Clouser,+Jeff

My name is Jeff Clouser. I teach 12th grade English at Concord.

STEP 1: - My TIP lesson/unit is on the novel __1984__ by George Orwell - I enjoy teaching this novel but look to enhance the unit by using TIP - In class, we discuss different types of governments from the past, to current governments of the world, to our present government of the United States - By incorporating technology into this unit, students should become more engaged, and, hopefully, make stronger connections between the society George Orwell describes, previous governments, and governments today - Students read the novel at home and then in class, we read passages aloud - We then discuss what was read and either write responses to questions or orally answer teacher/student generated questions

STEP 2: __Objectives:__ - Students will understand the concept of totalitarian and democratic governments - Students will understand the role __1984__ plays in understanding the importance of human freedoms - Each student will write a 3 page paper explaining George Orwell's purpose in writing __1984__ as well as make connections between Winston's, the protagonist, society and the society of the student at the end of the unit - In groups of four students, each group will present to the class one of the following governments: democracy, totalitarianism, communism - In the same groups, students will read 3 articles on totalitarian governments and 1 article on inverted totalitarianism and report their findings on our wikipage OR give a presentation comparing the two concepts (these 4 articles are on the attached websites) - Students must include some technological component in their presentations such as a power point or creating a website

__The Lesson:__ - During the lesson, students will read the novel for homework - Each day we will discuss different aspects of the novel and make connections to how the world in the novel relates to our world

__Assessment:__ - At the completion of the novel students will: - Write a 3 page essay (see above) - Read 4 articles and give presentation (see above) - Complete a test on the novel

STEP 3: - Teaching strategies include teacher directed with direct instruction and constructivist with student led presentations and student group work - Students will work individually and with a group of other students throughout the unit - The sequence includes: reading the novel independently, reading selected passages with discussion, reading selected articles from websites, comparing information from the articles, students presenting to the class what they learned STEP 4: - A handout will be prepared with the web addresses of the four articles students need to read - The web addresses will also be available as links on this wiki page for students to access - I will schedule time in the media center so students can have class time to read articles on the computer as well as have time to work in their groups and report on our wikipage - I would like to have a projector for the student presentations to share their technological component such as a power point or website they created

__ Group Presentation on the 4 articles: __ The handout will look similar to the following: Read the following articles: "Inverted Totalitarianism" http://www.thenation.com/doc/20030519/wolin "Totalitarianism" from Bartleby __ http://www.bartleby.com/65/to/totalita.html

__"Totalitarianism" from Encarta http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574819/totalitarianism.html

"The Age of Totalitarianism" http://www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture10.html

Each group must complete the following on a separate sheet of paper: 1. What is the thesis statement from the "Inverted Totalitarianism" article? 2. Explain if your group agrees or disagrees with the thesis. 3. For the other three articles, write three main points for each article.