1984

Welcome to the //1984// unit.

Check out this video from Jacob B: [|1984 music video]

Before we begin the book, it's important to have some background knowledge as well as some intellectual curiosity; therefore, today's activity involves reading, responding and thinking about what's to come.

Reading Schedule for Honors - fall 2013:

Project rubric:

Study Guide Questions:

Prior to reading the pieces below (we will look at these at a later date) link to the 1984 Webquest. There you will find your tasks for the day.

These articles and essays relate to ideas presented in //1984//. Please read them as a supplement to your //1984// reading and **as a preparation for the midterm.**

[|Orwell's Politics and the English Language]

Orwell Essays:



Related Articles:

[|Lessons from Jonestown]

[|Orwell's Big Brother on Fast Track to Becoming Reality]

[|We're Living 1984 Today]

[|Children and Propaganda]

[|Branding Youth in the Totalitarian Regime]

[|Preventing Violent Extremism]

[|How Scientists are Learning to Reshape Our Memory]

[|Orwell's 1984: Are We There Yet?]

[|Holocaust Center Encyclopedia: Indoctrinating Youth]

[|Orwell Revisited: Privacy in the Age of Surveillance]

[|Not Even George Orwell Envisaged This]

[|Youth in Political Violence]







<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Videos:

[|Orwell's 1984 as Seen in 2013]