World History-Meyers 1984, Orwell

BW: What are the key traits of totalitarianism? Learning Target: I can identify evidence of totalitarianism traits using a text set while working in cooperative groups Agenda:  1984 and 1984 excerpt assign group roles individual reading/annotating pair/share findings HW: Ch 30 Test is Monday: Study guide will be collected.

When George Orwell wrote 1984, the year that gives the book its title was still almost 40 years in the future. Some of the things Orwell imagined that would come to pass were the telescreen, a TV that observes those who are watching it, and a world consisting of three megastates rather than hundreds of countries. In the novel, the country of Eastasia apparently consists of China and its satellite nations; Eurasia is the Soviet Union; and Oceania comprises the United States, the United Kingdom, and their allies.

Number off at your tables 1, 2, 3, 4 1 = POLICE TERROR - : instilling fear as a means of controlling behavior 2 = INDOCTRINATION - : to teach one to fully accept ideas, opinions, and beliefs of a particular group 3 = PROPAGANDA - : information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view 4 = CENSORSHIP - : controlling what others can see, as in media

Read and highlight EVIDENCE of features related to your task 1 = POLICE TERROR 2 = INDOCTRINATION 3 = PROPAGANDA 4 = CENSORSHIP

Compare with others who have your number Highlight additional info you did not have Agree = + Disagree = -

Combine results onto ONE chart POLICE TERROR INDOCTRINATION PROPAGANDA CENSORSHIP Summary sentence from chart sticky notes