Social Darwinism

To Start:
This photograph was taken in 1906 at the Bronx Zoo in New York. The sign outside the fenced primate exhibit read “Sex, female. Age, 23 years. Height, 4 feet 11 inches. Weight, 103 pounds. Brought from the Kasai River, Congo Free State, South Central Africa, by Dr. Samuel P. Verner.”

• What could the people outside the exhibit have be thinking?
  
• What could the person inside the exhibit be thinking?
  

In Class:
As delegations, we're going to evaluate the theory of Social Darwinism, which was used to justify imperialism and human zoos.

Individually, we’re going to begin considering what country we’d like to research and write about for our fictional account. Country selections are due Monday.

For Reading:
Chapter 11

1. What is the moral of the story about Tortoise and the birds?
   
2. Why do you think Ekwefi choses to tell this particular story to Ezinma?
   
3. How is the storytelling interrupted? What happens that night?
   
4. In your opinion, why does Ekwefi allow it to happen?
   
5. Why do you think Chielo took Enzima?
   

Chapter 12

1. How does end of chapter eleven and the beginning of chapter twelve change your understanding Ekwefi, Okonkwo, and their relationship?
   
2. Consider the toast that Oberika’s brother gives when he breaks the kola nut. What values does it demonstrate?
   
3. How are Ibo marriages like and different from marriages in your culture?
   

Coming Up:

• Reading logs for chapters one through fourteen are due Friday.
• Country selections are due on Monday.