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Do Now | Circle Up
What is one word that comes to mind when you think of government? Do Next | Four Corners In the four corners of the room, there is a paper with a quote about the role of government.
Analysis | Harrison Bergerone, Kurt Vonnegut Today you are going to individually read the short story Harrison Bergerone by Kurt Vonnegut. While reading you are going to complete the Perceive, Know, Care About thinking routine. In the past, you completed this thinking routine based on a character in a story. Today, you are going to complete it from the perspective of the government from the story.
Exit Slip | Thematic Statements What is the story really about?!!! What does it suggest about human nature, government control, society?!! |
éPortfolio Submission FormCourse DescriptionThis course investigates stories of Totalitarian and post-apocalyptic societies in order to better understand topics relevant in our current society. We will read one dystopian novel as a group and then each student will select a second dystopian novel to analyze individually. We will break down the five characteristics of dystopian literature and research how those characteristics might already be happening in the world around us—government control, environmental destruction, technological control, survival, and loss of individualism.
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1 | Elements of Dystopian Literature
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