The struggle for power

unites and divides the

world

Junior English

World Literature

What is power? What are the

different types of power?

Journal: write a two

paragraph journal

describing your answer to

these questions. Be sure

to include concrete

examples to help explain

your ideas.

Afterward, we will have a

large group discussion

about our ideas and take

notes. Take

notes!

How is power … retained?

attained?

and lost?

Take

notes!

What is the relationship

between power and

responsibility?

Take

notes!

Describe a powerful…

Person

Group

People

Society

Activity:

On a piece of

paper, write a

paragraph

describing a

powerful entity for

each one listed to

the left.

What are the

building blocks of

a society?

Activity: Create labels for the different sized building blocks. Arrange the different sized building blocks in a way to show the biggest and smallest influences in society.

What is the role of diversity?

In a group of four, discuss this question.

Record your ideas/answers in your notebook formulating your

own idea of diversity’s role based off your group discussion.

What is the difference

between

empathy, sympathy and

apathy?

In a group, look up the definition of each word and write it

down in your notebooks. Then look at the pictures

provided to you on the next slide and choose a picture to

represent each word. Explain why you chose that picture

and how it is demonstrating empathy, sympathy or

apathy.

What is the difference?

Sympathy = with feeling for someone/something

Empathy = sharing someone's feelings/situation by

imagining what it would be like to be in the same situation.

Apathy = lacking concern.

All have as root the Greek word = pathos [feeling]

prefix syn- = with

prefix em- = in

prefix a- = without

What does it mean ‘to

contribute to a society’?

Journal: Write a two paragraph journal describing your

answer to this question. Be sure to use concrete

(real/realistic) examples to help show your ideas.