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As a summative assessment, you will be doing a research project surrounding real world events pertaining to
communism and connecting them back to the novel. You will have time in class and check ins along the way,
but ultimately, it is your job to finish the assignment in a timely manner with care, dedication, and detail. The
assignment is out of 75 points.
You will be researching a topic of your choosing from the list below:
Karl Marx and The Communist Manifesto Political Propaganda during WW1
If none of these interest you, you may choose your own topic with teacher approval
You will be creating a Google Site with 6 different pages:
Page 1: Intro Page (10 points)
Description: You will go over the topic, your main points, and create an overview for each topic
within your project.
You will also have a reflection on this page.
Reflection ● What did you find to be the most difficult aspect of this assignment? Use AE
Questions: ● What was the most interesting/fun/engaging part of the assignment? Use AE
● What would you do differently? Use AE
● Looking at the standards for the unit, what did you find the project to align
with the most?
● How did the project align and why is it important to learn? Use AE
Page 2: Relevant Article (15 points)
Description: You will find a relevant article pertaining to your topic. If applicable, make it a current
event.
You will analyze the article, and annotate. You will take a picture of your annotations
and place them on the page. This means you need to print them out!
Page 3: Impact on Society (15 points)
Description: ● You will research the impact on society, using at least one outside source for
the page.
● In a 3-5 minute video, you will discuss the impact your topic had on society,
either long term or short term. You must verbally cite your source at least
once in your presentation. This must be a casual conversation. Do your best
to not sound like a robot. I want this to sound like you are just speaking with
me
Major Questions ● Talk about at least one rebel that refused to conform to society regarding
to hit: your topic: Who were they? What effect did they have? Why did they rebel?
Etc…. Use ACE
● Why did people choose to conform? Use ACE
Page 5: Connection to 1
984(15 points)
Description: This is where you will be making that connection to 1984, b y George Orwell.
There is no outside source needed for this, this is strictly opinion based. In what ways
can you relate the novel to you topic and in what ways can you contrast. This can be
submitted in any way you would like. Venn diagram, chart, written, video: How ever
you please, as long as you put effort into it and add detail. This means you cannot just
submit a one worded example: give explanation behind your reasoning.
Guiding Question ● Looking at how your topic affected society, either long term or short term,
if You Need Help what similarities do you see between those effects and the society in 1984?
Use ACE
● Explain using ACE: how does the article from page one compare to 1984.
● You spoke about a rebel on page 4. Pick a character from 1984 and compare
and contrast the two. Use ACE
Page 6: Work Cited (5 points)
Description: ● You must have a work cited page for your outside sources and 1 984. There
should be at least THREE Outside Sources
● Citations must be in MLA format.