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Landmarks in British history

From Empire to Commonwealth, monarchy and modern democracy, the UK and Europe (LK-2008)

update: 15.09.2011

Test

Nov 08 Rule Britannia * ►

Dec 07 Black Man's Burden

Test: May 10, 2007

Prep: Kipling, the ‘White Man’s Burden,’ and U.S. Imperialism

Reference

Links

Geroge Orwell - works

Stereotypes

Satire A B C D E F

Monarchs may reign, but it's cartoonists who rule

Charles & Camilla

Harpweek

Elizabeth II

Future of the monarchy

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E.M.Forster:
Howards End / Film

Empire / Commonwealth

British Empire

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A to Z of Englishness

India under the British

Imperialism

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British Poetry / Anthems

Anthem4England

Patriotism Ind BBC

WWI political cartoons

Australian Nat Anthem *

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History Channel

updates

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Commonwealth/Empire

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Archive

Commonwealth & Empire

The British Empire The claim that the sun never set on the British Empire was not an empty boast. more

The Commonwealth The terms Commonwealth or Commonwealth of Nations refer to a voluntary association of 50 independent ..... more ....

►Racism & Public Policy ►►White Man's Burden ►Race for Africa ►Cecil Rhodes

►De Beers ► ► ►Albu ►Diamond Wedding

Poetry

►Horatio's Death ►Meter Exercise ►Dulce et Decorum est A B C ►Poetry terms ►Vocab ► Owen ►Poetry ►Nat. Anthem ►London * ►Blake: Jerusalem * * Albion ►Cinque Ports ►Patriotism

►Glossary of Poetry Terms ►Poets' Graves ►answers.com ►Poetry.com ►Literary terms ►guide ►Uni-Greiswald ►versification ►examples

►Poetry workshop: rhyme more / alliteration / repetition / images / metaphor / rhythm / metre stress levels / PoV / allusion / quiz

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No	Group	Topic
1	Cherokee: Valérie, Isabel, Laura	Monarchy: Links / Future of the monarchy / The Queen – Screenplay (pp 51-54)
2	Sioux: Anna Lena, Steffen N, Simon, Judith	UK & Europe: Eurosceptics v Europhiles / Google news
3	Shoshone: Annika, Steffen S, Sarah, Kai	British Empire: Engineering an Empire
4	Navaho: Frederic, Stephan, Nico, Marcel	Commonwealth: Commonwealth.org
5	Apache: Paul, Manuel, Kamil, Carina	Politics of the UK
6	Ojibwa: Dennis, Pieter, Christoph	Stereotypes: Brain of Britain
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Constitutional Traditions

	United Kingdom / History of democracy / Politics of the UK / UK Parliament / British National Anthem
	Magna Carta: British Library / Answers.com / Wikipedia / Inalienable Rights / Culture of democracy
	Inquiry into Britain's Democracy


Engineering An Empire - GB NTV 29Sep

English History / timeline

/ Britannia / Poor Britannia

Victoria's Empire BBC1 Apr 29 '07

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1935) - Views of Colonialism

Take up the White man's burden --
Send forth the best ye breed --
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait in heavy harness
On fluttered folk and wild --
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half devil and half child. more ...