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In two to three paragraphs, explain the following:1) What handicaps would you need to live

in the society created in “Harrison Bergeron?”

2) Why do you think those are your strengths?

3) What weaknesses do YOU have that would require others in your household to have a handicap?

Bell Ringer

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You will need one piece of paper. Look at your card and the name of the character on it. This is your

character. Write down your character as the title on your piece of paper.

You want to fold your paper so that you have TWO columns.

And it begins…

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Agenda:Do Now

Background

Fun

Role-play

Wrap-up

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Animal Farm: Why are we pretending to read this?

AllegorySatire

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Remember: a symbol gives additional meaning to things.

Heart = love

Brain = intelligence

An allegory is a story that has additional meaning throughout the entire plot. Everything

actually means more and the reader or the audience must figure it out.

Allegory: a symbolic story

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What is the allegory in Animal Farm about?

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Animal Farm:• allegorical

farmyard

tale

satirizing

governmen

t

• It’s

about the

pitfalls of

governmen

t and

mankind

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Just Checking…Why are we really learning about Animal Farm and why is it important?

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Let's look at the government of Russia in

1905. Who are you?

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If you are the Tsar…You are the king

You make the rules and laws of the country

You don’t get paid because you don’t have to pay for things

You use money to improve the country and its citizens

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You live here…

If you are the Tsar…Your neighborhood is…

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If you are Nobility…Your job is to collect

money from the workers

You make $433,000 a month

You give your opinion to help make rules and laws.

You own fancy things

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This is also your neighborhood…

If you are Nobility…

You live here…

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If you are Middle Class..You are doctors,

lawyers, teachers, nurses, professors, etc.

You have nice homes

Some of you live in the same neighborhood as the nobility

You make $400,000 a year

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You work in the fields

If you are the Proletariat…You make $20 a month

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There is no running water

If you are proletariat…Your children work too

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If you are Proletariat…There are 16 people

to an apartment

6 people share a room

You are the workers of the country

If it was not for you, no one would eat

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Tsarism is a Monarchy: government ruled by king or queen and passed down through family.Who does this type of government benefit? Is it fair?

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Some people had other ideas to end the inequalityKarl Marx, in 1847,

wrote his Manifesto.

He argued that the workers should revolt and that property and wealth should be redistributed fairly.

People should contribute what they could and, in return, receive enough to support themselves.

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Karl Marx hoped for a Utopian society without any inequality

“Utopia” is a term for an ideal society.

In Greek, this word means

“no place.”

What do YOU think the Greek meaning foreshadows?

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Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto

Video

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In 1917, the workers did upriseThe communist Bolshevik

party eventually took power.

The Bolsheviks were led by Vladimir Lenin. Russia

became the USSR.

This new government, led by Lenin, owns everything, but provide education, healthcare, food, etc. to the people.

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Lenin and the Bolshevic Party Video

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You and your family were shot and killed in your basement

The entire family was told they were going to take a family picture

The girls did not die so they were stabbed

They still did not die so then they were shot in the head

If you are the Tsar…

Sorry!!!

Video: 1979 Discovery of the Remains

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You had to get a job…You neighborhood has

been set on fire

You work 14 hours a day

Your wife had to sell all her jewelry for $2

You now make $30 a month but you get free healthcare and education

If you are Nobility…

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You work the same job…Your life doesn’t change

much

You have the same job but you only work 6 hours a day

You now make $30 a month but you get free healthcare and education

If you are Middle Class…

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You have the same job but with some changes…You now work only 14

hours a day

You have no choices over rules and laws still but you love your new ruler

You now make $30 a month but you get free healthcare and education

If you are the Proletariat…

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Lenin was so loved by the people that he was embalmed and put on display after his death in 1924.

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In 1924, people could go see him and say goodbye

His brain was removed and saved… They can still do that

now, too. Yep, he’s still there!

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After Lenin’s death, Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky struggled over who should be in power.

Even though it was no longer a Monarchy, Russian citizens still did not get to choose their leader.

Stalin vs. Trotsky

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Can you guess which is Stalin and which is Trostsky? Who won and who lost?

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Young Stalin

Trotsky lost. He was exiled to Mexico and eventually assassinated by a Soviet agent.

Militant Stalin

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Stalin ruled the Soviet Union from 1929 until his death in 1953.

He was responsible for the USSR becoming a major industrial power.

He also killed or imprisoned millions of people in the great “purges.”

Millions of people who were suspected of being a threat to the party were executed or exiled to labor camps

Is this the Utopia they dreamed of?

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Stalin and the People Video #1: TotalitarianismVideo #2: The Personality CultVideo #3: The Purges

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The End?The Utopian

dream was

not achieved.

Many people

were worse

off under

Soviet rule

than they

had been

under Tsarist

rule.

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The USSR became a communist society where people were all equal but had no choices and made no decisions. The government made all the decisions. Whether you worked 3 hours or worked 12 hours you still made the same amount. You do not choose how much you work.

What are the benefits to this type of government? What are the down sides to this government? Is it fair?

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So Whatever Happened to That One Family? Video

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cats cows dogs a donkey goats geesehens horses pigs rats a raven sheep

A World Led By Animals

The Social roles that these animals fulfill in their own society include:

1.  Leaders who make all the political and business decisions 2.  Workers who follow the leaders and produce the goods and services necessary to support the society 3.  Law enforcers who keep peace and make sure that everyone obeys the rules of the leaders 4. Criminals who don't follow society's rules

 In the space below, tell which animals might fulfill each of the roles.  Explain the reasons for your choices

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Why would an author choose to use an allegory to discuss the event of the Russian Revolution? Be sure to support your response with the information discussed in class today.

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