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Life Is Not a Fairy Tale; Some Want Radical Change

Standards

RL.9-10.6 - Common Core State Standards

Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.

RL.9-10.7 - Common Core State Standards

Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts" and Breughel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus).

Activator

You may know this movie...Anastasia

Resources:

•    Anastasia Opening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SHIfmJhduM

Learning Target

Students will interact with fables.

Students will analyse socialism and capitalism.

Work Session

Today we’re going to start out with this video clip from the Fox movie (ha! You thought it was Disney, didn’t you? it’s not! 20th Century Fox. Go figure!) Anastasia. You all know this is based on a true story, right? Well Anastasia is set in and around the time of the Russian revolution. The removal of Tsar Nicolas started the process, so that’s what we’re watching today. The story we’re reading this unit is an allegory for the Russian revolution. It’s called Animal Farm. Let’s get some background knowledge, shall we?

Students will figure out the message in a fable.

Students will analyse aspects of socialism and capitalism in a graphic organizer.

Resources:

•    Animal Farm.ppt: https://www.filepicker.io/api/file/aSDhgeyXQq248K6wAOuM

Closing Session

Ticket Out The Door - 3 things you learned, 2 questions you still have, 1 thing you're excited about!

Assessment

Students will define fable, capitalism and socialism.

Differentiation

Guided notes, movie, auditory and visual learning styles