Checking out me history

'From Jamaica
she travel far'

• Storm on the Island
• Ozymandias
• Checking Out Me History
• The Emigree

'The lone and level sands stretch far away'

• Ozymandias
• London
• Extract from, The Prelude
• Exposure

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

'How the chimney-sweeper's cry
Every black'ning church appals'

• Ozymandias
• Storm on the Island
• My Last Duchess
• London

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

Who wrote Checking out me History?

• William Blake

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• John Agard

• Wilfred Owen

What is the main theme of the poem?

• Identity

• Power

• Control

• Conflict

Why does Agard make reference to past British History?

• To emphasise what he has been taught

• To ridicule British history

• He's taking a test and needs to remember

• To emphasise how Britain has colonised his history and heritage

Where is the poem set?

• England

• France

• Jamaica

• Netherlands