Abusing Power: Animal Farm & Joseph Stalin

Define and articulate the differences between capitalism and communism.

Determine a central idea about Joseph Stalin and explain how the author uses supporting details to develop this idea.

Identify the causes that led to the Russian Revolution, and explain Stalin's role in the establishment of a new communist society and government.

Identify an author's perspective in a nonfiction text and explain the various techniques authors use to establish their perspectives.

Explain how the author develops central ideas about Stalin's policies and their impact on the people of the Soviet Union.

Determine the article's central idea about propaganda and analyze how the author develops that idea using key details and examples.

Identify examples of propaganda and explain how Stalin used them to control the people of the Soviet Union.

Explain how the author's purpose for writing contributes to how he develops and supports the central ideas of the text.

Analyze fables to apply their morals to various contexts, including historical situations.

Explain how the author develops old Major's perspective and makes connections to real-world economic systems.

Identify specific events and lines of dialogue that reveal character perspectives, and explain the impact of events on the plot of Animal Farm.

Identify the actions that various animals take to develop, support, and defend Animal Farm, and explain what these actions reveal about their characters.

Explain how the author has interpreted individuals and events from the Russian Revolution and Stalin's regime and portrayed them in the allegorical text, Animal Farm.

Explain how the pigs use propaganda techniques to manipulate the other animals and how the author reveals this to the reader.

Explain how the author portrays the events of the Russian Revolution and Stalin's regime in the allegorical text, Animal Farm.

Explain how the relationship between the pigs and the principles of Animal Farm has changed, and how the author uses dramatic irony to convey this change.

Explain how the pigs use language and propaganda techniques to continue manipulating the other animals, and analyze the effect of this manipulation on both the characters and the reader.

Analyze the significance of specific lines and plot events in Animal Farm and explain how they develop a theme of the text.

Utilize historical context and analysis of characters and themes to draw conclusions about Orwell's purpose for writing Animal Farm.

Identify places where the film version of Animal Farm differs from the original novel and evaluate the choices made by the directors.

Identify places where the film version of Animal Farm differs from the original novel and evaluate the choices made by the directors.

Identify places where the film version of Animal Farm differs from the original novel and evaluate the choices made by the directors.

Engage in a Socratic Seminar with peers, demonstrating a deep understanding of the text and topic by posing and responding to questions, and providing evidence to support ideas.