1984
by George Orwell

Week 5: 1984 by George Orwell

Mon:
Ch 1, pgs 1-20 (20 pgs)
Watch the Two-Minutes Hate and Movie Trailer

Data Wall:
How do the governments in 1984 and Animal Farm compare with today's American government?  Is Big Brother watching?  Discuss differences and tendencies toward similarities.  Record instances on a data wall.

Tues:
Ch 2, pgs 20-29 (9 pgs)
Download the Chart Assignment

Focus Q 8: Why did Orwell include the Parson family and the plumbing scene in this chapter? 

Wed-Thurs:
Ch 3, Exercise, and Ch 4, controlling the Past, pgs 29-48 (19 pgs)

Focus Q 9: What do we learn about Winston's early life? How does he feel about it? 

Mon 8:
Ch 5, Newspeak, pgs 48-63 (15 pgs)
Focus Q 9: What is Newspeak?  What do we learn from Syme about it?  What is your opinion of Newspeak? Is it a good idea or a bad one?  How is it similar to Political Correctness . Does Politically Correct language actually change how people think? 
No, it doesn't.      Yes, it can. 

Supplementary Videos
Link Here 1:03 Andy Griffith and the Patriot Act

Personal Security
Link Here 4:01 "Tapping into Cell Phones".  Channel 10.   

Link Here 3:20 Whitehead, John.  "Big Brother is Listening to Your Cell Phone".  OnTarget. 

Link Here 2:32 "How Big Brother Watches You".  CNBC.  A vast amount of information is stored and analyzed about citizens. 

Link Here 10:11 "Tracing Large Volumes of Personal Information".  CNBC.  Is the government monitoring all our email? 

Link Here  9:15 AT&T Spying on Your E-Mail 

Link Here 10:55 "Your Papers Please".  Biometrics Clips from ABC News, CNN, etc.

Link Here 3:20 "They'll be Watching You". CNN.  Cameras are going up all over New York.

Link Here 3:52 L KPRC Houston Channel 2, Houston Police test a drone plane with a camera to spy on citizens.   

RFID Sequence  various sources discussing RFID, including two commercial for it. 

Government Secrecy
Link Here 10:57 C-SPAN the fourth secret session of Congress since 1825. 

Link Here 2:03 (unknown source) Inquiry into Suspension of the Constitution is blocked. 

Link Here 5:23 LINK TV interviews Congressman Dennis Kusinich.  The representative speaks out against Congress doing their business in secret sessions.   

Detention and Interrogation
Link Here 3:57 ABC 4, a local Denver TV Station (skip first 1:30).  At least one US government has built a large detention center and tried to keep it secret. 

Link Here 6:42 "This is What a Police State Looks Like"

Martial Law
Link Here 2:16 "Anyone See This?" RT.  Army units deployed to the US. 

Link Here 5:19 "What We Choose to Ignore" is a supposed list of documents and how they will remove our civil rights follows the review of questioning of Oliver North. 

Link Here 29:35 An interview with Naomi Wolf, the author of "The End of America" 

Text: "Fascist America, in 10 Easy Steps"  The Guardian. 

Cartoons
Surveillance 1   Surveillance 2   
Doublethink 1   Doublethink 2   
Voluntary Surrender of Freedoms 1   
Rewriting History 1

The Government wants to control:
Xxx Our diet choices.
Xxx Our car purchases
Xxx How students are schooled
Xxx Government wants to control temperature settings on our home thermostats.
Xxx Population Control. 

Saved to Death by Government

Current Orwellian Language:
"Voluntary Compliance"
"Expensive Tax Cuts"

Suppressed news?

This is not a life

Teacher's Materials

Current Orwellian Language:
"Voluntary Compliance"
"Expensive Tax Cuts"

Week 6: 1984 by George Orwell

Mon Ch 6 Sex, and
Ch 7 The Proles I
pgs 64-81 (16 pgs)

Focus Q 10: Who are The Proles?  What do we know about them?   What similarities and differences appear in our own world? 

Tues:
Ch 8 The Proles II;
Reaching the Past, pgs 81-104 (23 pgs)

Focus Q 11: Why does Winston try to talk to the old man in the bar?  Why was his conversation successful or unsuccessful?

Don't forget to be filling in your Chart Assignment.

Wed :
Part 2, Ch 1 Julia, 105-117 (12 pgs)

Focus Q 12: What is the conflict with Julia?  How do you predict this relationship will work out?

Thurs 11:
Ch 2-3, pgs 117-136 (19 pgs)

Focus Q 13: What do we learn about Julia?  What is your reaction to her? 

Fri 12:
Ch 4, pgs 136-147 (11 pgs)
Focus Q 14: What surprises does Julia have for Winston this time?  How does he feel about their relationship?  Who has the power in this relationship? 

Week 7: 1984 by George Orwell

Mon 15:
Ch 5-6, pgs 147-159 (12 pgs)
Focus Q 15: What is the significance of Syme's disappearance?  What are the differences between Winston and Julia concerning the Party? 

Tues 16:
Ch 7-8, pgs 160-179 (19 pgs)
Focus Q 16: How would you assess O'Brien as a leader?

Don't forget to be filling in your Chart Assignment.

Wed 17:
Ch 9, pgs 179-217 (38 pgs)
Focus Q 17: What is Winston learning from the book?  See Summary and Assignment for tomorrow.


Explanation of war

Thurs 18:
Ch 11, pgs 217-224 (7 pgs)
Assignment

Pt 3, Ch 1, pgs 225-239 (14 pgs)
Focus Q 17: What is the significance of the scene with Parsons? 

Fri 19:
Ch 2, pgs 239-260 (21 pgs)
Focus Q 18:

Week 8: 1984 by George Orwell

Mon 5:
Ch 3, pgs 260-274 (14 pgs)
Focus Q

Tues 6:
Ch 4-5, pgs 274-287 (13 pgs)
Focus Q

CH 1 Ignorance is Strength (4:57)
The book: Explanation of the three countries and their wars

CH 2 

Wed 7:
Ch 6, pgs 287-297 (10 pgs)

An alternate view of the future

Thurs:
Hate Week

Fri:

Week 9: Essay Options
Literary Analysis
How did Orwell use moral dilemmas to develop Winston and Napoleon as characters whose actions and motives impact the understanding of Orwell's message?
Expository Essay
"People are too well informed to adhere to a set of rules or to simply follow a leader over a distant hill. They want to be inspired by a greater purpose." Ann Fudge and Sir Francis Bacon observed that "knowledge is power" and John Maxwell adds that knowledge empowers. Write an expository essay describing how these two statements contribute to the necessary attributes of a responsible electorate.
Comparative Essay
Draw parallels between events in Animal Farm and 1984 on one side and today's government on the other.  Provide examples of government policies that erode the rights of the electorate to draw parallels between the world and the two books. 

Personal/Persuasive Essay
Discuss your responsibilities as part of the electorate to maintain a government of the people, for the people, and by the people.  Identify the two or three most important actions that could/should have been taken to balance the power in 1984 or to avoid the outcome in Animal Farm.
Reflective Essay
Consider how language was used in 1984 and Animal Farm. Write an essay in which you identify language used by leaders today to control or influence the electorate. What is Newspeak today? How can you avoid being controlled or limit the influence?
Research
Read articles on the role followers play in the quality of leadership. Identify five or six attributes or characteristics of effective followers/citizens/ electorate. Research Orwell's life for examples of these characteristics. What caused him to feel responsible to warn others? Why did he send his warning in the form of a story?

Text
Johnston, Sue.  "Something to Honk About"
Dobbs, Lou. Excerpts from War on the Middle Class, Chapter 12, p.197-212. 
Maxwell, John C. Excerpts from Leadership 101.
"Constitution of the Iroquois Nations: The Great Binding Law, Gayanashagowa"

Poetry and Music Lyrics
Randall, Dudley.  "Ballad of Birmingham"
Randall, Dudley.  "Booker T. and W.E.B."
Sloan, P. F. "The Eve of Destruction"

Writing Strategies
process writing
language appropriate for
purpose and audience
revise own writing using proofreading checklist
critique own writing for sophisticated sentence structure
cite sources using MLA conventions
evaluate own writing (review, revise, edit)
note taking
Grammar Skills
grammar and rhetoric mini lessons
practice skills for ACT/SAT success
Elements of dialogue
Parts of speech
Grammar Instruction to
enrich writing: add detail, style, voice
create organizational coherence and flow
make writing conventional
Additional MDE Grammar Resource "Power of Language" Module (ELA Companion Document)

ACT College Readiness Standards
English
Analyze text for
Topic Development in Terms of Purpose and Focus
Organization, Unity, and Coherence
Word Choice in Terms of Style, Tone, Clarity, and Economy
Sentence Structure and Formation
Conventions of Usage
Conventions of Punctuation
Reading
Analyze text for
Main Ideas and Author's Approach
Supporting Details
Sequential, Comparative, and Cause-Effect Relationships
Meanings of Words
Generalizations and Conclusions
Writing
Write text that
Expresses Judgments
Focuses on the Topic
Develops a Position
Organizes Ideas
Uses Language Effectively
- conventions (grammar, usage, mechanics)
- vocabulary (precise, varied)
- sentence structure variety (vary pace, support meaning)