Starter quiz
- Which emotion are you likely to feel if someone steals something which belongs to you?
- anger ✓
- peace
- confusion
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- Which of these words most suggests anger?
- growl ✓
- purr
- whine
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- Which of these suggests frustration?
- whispering
- repeating yourself ✓
- laughing
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- The situation, background or environment relevant to a poem’s creation is the ______.
- 'context' ✓
- The process of one country taking control of another and its resources is ______.
- 'colonialism' ✓
- If you describe something as "empty", then it implies it is ...
- unfulfilled ✓
- fulfilled
- satisfied
- angry
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Exit quiz
- To steal goods (from a place), typically during a war or riot is known as ______.
- 'looting' ✓
- In khan's 'pot', what does the quotation "you could almost be an english pot" suggest?
- the pot is beautiful
- the pot did not originate in England ✓
- the pot isn't valuable
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- An object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest is an ______.
- 'artefact' ✓
- A person who studies human history through the analysis of objects and other physical remains is an ______.
- 'archaeologist' ✓
- Which word suggests a personal, emotional connection between the maker and the pot in the poem 'pot'?
- "used"
- "washed"
- "patterned" ✓
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- What is the most likely explanation for countries' anger at stolen artefacts being housed in foreign museums?
- they think they did not receive appropriate compensation
- they think these objects should be in the countries that made them ✓
- they think they are not housed appropriately
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Key learning points
- The poem 'pot' expresses frustration at how artefacts are stolen from cultures globally and housed in Western museums.
- Objects are valuable artefacts because they tell us about how people lived and what they valued artistically.
- 'pot' reminds the reader that these artefacts represent the identities of other cultures and do not belong in museums.
Common misconception
That your first reading of a poem should involve finding the techniques used.
Reading the poem aloud and then considering the key images within the poem is a more effective way to consider the ideas in the poem.
Keywords
Colonialism - the process of one country taking control of another and its resources.
Context - the situation, background or environment relevant to the poem’s creation.
Artefact - an object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest.
Archaeologist - a person who studies human history through the analysis of objects and other physical remains.
Looting - steal goods (from a place), typically during a war or riot
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