Message from hpenrod

[Anonymous]

I found some great websites to pull primary source material from. The Internet Modern Sourcebook@ http:www.fordham.edu/halsall/ and Boondocks.net.com@http://www.boondocksnet.com/search.html.

From these sources I pulled a copy of a Pears soap advertisement picturing Admiral Perry washing his hands with the caption reading: [the soap] "brightening the dark corners of the earth as civilization advances while amongst the cultured of all nations it holds the highest place--it is the ideal toilet soap." The picture feature the Admiral washing his hands with Pears soap surrounded by civilization, while also featuring natives in the corner of the advertisement lacking this progress.

This is a great resource to teach imperialism, stereotypes, and the concept of the "white man's burden." I also use the poem "White Man's Burden,"written by Rudyard Kipling, in conjuction with the Pears advertisement to teach Imperialism from the colonizers point of view.

This lesson satisfies the 10.4.3 requirement of the California State Standards.

The Pears soap advertisement is found on the Boondocksnet.com
The poem, "White Man's Burden" is found of the Internet Modern Sourcebook.