Steven Colbert interview with Nikolas Kristof (video) Steve Levitt lecture on (video) “superfreakonomics” My by Lupe Fiasco (song) “Around Way,” 1861 recruitment speech to African Americans Alfred Green’s (speech) by Langston Hughes (poetry) “The Colored Soldier,” on to “Doghouse Diaries” cartoon individual’s responsibility society (cartoon) (Chris Cuozzo, Woodgrove; Thomas Clawson, Woodgrove; Jameson Zoller, Potomac Falls; Megan O’Meara, Park View) Unit Essential Question What makes us human? Anchor Text Brave New World George Orwell (novel) 1984 – Multi-genre Text Set Ray Bradbury (short story) “The Pedestrian” – Kurt Vonnegut (short story) “Harrison Bergeron” – W.H. Auden (poem) “The Unknown Citizen” – T.S. Eliot (poem) “The Hollow Men” – A GENETIC FUTURE BOTH “VISIONS: BIOLOGY: TANTALIZING AND DISTURBING; A Small Leap To Sheryl Gay Stolberg Designer Babies” – (article) with William Saletan (article) “Tinkering Humans” – Foo Fighters (song lyrics) “The Pretender” – Bertolt Brecht (drama) The Spy – (Heather Olis, Loudoun Valley) Unit Essential Question What sorts of influences does fear have on individuals and on society as a whole? Anchor Text The Crucible Multi-genre Text Set I Wrote The Crucible” “Why Arthur Miller Selections from the Journal of John Winthrop and other Puritan texts in the Hands of an “Sinners Angry God” Jonathan Edwards “Dry September” Faulkner “Not Fear” Rafael Guillen
Steven Colbert interview with Nikolas Kristof (video) Steve Levitt lecture on “superfreakonomics” (video) “Around My Way,” by Lupe Fiasco (song) Alfred Green’s 1861 recruitment speech to African Americans (speech) “The Colored Soldier,” by Langston Hughes (poetry) “Doghouse Diaries” cartoon on individual’s responsibility to society (cartoon) (Chris Cuozzo, Woodgrove; Thomas Clawson, Woodgrove; Jameson Zoller, Potomac Falls; Megan O’Meara, Park View) Unit Essential Question What makes us human? Anchor Text Brave New World Multi-genre Text Set 1984 – George Orwell (novel) “The Pedestrian” – Ray Bradbury (short story) “Harrison Bergeron” – Kurt Vonnegut (short story) “The Unknown Citizen” – W.H. Auden (poem) “The Hollow Men” – T.S. Eliot (poem) “VISIONS: BIOLOGY: A GENETIC FUTURE BOTH TANTALIZING AND DISTURBING; A Small Leap To Designer Babies” – Sheryl Gay Stolberg (article) “Tinkering with Humans” – William Saletan (article) “The Pretender” – Foo Fighters (song lyrics) The Spy – Bertolt Brecht (drama) (Heather Olis, Loudoun Valley) Unit Essential Question What sorts of influences does fear have on individuals and on society as a whole? Anchor Text The Crucible Multi-genre Text Set “Why I Wrote The Crucible” Arthur Miller Selections from the Journal of John Winthrop and other Puritan texts “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Jonathan Edwards “Dry September” Faulkner “Not Fear” Rafael Guillen
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