Content+Focus

1. Guiding questions: -What is the role of media? -Is censorship ever acceptable? -Is the law ever "wrong"? -why is education important?

2.Goals for students: 1.Students will understand the power of knowledge in society 2. Students will write a position paper on the effects of media on society. 3.Students will understand the use of symbolism in literature 4.

3.Unit objectives

4.Possible Materials/Supplementary Texts: Graphic Novel version of Farenheit 451, Amusing Ourselves to Death (neil postman), clips from Equilibrium, e.e. cummings poem.

5.Possible Learning Activities: