Animal Farm Project Links
for Thompson's Honors Class
Each team will research one of the areas below and present that information to the class. Here is a good outline to follow for your five-minute presentation*:
I. What? (Define the topic in simple terms that you understand clearly.)
II. When?/Where? (Give background/historical information.)
III. Who? (Identify people involved.)
IV. Why? (Explain the significance of the topic and the people.)
V. How? (How does your information relate to other topics that are here? Or, how does it apply to us now?)
*You may bring one visual aid (an overhead transparency, a poster, etc.) to illustrate your lecture.
Jessica Burrell & Brandon Bacon: George Orwell--Brief Biography / George Orwell Biography/Background
Jessica Hales & Eric Gibbons: The Path to Revolution / Russian Revolution
Topic #3: V. I. Lenin
Andrew Olsen & Brittany Green: Marxism / Marx/Engels Archive
McKell Pettingill & Jacob Velinga: Czar Nicholas II /Abdication of Nicholas II
Davis Burningham & Kim Green: Stalin / Stalin
Mallary Madsen & Brock Casselman: Leon Trotsky / Leon Trotsky
Jessica Burton & Nate Simonsen: Democracy
Buddy Lindsay & Linda Fernelius: Fascism
Ashli Watkins & Seth Merkley: Totalitarianism
Landon Fowler & Aimee Gillespie: Socialism
Shaylee Marler & Krysta Larsen: Capitalism / Capitalism
Stefanie Croft & AnnaGayle Hansen: Communism / Communism / The Communist Manifesto
Diana Webster & Emily Inderrieden: Propaganda / Propaganda
Topic #15: Secret Police / KGB
Topic #16: Politics and the English Language and Let Meaning Choose the Word
*For this one, read these articles carefully and identify Orwell's main points about the political power of language and writing, his list of writing mistakes (and some updated examples that apply to today's American English), and his suggestions for more effective writing.
Topic #17: Aesop's Fables and How the Leopard Got His Spots
Find some good fables and animal stories to share. Explain why they were/are popular and why animals were used to convey these morals. Also, if you find anything on Aesop, you could share that too.
This link could also be helpful to many teams: Chico High School Animal Farm Library
Other search engines that might help: Yahoo and Ask Jeeves
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