11th WR#1 and #2 / DUE TUESDAY MARCH 24, MARCH 31

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Weekly Reading 
Due March 23, March 30
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from "A Vindication of the Rights of Women" / from "The Education of Women" / "To the Ladies"
  • Watch intro video 
https://youtu.be/MaY_DE3iz7s

 Essay Option: Discuss modern views of female roles in society with specific details from each piece. Consider elaborating on how the ideas in the historical pieces compare and contrast to today's reality.
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  1. Build background. Discuss women's rights during the Restoration in England. 668
  2. What did the speaker say was her "grand source of misery"? 669
  3.  (fill in the blanks) speaker stated that "men... [were] anxious to make [women] _________"  rather than "_________ and __________". 669
  4. In what way did the speaker say "that the female... is... inferior to the man"?
  5. What did she say is "synonymous with epithets of weakness"? 671
  6. With what did she wish "to persuade" her audience? With what did she not want to "dazzle" them? 672
  7. By what did the speaker say "women are... so much degraded"? 673
  8. How well did you understand this piece? Were you able to find the answers to the reading questions? Did you enjoy this piece?
  9. What did Defoe, the author, say was one of the "most barbarous customs in the world"? 674
  10. What did the speaker say women "should be taught"? 675 - 6
  11. Why did he feel women should be educated? 676
  12. What is the speaker's view of husbands? Use two specific details. 677

"Shooting an Elephant"
  1. Describe the author George Orwell's experience in Burma. Build background 1142
  2. What was Orewell's view of imperialism? Support with two details. 1143
  3. What did the sub-inspector at the police station ask Orwell to do? Why did he take his rifle? 1143
  4. List two things the elephant damaged. 1144
  5. How did Orwell feel as he marched down the hill looking for the elephant? 1145
  6. Why did Orwell decide to shoot the elephant, even though he didn't want to? 1146
  7. List three things Orwell thought of as he got ready to shoot the elephant. 1146
  8. Describe the elephant's death. 1147
  9. What did Orwell say was the only reason he did it? 1147
  10. What are you able to understand about British imperialism in the early 1900s in Asia from this piece?

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