Cycle 4: Human Nature & Government
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Summative Assessment
Lord of the Flies:
Here is the complete online text of the novel, split into chapters and easy to search. You can use this if you forget your book or if you want to complete one of the practice assignments that requires you to annotate the text.
William Golding reads his own novel aloud here on SchoolTube. Feel free to listen if it helps you understand the novel. I have included the approximate times for each chapter so you can plan ahead.
In addition, here are some sources that can help you understand the novel. Please use them in addition to the reading, not to replace the reading.
Sparknotes
Lord of the Flies: 1963 Movie
(There is a more modern version of the movie, but it is rated R for violence. If you do watch it, please note that it is very different from the novel in places!)
William Golding reads his own novel aloud here on SchoolTube. Feel free to listen if it helps you understand the novel. I have included the approximate times for each chapter so you can plan ahead.
- Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell (53 minutes)
- Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain (30 minutes)
- Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach (21 minutes)
- Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair (37 minutes)
- Chapter 5: Beast from Water (38 minutes)
- Chapter 6: Beast from Air (28 minutes)
- Chapter 7: Shadows and Tall Trees (30 minutes)
- Chapter 8: Gift for the Darkness (42 minutes)
- Chapter 9: A View to a Death (22 minutes)
- Chapter 10: The Shell and the Glasses (25 minutes)
- Chapter 11: Castle Rock (26 minutes)
- Chapter 12: Cry of the Hunters (44 minutes)
In addition, here are some sources that can help you understand the novel. Please use them in addition to the reading, not to replace the reading.
Sparknotes
Lord of the Flies: 1963 Movie
(There is a more modern version of the movie, but it is rated R for violence. If you do watch it, please note that it is very different from the novel in places!)
Individual Targeted Practice
Based on the individual goals we set for you and that you set for yourself at the beginning of this unit, we have created targeted practice using Lord of the Flies and the ideas of Locke and Hobbes. Remember, these are targets introduced in past units that you may need or want more work with; we will provide instruction in class and guidance as necessary. If you choose to complete any of this practice outside of class, please turn it in to us for feedback so we can help you meet or exceed the targets.
Input: Strategies: determine the type of reading or note-taking strategy based on the purpose of the reading or assignment; organize notes based on categories relevant to the purpose; take notes that help with understanding of the material (not just repeating input)
Input: Comprehension: show understanding of the main and supporting ideas.
Input: Critical Reading: read critically and carefully, using margin notes to help understand complex texts.
Output: Purpose: write clear, arguable theses requiring multiple levels of proof; write leads that support thesis and introduce subtopics.
Output: Evidence 1: support ideas with multiple and varied pieces of evidence.
Output: Evidence 2: set up evidence with relevant context; cite evidence with few or no errors.
Output: Analysis: analyze how evidence supports leads/purpose; connect the parts to the whole.
Input: Strategies: determine the type of reading or note-taking strategy based on the purpose of the reading or assignment; organize notes based on categories relevant to the purpose; take notes that help with understanding of the material (not just repeating input)
Input: Comprehension: show understanding of the main and supporting ideas.
Input: Critical Reading: read critically and carefully, using margin notes to help understand complex texts.
Output: Purpose: write clear, arguable theses requiring multiple levels of proof; write leads that support thesis and introduce subtopics.
Output: Evidence 1: support ideas with multiple and varied pieces of evidence.
Output: Evidence 2: set up evidence with relevant context; cite evidence with few or no errors.
Output: Analysis: analyze how evidence supports leads/purpose; connect the parts to the whole.
TED Talks:
The surprising science of happiness by Dan Gilbert
Dan Gilbert, author of "Stumbling on Happiness," challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our "psychological immune system" lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned.
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy
Can we create a new sense for humans by David Eagleman
As humans, we can perceive less than a ten-trillionth of all light waves. “Our experience of reality,” says neuroscientist David Eagleman, “is constrained by our biology.” He wants to change that. His research into our brain processes has led him to create new interfaces — such as a sensory vest — to take in previously unseen information about the world around us.
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_eagleman_can_we_create_new_senses_for_humans?language=en
The puzzle of motivation by Daniel Pink
Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories — and maybe, a way forward.
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation?language=en
We need to talk about an injustice by Bryan Stevenson
In an engaging and personal talk — with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks — human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a third of the country's black male population has been incarcerated at some point in their lives. These issues, which are wrapped up in America's unexamined history, are rarely talked about with this level of candor, insight and persuasiveness.
http://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice?language=en
How the government will (one day) transform government by Clay Shirky
The open-source world has learned to deal with a flood of new, oftentimes divergent, ideas using hosting services like GitHub — so why can’t governments? In this rousing talk Clay Shirky shows how democracies can take a lesson from the Internet, to be not just transparent but also to draw on the knowledge of all their citizens.
http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_the_internet_will_one_day_transform_government?language=en#t-827820
Dan Gilbert, author of "Stumbling on Happiness," challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our "psychological immune system" lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned.
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy
Can we create a new sense for humans by David Eagleman
As humans, we can perceive less than a ten-trillionth of all light waves. “Our experience of reality,” says neuroscientist David Eagleman, “is constrained by our biology.” He wants to change that. His research into our brain processes has led him to create new interfaces — such as a sensory vest — to take in previously unseen information about the world around us.
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_eagleman_can_we_create_new_senses_for_humans?language=en
The puzzle of motivation by Daniel Pink
Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories — and maybe, a way forward.
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation?language=en
We need to talk about an injustice by Bryan Stevenson
In an engaging and personal talk — with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks — human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a third of the country's black male population has been incarcerated at some point in their lives. These issues, which are wrapped up in America's unexamined history, are rarely talked about with this level of candor, insight and persuasiveness.
http://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice?language=en
How the government will (one day) transform government by Clay Shirky
The open-source world has learned to deal with a flood of new, oftentimes divergent, ideas using hosting services like GitHub — so why can’t governments? In this rousing talk Clay Shirky shows how democracies can take a lesson from the Internet, to be not just transparent but also to draw on the knowledge of all their citizens.
http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_the_internet_will_one_day_transform_government?language=en#t-827820