ten guns pointed outwards, the sentence of the court was read, a prisoner bound to each gun, the signal given, and the salvo (release of all guns at one time) fired.”
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