My I-Search

I did my I-search on George Orwell's Animal Farm. While I was doing my research I found a lot og great activities that I can have my class participate in. Since the story involves political satire, there were a lot of activities that had to do with students performing their own political opinions. Probably my favorite activity involved the students responding to Old Major's big speech by giving a speech of their own on a topic of their choice. The resource had a link to various activist websites for students that couldn't think of a topic. I like the political approach to this novel because I think that's why Orwell wrote it. He wanted to make the reader think about Communism and show more interest in world affairs.