Today the Eighthies:
- Discussed Newsspeak, as seen in Ch. 1-4 of Orwell's 1984.
- Supplemented the students' analysis with the online Newspeak Dictionary (Thanks, JB!)
- Watched some more of the Truman Documentary: The American Experience we began in class yesterday
Assignments
For Thursday
1. Finish the video Truman Documentary The American Experience.
2. Make a chart evaluating Truman's presidency: 2 columns, one for The Good and one for The Bad.
For Monday- Quiz over next 13 words in Vocabulary - Brief Summary of the Cold War
For Future Reference
PBS-The American Experience - Truman
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