Friday, December 9, 2011

Monday, December 12

Objective: SWBAT find at least THREE examples of propaganda in the first chapter of “1984” and explain which type of propaganda each of them represents.


Do-Now: How would you feel if you were monitored by cameras 24 hours a day (even in your own home?)  What might it feel like to not have any privacy?


Today: 1) Note-taking: Propaganda, Euphemism, Dystopia


Propaganda: information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.


Euphemism: substituting a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one that is harsh, offensive, or blunt


Dystopia: a society which controls its people in an attempt to create a utopia (a perfect world), resulting in its people being miserable, brainwashed, or oppressed.


2) Class will begin reading Chapter #1 of 1984.  How are the maxims presented in the first chapter representative of propaganda?

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3) In groups, finish reading Chapter #1 and complete questions for Chapter #1.


Exit Slip: List THREE examples of propaganda found in Chapter #1.


Homework: Edit/Revise Analytical Essay.  Final copy due Monday, December 19

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