IB1 - Animal Farm, Chapter 8

IB1 - Animal Farm, Chapter 8

Agenda + HW

• Checking In

• Chapter 8

• Patriotism explored

• Further historical connections: Stalin and Hitler

• HW: Chapter 9 for tomorrow

• Sidewalk Bubblegum presentation - Thursday

Open Ended

You have front row seats to any concert - who do you want to see perform and where in the world/what venue would you want it to be at?

Animal Farm Chapter 8

Minimus's Poem - page 30 of the PDF

So, what is the purpose of this poem? What can we say about it linguistically as well?

Patriotism - what is it?

Is it a good thing? Bad? Purpose the national anthem and pledge of allegiance? What commentary is Orwell providing?

Further connections to history

Diplomatic ties

• Struggle between Germany or the Allied powers

• Fascist vs Capitalist

• Flip-flopped between the two and promoted propaganda against both

• Ultimately sides with Germany

German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

• August 23rd, 1939

• Agreement not to take up arms against one another

• Left Germany free to invade Poland unopposed + allowed for the Soviets to claim the Eastern side

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Breaking the Pact

• Germany invades the Soviet Union - June, 1941

• Operation Barbarossa - 3,000,000 troops

• Soviets refused to listen to warnings from Allied Powers

• Einsatzgruppen - "operational groups"

• December 1941 - final push back against the Germans