Experience #1:

• Provide students with an opportunity to research the many and varied references to “the sleeping giant.”

• For example, students can research World War II and how the bombing of Pearl Harbor was considered to be a moment of “awakening the sleeping giant.”

Experience #2:

• Provide students with an opportunity to research various systems of government – democratic, monarchy, and dictatorship.
• Students can examine the characteristics of each type of government as they relate to the treatment of the populous.
• Students can make an inference as to the type of government represented by the poem and prove their hypothesis with evidence they have researched.
• Students can read the newspaper to make comparisons between current event news stories and either literal or figurative aspects of the poem in interpretation.

Notes to Teacher

The purpose of this section is not to specifically study one historical event but to analyze patterns in history generally using the theme of “the sleeping giant.”