Animal Farm
OVERVIEW : In this unit, students will see how allegory is used to present a narrative on multiple levels. On one level, it is about animals leading a revolt on the farm, and on another level it is symbolic (and thereby critical) of the Russian Revolution.
The purpose of this unit is for students to apply their knowledge of the IB concepts as they transcend through the social and political aspects of society. Students will also recognize the universal global issues allegorized in Animal Farm, such as complacency, ignorance, and greed for power. Students’ knowledge, understanding, and interpretation of George Orwell and the history behind his political allegory will enable them to analyze a concept of their choosing, which will develop their thinking about their HL essay. SAT skills like word choice, use of commas, dashes, semicolons, colons, and redundancy will be taught in the context of the novel to better prepare students for the PSAT exa
Content-based:
How can the universal global issues allegorized in Animal Farm, such as complacency, ignorance, and greed for power be recognized?
Skills based:
What rhetorical and stylistic techniques make writing effective?
How does punctuation make ideas effective?
What are effective word choices that make writing more effective?
Concept-based:
How does the language we speak influence our perspective (toward time, place, culture?)
Symbolism
Thug Notes
Statement of Inquiry: Societal and literary perspectives have the potential to influence conflicts and ideologies via context, resulting in the recognition and acceptance of dystopian identities and governmental manipulated relationships.
Inquiry Questions:
Factual:
How does dystopian literature reflect social and political issues?
What different propaganda techniques are used to persuade?
Conceptual:
How does the language we speak influence our perspective (toward time, place, culture?)
Debatable: Why do people blindly accept government power?
Does this allow for happiness and satisfaction?
How can the universal global issues allegorized in Animal Farm, such as complacency, ignorance, and greed for power be recognized?
