Create a chart of three columns In column one, list the freedoms you enjoy both

at home and in the community. In column two, list the freedoms you are

denied. In column three, list what purposes other

people (society) are trying to accomplish by denying you (the individual) those freedoms (your opinion).

Be ready to present to the class in 15 minutes. During the discussion, feel free to add anything to your group’s list.

Group Activity Topics: Individuals & Society, Freedom

Communism Bullet instead of ballot

box Economic and political Only collective (public)

ownership of capital

Socialism Ballot box instead of

bullet Economic Private ownership of

capital allowed

Forms of Government in 1984In practice, Socialism & Communism tend to have the following similarities:• Reactions against capitalism• Workers’ revolution• Goals= to abolish distinctions based on ownership and establish equal power relations

Differences:

Oligarchy “Rule of the few”

(Inner Party)

Totalitarianism Socialist/Communist

government with dictator in charge (Big Brother)

Forms of Government in 1984

Read your assigned section:1. “Bourgeois and Proletarians” p. 14-172. “Bourgeois and Proletarians” p. 18-213. “Proletarians and Communism” p. 22-24

(stopping at “Abolition of the family!”)4. “Proletarians and Communism” p. 24

(starting at “Abolition of the family!”) -27 Complete the “Evaluating” worksheet. Join with your group members to discuss your

section. Share and come to a consensus on each part of the worksheet. Write the collective information on your white board.

“The Communist Manifesto”By Karl Marx and Frederick Engels

Is Big Brother Watching?

Is Big Brother Watching?1984 Our Society

•Telescreens are everywhere (except for where the Proles live and work) •Workplace monitoring—Winston can’t look at a note on his desk or dwell too long on a single document •Thought Police interpret people’s facial expressions and voice intonations•Spies—one never knows whom to trust

• FBI surveillance • Corporations collecting

data on consumers • Drug testing at the

workplace or school • Employers monitoring

employees’ e-mails, phone calls, etc.•Internet privacy issues •Cell phone tracking•Cameras

Source: http://de027.k12.sd.us/originalwebquest.htm