The first midterm exam is a final written response to Davis’s Late Victorian Holocausts. In a
short essay of 1,200 words you should address the following:
1. Using at least three specific examples from the book, citing the location of your
examples, illustrate how the intersection of environmental catastrophe, colonial policies,
and a global economy dramatically changed cultures and began a legacy of
marginalization in one or more of the regions we’ve studied (Africa, China, India, South
America, etc.).
2. Write a page paper – Describe in detail how reading Late Victorian Holocausts has changed or otherwise
influenced the way you perceive a specific cultural process, political agenda, or
ecological shift in the contemporary local, national, or global world.
3. Your response should form an integrated, coherent narrative. Use your daily reading
notes, but don’t just copy/paste.
Notes:
1. Don’t sweat. If you’ve kept up with the readings, the notes, and have been to class
this is a straightforward assignment.
2. If you cite another paper or book in your response you must provide proper in-text
citations as well as the full reference information in a separate bibliography page. A
bibliography page does not count toward the word minimum for the response.
3. You will submit your final response on Blackboard (section going up soon) by
11:59pm October 11th. Late submissions will receive a penalty.
4. The file you upload should be a Microsoft Word .doc or .docx file only. Do not
upload a file using Pages or any other file extension as Blackboard will not recognize
them.
5. Additional information on page 3 of your syllabus.

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