The following is a potential listing of dominant texts that would be incorporated into a nine week unit on technology:
Week One: Introduction to Class and Writing Expectations with Composition Exercises
Week Two: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Week Three: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley continued
Week Four: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Week Five: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Week Six: 1984 by George Orwell
Week Seven: 1984 by George Orwell continued
Week Eight: The Giver by Lois Lowry
Week Nine: Conclusion of Technology Unit and Publication of Web Pages
With each text, we would plan something similar to what we have devised within the two weeks of George Orwell's novel. We would incorporate a variety of texts and audiovisual mediums to convey an overall conception of technology in literature, in society, and in students' lives.
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