Cricket…Politics… WHAT THE…???

Cricket…Politics…WHAT THE…???

SPICE IT UP!!!!• Political: Who has the power? Who doesn’t? Why?• Social: Who are the different groups? Who’s on top?

Who’s on bottom?• Economic: Who has the wealth? Who doesn’t?

Why?• Cultural: What makes this group unique? Different?• Human/Environment Interaction:– How does the environment affect humans (food,

disease…)– How do the humans affect the environment

(demographics, migrations, technology, pollution…)

Analyze the question…

• Using the following documents, analyze the relationship between cricket and politics in South Asia from 1880 to 2005.

• Using the following documents, analyze the relationship between cricket and politics in South Asia from 1880 to 2005.

•POWER!!!!!!!

Analyze the question…

• Based on the following documents, analyze the factors that shaped the modern Olympic movement from 1892 to 2002.

• Based on the following documents, analyze the factors that shaped the modern Olympic movement from 1892 to 2002.

• The documents will tell you the factors– Look for the SPICE

Groupings• Positive influences of the relationship between

politics and cricket, such as:– Breaking racial or caste barriers– Relaxing religious tensions– Unifying South Asians, or South Asians and Europeans

• Negative influences of the relationship between politics and cricket, such as:– Increasing religious or ethnic tensions– Creating class antagonisms

• Development of nationalism• Continuation of British imperialism

Thesis

• Be specific…be, be specific• From 1800 to 2005, in south Asia, cricket and

politics show a strong relationship. They have both a relationship of uniting the countries and the people and creating rivalry between them.– What countries?– Which people?– Who is in the rivalry?

Thesis

• From 1800 to 2005, in south Asia, cricket and politics show a strong relationship. They have both a relationship of uniting the countries such as Great Britain and India, and the people such as the different castes, and creating rivalry between Hindu’s and Muslims.

Topic sentence = shows understanding• Document 8 stirs away from just the sport and takes

it to a political point and says that the unsportsmanlike, religious divisions in cricket are unnecessary.– Doc 6, English ridicule Indians

• In addition, another relationship between cricket and politics in South Asia from 1880 to 2005 is that it brings about an unhealthy rivalry between Hindus and Muslims. It has in turn caused unsportsmanlike behavior in a game that united so many (doc 8).

Docs, Short and to the point…Like Mr. K

• “Document says…”

• “Document shows…(support topic sentence)”

• WHAT DOES THE DOCUMENT PROVE

Short and to the point…Like Mr. K• Where Jinnah in (doc 5) says cricket can bring

people together, he refers to people of a specific culture. He wishes for Muslims to be rejoiced by all Indians, even Hindu’s if they were to win in the Quadrangular Cricket tournament. This shows the struggle for power in India.

• Jinnah saying Hindu’s should rejoice at the Muslims win, shows there is a religious divide.

ADDRESS DOCS INDEPENDENTLEY• In addition to uniting countries, cricket also united

people within each civilization. Cecil Headlam explains how cricket unites the rulers and the people being ruled (doc 3). In document 4, a low-caste Hindu was the champion pitcher for a team (doc 4). Document 2 shows a picture of an Indian cricketer who is head of a team of English players despite being Indian (doc 2).

What were common student errors or omissions?Although attempts at point of view (core point 4) continue to increase each year, only

a minority of these were successful this year. Some students continue to merely identify a “bias” in a source, based primarily on attribution of the document, without qualifying why or how the particular identity of the source has informed the document’s tone or perspective. As in previous years, students were expected to situate the author or tone of the document. Having done this in some cases, students still did not provide an adequate rationale for their claim about perspective.

As with point of view, more students are attempting to satisfy the requirement of suggesting an additional document (core point 6). However, most of the attempts were unsuccessful. Many envisioned a different document from those that were provided, but, as with the point-of-view point, they did not offer a substantial rationale for how that additional document would contribute to greater understanding of the relationship between cricket and politics. Attempts to identify point of view ought to refer back to a specific source, but the additional document must contribute to answering the specific prompt. In this case few students successfully linked their additional document idea to the relationship between cricket and politics in South Asia.

1. Since the document is a petition it is a good representation of the views of many people, instead of being the opinion of one person.

2. The photograph shows an Indian prince dressed like an Englishman. It is meant to be an example for other Indians.

3. Headlam’s book is titles, “Ten Thousand Miles…”, it is obvious he has a lot of experience observing South Asian cricket players.

4. Since the newspaper is called “Social Reformer”, it’s goal is to reform society. It’s articles are biased.

5. Jinnah being a Muslim, sounds like he is gloating about the Muslim victory.

6. Since Kumar is an Indian and supports the Natore XI cricket club, he wants to make the win against he British seem special.

7. The editorial is written in 1938 and the date is close to independence, so it would make sense that there is a lot of Hindu and Muslim rivalry.

8. Gandhi, with his non-violent approaches to everything, would of course not promote religious rivalries.

9. Thackery’s tone is one of disgust, despite Pakistan’s partition 40 years earlier. This shows religious rivalry is still an issue.

10.Khan, being a chairman, wants to make it sound like the religious issues are a thing of the past in his interview.

Additional Docs• An additional document I would like to see is a chart

with records of violent interactions with Hindus and Muslims from the years before cricket until after that would show us if cricket is causing peace.

• An additional document I would like to see is an Indian Muslim’s newspaper to show if the Indian Muslims really have jubilation when the Pakistanis win a cricket match.

• An additional document I would like to see is a chart with the percentage of Indian vs. British rulers in India from 1850 to 1947 to show if cricket increased the political equality of Indians to the British.

Udder Stuff…• Save time– Don’t repeat the historical

background– Don’t make your

conclusion the same as your intro

• No I’s or you’s