May 21, 2018 - May 25, 2018 ERWC Agenda

Tuesday, May 22nd:
Block schedule
1, 3, and 5
Students will answer these questions and submit to schoology.  Their groups will choose one question to present to the class next week.

Questions for Pages 105 – 136 from 1984:

1.     What unexpected event occurs between Winston and Julia? What is ironic and even funny about Winston’s thoughts when Julia hands him the note? What effect does Julia’s note have on Winston? - Melany

2.     What is significant about the statue of Cromwell? You will have to do a bit of historical research to answer this question. Maybelin

3.     What to the Proles is a serious piece of news? Is there something similar to this in our society? - Stephanie

4.     What is the significance of the old drunk man’s complaints about the change from pints to half-liters? Has there been a change in society which has been difficult for some people to accept? (pages 87 – 92) - Modi

5.     Why does Winston purchase the piece of coral?  Why is it ironic that Winston chooses not to buy the picture on the wall? - Monai

Please be aware that the reading log for pages 105 - 136,  1984 was due last night at 11:59 p.m. and the reading log for pages 136 - 166, 1984  will be due tomorrow at Wednesday, May 23.

Thursday, May 24th:
Block schedule
1, 3, and 5

Watch John Green's "Crash Course: 1984; Part Two"
Questions over the video on 1984; please submit your answers to schoology.

1     What is one purpose of Newspeak?

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           According to John Green’s brother, what is consciousness?

How would  Newspeak affect consciousness?

In 1984 what is the Newspeak title of the Ministry of Truth?

What are  the duties of Winston Smith in his job at the Ministry of Truth?

What are the reasons for the changes Winston must make to history?

What is the central tenet of Ingsoc?  What does Winston say about history?

What is the reason for Newspeak?  What purpose does it serve?

Why is memory so changeable according to neuroscience?  How does the Party use this to its advantage?

What does Gabriel Garcia Marquez say about memory in his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude?

What does the ethno-linguist Edward Sapir say about the structure of language and its effect on the perception of experience? What is the “Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis”?

What does Noam Chomsky say about the human brain and grammar?

What does Steven Pinker say about the human brain and language?

What is Winston’s strongest need or drive?

What is the strongest indication, according to Winston, that perhaps the Party is wrong about now being the best time for humans to be alive?

What are some of the positive human instincts, according to Orwell? How are some human instincts dangerous when manipulated by a totalitarian state? 

How does the  totalitarian state manipulate the instinct for survival? What is “Crime Stop”?

How does Winston Smith express “Own Life”?

What ultimately causes Winston to lose his sense of self?

How does Winston’s breakdown affect the way he thinks?

How do we know that Big Brother is eventually overthrown?

Watch the film 1984; up to :50

Friday, May 25th: 
Work on outstanding work
Remember - all work is due no later than Monday, May 28th at 11:59 p.m.

Show parts of film 1984