| National, State and Local Government: We have connected "Lord of the Flies" to curriculum by participating in a role play activity explaining why government is needed by pretending the students had to create their own government. Some students wanted democracy, others wanted to be the dictators, and some just didn't want anything at all. Students were able to see the purposes of government and realized the benefits of entering into an organized society. |
English: On October 16, 1859, John Brown led a troop of abolishonists to the US Armory at Harpers Ferry. He intended to arm slaves in an attempt to create a revolution against the practice of slavery in the United States. On October 16, 2007, a group of forty students from Poolesville High School retraced Brown's steps in order to evaluate his motives. The students have read Henry David Thoreau's speech "A Plea for Captain John Brown" and will analyze the rhetorical strategies used to convince his audience. The trip was intended to help the students understand why Thoreau would speak so passionately for a man condemned to death as a traitor to his country.
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