Thursday, November 30, 2017

Current Events Connections



































In class we analyzed each of the following quotes from 1984
  1. If there is hope, wrote Winston, it lies in the proles.
  2. It was not desirable that the proles should have strong political feelings. All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working-hours or shorter rations
  3. Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.
  4. Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
Use your analysis to make a connection between one of these quotes and a current event article. Be clear about the connection you are making. Include a link to the article describing the current event or use the story about the president's recent twitter activity found here.


Requirements: One paragraph of at least seven sentences


Monday, November 13, 2017

EXTRA CREDIT: Making Connections



Read the article, "Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?"

Respond to the following prompt in one to two full paragraphs (5-7 sentences each) by 8:00am on Thursday, 11/16 for up to 5 points extra credit (effort)

Based on the information in this article, how is the way technology impacts society today similar to the way technology impacts the Hadley family in Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt"?