Overcoming Obstacles - Governing Bodies
For this unit, you will need to consider the following notions:
Governing Bodies can cause oppression by:
Eventually you will be defending which one of these notions causes the most damage to the general population if abused by governing bodies in an essay using the texts you read/viewed during this unit, as well as your own research, so as you are journaling, and as we are discussing in class, make certain to keep these notions in mind.
Governing Bodies can cause oppression by:
- Controlling language/knowledge (propaganda, book burning, not allowing access to information, etc.)
- Controlling goods (money, food, technology, etc.)
- Controlling how people see each other’s differences (religious labels, ethnic labels, etc.)
Eventually you will be defending which one of these notions causes the most damage to the general population if abused by governing bodies in an essay using the texts you read/viewed during this unit, as well as your own research, so as you are journaling, and as we are discussing in class, make certain to keep these notions in mind.
FOCUS TEXT
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Animal Farm by George Orwell *Please refer to the course calendar for all due dates. Animal Farm reading assignment #1 (Chps. 1-2) Animal Farm reading assignment #1 (Chps. 3-4) Animal Farm reading assignment #1 (Chps. 5-6) Animal Farm reading assignment #1 (Chps. 7-8) Animal Farm reading assignment #1 (Chps. 9-10) |