Warning or prediction? Nineteen Eighty Four is the anchor text for a series of tasks that ask readers to compare the novel to the film as well as current events to those pictured in George Orwell's dystopian classic.

Concepts

george orwell, 1984, dystopian literature, utopia, literary analysis, film analysis, propaganda, propaganda techniques, media bias, connotation

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have groups investigate the reporting of the General Belgrano Incident, Watergate, and more recent cases of conflicting reports of events
• Just for fun, show Apple's 1984 Super Bowl Ad

Classroom Considerations

• While the resource is designed for British schools and is dated, the tasks are thought provoking and easily adapted to the current political climate
• The guide may be used with the novel or with Michael Radford's film

Pros

• The background information article clears up a number of misconceptions about Orwell's intentions

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.3 RL.9-10.4 RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.2 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.10a L.11-12.3.a L.11-12.4.a