1. Warm Up: “Industrial Revolution Provides Millions Of Out-Of-Work Children with Jobs”
Pick up a copy of the article & read it silently.
Then, consider the following questions:
What is the object of satire?
What strategies does the writer employ?
(i.e., names of real universities/institutions? Realistic pictures? Created pseudo- situations (seemingly real, but actually fictitious)? Hyperbole (over- exaggeration)? Understatement? Dialogue? Irony? Caricatures (over-blown simplifications of a type of person)?

2. Anticipation Guide & Discussion
Move to the assigned side of the room to "Agree" or "Disagree" with each statement.

3. Anticipation Guide & Discussion
People should not have children if they cannot guarantee that they can support those children financially.

4. Anticipation Guide & Discussion
You should do whatever you can to help someone in need.

5. Anticipation Guide & Discussion
Americans should only buy products manufactured or grown in America.

6. Anticipation Guide & Discussion
We should do whatever we can to get rid of poverty and starvation.

7. Anticipation Guide & Discussion
If a solution to a difficult problem is unusual, then you should never use the solution.

8. Anticipation Guide & Discussion
If something is not accepted in one culture, it should not be accepted in any culture.

9. Anticipation Guide & Discussion
If a community finds important jobs for poor people, they should take them.

10. Jonathan Swift - “A modest proposal”
page 618
Read the Subtitle:
“For preventing the children of poor people from being a burden to their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the public”
Q: What connection can you find to the Onion article “Industrial Revolution”?

11. Jonathan Swift - “A modest proposal” Classical Proposal Structure
A clearly-defined problem
A proposed solution
A convincing argument supported by facts, examples, and opinions of recognized authorities
Recognition of opposing viewpoints - anticipating objections and allaying fears of the opposition
Comparison of proposed solution to alternatives
A self-controlled tone - rational, specific, avoiding exaggerations, never quarrelsome

12. Jonathan Swift - “A modest proposal”
page 618
Read the Subtitle:
“For preventing the children of poor people from being a burden to their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the public”
Q: What connection can you find to the Onion article “Industrial Revolution”?

13. Jonathan Swift - “A modest proposal”
As we read, you will have an assigned task. (See handout)
You will meet with your group after we read to come up with an answer, which you will present to the class.

14. Jonathan Swift - “A modest proposal” Preview the text
You have 5 minutes to preview the text.
Try to glean his argument, and start looking for the analysis requirements for your task.

15. Post-Reading: Analyzing the text
Get with your group to come up with an answer to your question(s). You will present your analysis with the class.

16. Is Swift still Current?
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17. Think about it…
What topics can you think of for some modern "modest" proposals?