Today we continued our work with the "Battle of the Sexes." We discussed the articles we read yesterday and talked about the social hierarchy of boys in Lord of the Flies. We also discussed the social systems in today's society and how they affect gender roles as well as our innate human nature. After viewing the video "The Politics of Girl World," we had a brief debate and weighed the credulity of Wiseman's argument that girls are just as capable of violence and attack as boys. We also weighed this argument compared to Golding's intent to feature only young male characters to further exploit his "point" of the novel, and what it might say about his own ideas about gender roles and human nature. Please make sure the organizer sheets from the articles/video are complete and turn those in on block days this week. For block day, we will be watching the film Lord of the Flies so don't be absent! =)
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
English 9 - Tuesday, Sept.30
Today we continued our work with the "Battle of the Sexes." We discussed the articles we read yesterday and talked about the social hierarchy of boys in Lord of the Flies. We also discussed the social systems in today's society and how they affect gender roles as well as our innate human nature. After viewing the video "The Politics of Girl World," we had a brief debate and weighed the credulity of Wiseman's argument that girls are just as capable of violence and attack as boys. We also weighed this argument compared to Golding's intent to feature only young male characters to further exploit his "point" of the novel, and what it might say about his own ideas about gender roles and human nature. Please make sure the organizer sheets from the articles/video are complete and turn those in on block days this week. For block day, we will be watching the film Lord of the Flies so don't be absent! =)
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