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Read the short stories on the home page and complete the assignments below. Place all assignments in the first 3 drop boxes entitled Zizek Theme Statement, Cognitive Dissonance Worksheet and Bad Faith Response.
1. Zizek Write a theme statement in which you demonstrate your understanding of Zizek's ideas (from the video below) through a protagonist in one of the short stories. Provide specific examples that follow the characters process of making this decision. Assignment here.
1. Zizek Write a theme statement in which you demonstrate your understanding of Zizek's ideas (from the video below) through a protagonist in one of the short stories. Provide specific examples that follow the characters process of making this decision. Assignment here.
2. Bad Faith: Watch the video below. Have you experienced "Bad Faith' in your life. Have you seen it? Have you witnessed it?
2. Bad Faith: Watch the video below. Have you experienced "Bad Faith' in your life. Have you seen it? Have you witnessed it?
Write a narrative about it. (Click here for secrets on writing narratives - for teachers, but I'm going to let you in on the secrets of teaching here. ) ; )
Writing in first person, write a personal response paragraph on "Bad Faith" explaining how you witnessed it or experienced it.
Make the story interesting and make choices which will demonstrate some craft in story telling.
Put in dropbox "Bad Faith".
This will be marked for ideas 5 and presentation 5 - see rubric in Dropbox.
3. Cognitive Dissonance: For this video - watch and take notes paying attention to the definition of cognitive dissonance and the choices that individuals make in order to deal with it.
3. Cognitive Dissonance: For this video - watch and take notes paying attention to the definition of cognitive dissonance and the choices that individuals make in order to deal with it.
Then, for two of the short stories, write about how the protagonist experiences cognitive dissonance and what choices they make to deal with it. Assignment here. Put your completed work in the dropbox entitled Cognitive Dissonance.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: In order to fully understand this unit and where we are going in writing, it is essential to watch the following video. I may refer back to this in editing your critical essays. Consider the level of Belongingness and Love needs when examining character motivations.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: In order to fully understand this unit and where we are going in writing, it is essential to watch the following video. I may refer back to this in editing your critical essays. Consider the level of Belongingness and Love needs when examining character motivations.
Plato's Cave: Optional Assignment / Replacement assignment: For the following video consider one of the short stories you have read:
Plato's Cave: Optional Assignment / Replacement assignment: For the following video consider one of the short stories you have read:
- Explain how the allegory applies to the text.
- What is the fire, the cave, the chains, the sun... the journey out of the cave - in your chosen text?
Optional Assignment 2 / Replacement Assignment:
- Plato about the role of the shadows in forming our ideas about the world. Watch the following video. What is the roll of the glasses - is this the same? Did the Greeks even have sunglasses? Would that have saved Plato a bunch of time...
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