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The First Opium War
Curriculum by Lynn Parisi

Table of Contents

Lesson 01:
Views of Opium Production, Part One
The First Opium War contains two collections of images depicting the production of opium in India, one by a British officer and the other by an Indian artist. Students will compare and contrast these two visual accounts of opium production.

Lesson 02:
Views of Opium Production, Part Two
Part two complements and extends part one.

Lesson 03:
Commissioner Lin: a National Hero for 21st-Century China?
Should Lin be perceived as a historical hero who fought the West or a symbol of China’s weakness and failure in defending itself against the West?

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