Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Wednesday, June 8

Objective: Students will be able to describe how a eulogy can be used as propaganda.

Journal: When we give speeches at a person’s funeral, we usually focus only on the positive attributes of that person and his/her life.  Why do you believe we do this?  Why do we omit things that will make the person look bad?  Why is it easier to criticize a living person than someone who is dead?  What do you think someone would say about YOU at your funeral if you were to die today?

Agenda: 1) Note-taking: Eulogy: a speech written in honor of someone who has died

Watch Obama's Eulogy for the Victims in Arizona

2) Class will read Chapter #9 of Animal Farm, focusing on Squealer’s eulogy for Boxer on pg. 115 and discussing the propaganda found in this eulogy.

3) Complete Chapter #9 Question Worksheet

Homework: Compose a eulogy for someone you have lost.  This could be a person, animal or even a beloved object.

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