Quarter 2: Power

• Essential Questions:When should we resist?

• What is the impact of technology on our culture?

• How is language linked to power?

Texts:

• 1984

• Feed (selections from novel, also see extra credit options below)

• A selection of supplementary articles, short stories, poetry and films.

  • Clips from "Why We Fight" & "Triumph of the Will"

  • Advertising in the Schools, 30 second spot, The machine is us/ing us

  • Merchants of Cool

  • Advertising, Happiness, and The End of The World (Sut Jhally)

  • Fahrenheit 9/11

Key Assignments and Assessments:

• Persuasive Speech Focused on a Controversial Issue (Persuasive Writing)

• Shared Inquiry Discussions: Student Prepared and Guided.

Extra Credit Opportunities:

1. Read the novel, Feed by M.T. Anderson and complete either a 2-3 page paper or a creative project (video, slideshow, song, collage) that compares the themes in Feed with the themes in 1984. Due at the end of the quarter. More information to come.