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Curated OER

1984

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners read 1984, noting the potential dangers of government. They keep private diaries to parctice freedom of expression. They create political cartoons for a secret publication and design posters and T-shirts with warnings on them.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Animal Farm Quiz

For Students 8th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about George Orwell's Animal Farm. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Activity
Infobased Learning

Bloom's Literature: How to Write about Nineteen Eighty Four

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
A good prompt is hard to find, especially ones that encourage application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of a text. Help is here in the form of a prompt list for George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four that offers essay topics that...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

"1984" - George Orwell Lesson Plans

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Through "1984" lesson plans students can explore issues that involve government, privacy, and security.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Animal Farm Study Questions and Essay Topics

For Students 7th - 10th
For this literature worksheet, students think critically about characterization, perspective, rhetoric, and the message of the novel, Animal Farm by George Orwell. Students also discuss why Orwell chose a fable as political commentary.
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Lesson Plan
The New York Times

Literary Pilgrimages: Exploring the Role of Place in Writers’ Lives and Work

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Do the places you have lived influence what you write? Class members research the lives of writers and look for how places these writers have lived might have influenced their writings. 
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Lesson Plan
The New York Times

Where to Draw the Line: Balancing Government Surveillance with the Fourth Amendment

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The question of how to balance Fourth Amendment Rights with national security concerns becomes critical in an age of planned terrorist attacks, election interference, and fake news. Get young social scientists involved in the debate with...
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Lesson Plan
The New York Times

Evaluating Sources in a ‘Post-Truth’ World: Ideas for Teaching and Learning about Fake News

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The framers of the United States Constitution felt a free press was so essential to a democracy that they granted the press the protection it needed to hold the powerful to account in the First Amendment. Today, digital natives need to...
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Interactive
Curated OER

The Handmaid's Tale - Essay Questions

For Students 10th - 12th
In this literature worksheet, students respond to 15 short answer and essay questions about Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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Interactive
Curated OER

The Handmaid's Tale Quiz

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Art and Visual Aids in Literature Classes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Incorporating visual art into your literature lessons will "add color" to your program.
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Lesson Plan
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: A Guide to George Orwell's "1984" [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Before, during and after reading activities and suggestions are features of this .pdf guide. Includes a number of class discussion questions.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: George Orwell's 1984

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that includes fifteen links to videos, images, websites, and activities to use while reading 1984 by George Orwell.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "1984" by George Orwell

For Students 9th - 10th
In this dystopian novel, the protagonist of the story, Winston Smith, attempts to rebel against a totalitarian government that exercises complete control over all aspects of its citizens' lives. It includes selected (8) reading passages...
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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: How Much Fact in Fiction? 1984 by George Orwell

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How can a reader determine how much fact is in a fictional book? This site features the book "1984" by George Orwell to illustrate this concept.
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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: How Much Fact in Fiction? 1984 by George Orwell

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How can a reader determine how much fact is in a fictional book? This site features the book "1984" by George Orwell to illustrate this concept.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Novel 1984 (George Orwell)

For Students 9th - 10th
An eighteen-part learning module with links to images, texts, websites, and videos to use while reading George Orwell's 1984.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: 1984

For Students 9th - 10th
A fourteen-part learning module with links to websites, videos, slides, and texts to use while reading George Orwell's 1984.
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eBook
Planet eBooks

Planet E Book: 1984 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of "1984" by George Orwell is available here in PDF format. 1984, which was first released in 1949, is 393 pages pages long.
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Website
Other

Review of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four

For Students 9th - 10th
The 1949 New York Times review of "1984" appears here in its entirety. The essay is fascinating for its window on the acceptance of the book by Orwell's contemporaries.
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Unit Plan
Shmoop University

Shmoop: 1984

For Students 9th - 10th
1984 has passed, but the book lives on! Find an excellent summary and analysis of themes and characters. Study questions and teachers resources are also readily available in both English and Spanish.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Literature & Composition: The Journey Motif

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit focuses on the "Journey Motif" using the following works: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, "Shooting An Elephant" by George Orwell, "Journey" by Edna St. Vincent Millay,"Sailing to Byzantium" by William Butler Yeats, "The...
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Website
British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: Nineteen Eighty Four

For Students 9th - 10th
"Nineteen-Eighty-Four" is a novel published by George Orwell in 1949. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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Website
British Library

British Library: 20th Century: Literature 1900 1950

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore key literary works of the early 20th- century with these articles.

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