What would John Agard rather be learning about?

Famous black historical figures

What does John Agard mean by 'Dem tell me'?

White people have decided my education

What does the quote '1066 and all dat' suggest?

Learning about the Battle of Hastings isn't important

The way a group of people speak

What does the poem say about education?

It should be made relevant to those being taught

How is Agard using juxtaposition/ contrast?

He contrasts silly nursery rhymes with historical figures, He contrasts white and black people

How does the poem end?

The narrator takes responsibility for his own learning.

How does Agard/ the narrator feel about power?

That ethnic minorities have less power., That it is being misused.

What does John Agard state that he is doing at the end of the poem?

Finding out about his own history

Why is the poem written using two different structures?

To show there are two different historical perspectives

What is phonetic spelling?

When you spell words how they sound.

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1
What would John Agard rather be learning about?
Famous black historical figures
Nothing
British history
Famous historical figures
2
What does John Agard mean by 'Dem tell me'?
White people have decided my education
Other people think they know about me but they don't
I don't like my teachers
School is a waste of time
3
What does the quote '1066 and all dat' suggest?
History is the most important subject
Learning about the Battle of Hastings isn't important
Everyone should learn about the Battle of Hastings
4
What is a dialect?
The way a group of people speak
The opposite of a language
How one individual speaks
How people from the UK speak
5
What does the poem say about education?
We should only be learning to read and write
We should only learn about Black history
We should only learn about White history
It should be made relevant to those being taught
6
Who is not mentioned in the poem?
Dick Whittington
Nanny De Maroon
Churchill
Columbus
7
How is Agard using juxtaposition/ contrast?
He contrasts silly nursery rhymes with historical figures
He doesn't use this technique
He compares women and men
He contrasts white and black people
8
How does the poem end?
The narrator says black history's very important to teach
The narrator takes responsibility for his own learning.
The narrator says he'll teach others about his culture
The narrator gives up and says he'll never know his identity
9
How does Agard/ the narrator feel about power?
That ethnic minorities have less power.
That is is great.
That power is non-existent.
That it is being misused.
10
What happened in 1066?
Napoleon died
The battle of Hastings
The American Civil War
The queen was born
11
What does John Agard state that he is doing at the end of the poem?
Giving up on history
Finding out about his own history
Teaching history
Failing history
12
Why is the poem written using two different structures?
Because there are two narrators
To show there are two different historical perspectives
To break up the poem
13
What is phonetic spelling?
When you guess at the spelling.
When you spell words how they sound.
When you miss out the vowels.
When you spell words backwards.

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