Remake of George Orwell & Animal Farm Web Quest by Parker Straub https://padlet.com/parkerstraub/sy3p9kpj9b91599 Background Information en-us 2022-04-06 13:15:30 UTC 2022-04-07 13:15:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f437.png Create a list of five unique facts about George Orwell (in YOUR OWN WORDS or no points! Do not use a pre-made list from one internet source). parkerstraub https://padlet.com/parkerstraub/sy3p9kpj9b91599/wish/2132599714 1. His Birth name was Eric Arthur Blair
2.George Orwell died of tuberculosis
3. When he was younger he was a prankster
4. He went to Eastbourne at the St Cyprian School for Boys but hated it
5. He fought in the Spanish civil war


]]> 2022-04-06 13:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/parkerstraub/sy3p9kpj9b91599/wish/2132599714 What was George Orwell's original name. Why, when he is older, does he choose to change his name? USE YOUR OWN WORDS or earn no points! Include a photo of George Orwell! parkerstraub https://padlet.com/parkerstraub/sy3p9kpj9b91599/wish/2132599715 George Orwell was born as Eric Arthur Blair. He got the name Orwell from the River Orwell, his book ‘Down and Out in Paris and London’, carried the name George Orwell and he just went with it. ]]> 2022-04-06 13:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/parkerstraub/sy3p9kpj9b91599/wish/2132599715 Investigate Orwell's physical health and write about how it may have influenced or encouraged him to write. USE YOUR OWN WORDS or earn no points! parkerstraub https://padlet.com/parkerstraub/sy3p9kpj9b91599/wish/2132599716 Orwell described his experience with therapy in detail, and the treatment “may have influenced the depiction of the tortures of Winston Smith in the Ministry of Love” Orwell’s poor health probably contributed to the sadness in his writing. George Orwell died in 1950, ending a life frustrated by sickness.]]> 2022-04-06 13:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/parkerstraub/sy3p9kpj9b91599/wish/2132599716 Include a photo that exemplifies the suffering and struggles of the Russian people during the reign of Stalin. parkerstraub https://padlet.com/parkerstraub/sy3p9kpj9b91599/wish/2132599717 2022-04-06 13:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/parkerstraub/sy3p9kpj9b91599/wish/2132599717 Tell me what an "allegory" is and explain how the novel Animal Farm is an allegory. Use internet and info learned in slide show. USE YOUR OWN WORDS or earn no points! parkerstraub https://padlet.com/parkerstraub/sy3p9kpj9b91599/wish/2132599718 Animal Farm is an allegory because its a story in which  specific characters and situations in this example events of history for other characters and situations so as to make a point about them. The main action of Animal Farm stands for the Russian Revolution of 1917.]]> 2022-04-06 13:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/parkerstraub/sy3p9kpj9b91599/wish/2132599718 Investigate and write why Orwell chose to write the novel Animal Farm. USE YOUR OWN WORDS or earn no points. parkerstraub https://padlet.com/parkerstraub/sy3p9kpj9b91599/wish/2132599720 He wanted everyone to truly see the Russian revolution in a way everyone could understand even if they had no prior knowledge, he feels strongly about these events because of his strong hatred against dictatorships.]]> 2022-04-06 13:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/parkerstraub/sy3p9kpj9b91599/wish/2132599720 Investigate and write about one event that added to Orwell's dislike of dictatorships or totalitarianism. USE YOUR OWN WORDS or earn no points. parkerstraub https://padlet.com/parkerstraub/sy3p9kpj9b91599/wish/2132599721 In 1936, he traveled to Spain on his duties of the Spanish Civil War, where he saw the rise to power of dictators and the crimes that they were commuting. Adolf Hitler in Germany and Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union inspired Orwell’s hatred of totalitarianism ]]> 2022-04-06 13:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/parkerstraub/sy3p9kpj9b91599/wish/2132599721 Research various "Animal Farm" book covers and choose one to draw. parkerstraub https://padlet.com/parkerstraub/sy3p9kpj9b91599/wish/2132599723 2022-04-06 13:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/parkerstraub/sy3p9kpj9b91599/wish/2132599723