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(M)onthly(I)ndependent(B)ook(P)roject: Animal Farm- Post #2 March

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Animal Farm

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By George Orwell

 

Themes of Animal Farm In Propaganda And Political Cartoons

Propaganda

Cartoon.

I decided to show the different themes of Animal Farm in a different manner then I would normally. I decided that I would show the themes of animal farm through propaganda drawings and political cartoons. I made a poster relating to the first theme, which was power corrupts all. The poster was a picture of a pig with a hat, with one of the quotes in the story that showed how because of ones power they feel the need to control everything in life. The quote was, Napoleon Is Always Right. I thought that this showed the soul purpose of the theme because of how if one develops an unhealthy friendship with greed and power, they usually want to be controlling over people, so they wont lose their power.

The second theme was drawn out by a political cartoon of three pigs, one rewriting a Seventh Commandment ( All animals are equal.) and changing it to ( All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.) The other two pigs are toasting to each other with a glass full of beer. I chose this symbol because it showed how the pigs were violating the  laws for their own purposes. I thought that this showed how animals could not be equal in Animal Farm because of how the pigs were bypassing the laws each time and were being hypocritical as well. This shows how because of one person feeling higher than another in society, they tend to believe that they can bypass the laws, which is completely incorrect.

 

Easybib: Van Der Kaap, Albert. “Animal Farm.” Histoforum. Internet, 18 Dec. 2011. Web. 08 Mar. 2016.

Wiki History. “Leon Trotsky.” Wikipedia. Internet, 1 Mar. 16. Web. 8 Mar. 16.

(M)onthly(I)ndependent(B)ook(P)roject: The History Of The World In Bite Sized Chunks- Post #2 January

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History Of The World

 

In Bite Sized Chunks

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By Emma Marriot

 

Genre History

Trivia Of The World

 

Beginning of history to 450BC  

What was the first known civilization?

Where was the fertile crescent?

Were the hanging gardens built in Babylon or Assyria?

What is the earliest known Chinese civilization? Hint, it is the word for down.

When was the first Hindu scripture written?

450 BC to 450 AD 

What was the original name to the Persian Empire?

Where can you find most buddhist temples today?

What were three forms of Greek government?

From Greece to, blank, Alexander The Great conquered the land.

Who was the Roman general who turned the republic into an empire.

450 AD TO 1066 AD

What is the second most popular religion in the world?

What western European country did the Islamic empire conquer?

During the Golden Age of China, what dynasty ruled during the time?

Japan had simplified what language to form their writing system?

After Rome split in two, what empire had been founded in the east?

What civilization had first found North America?

What was the capital of the Aztec empire?

1066 AD to 1700

How many crusades were their and how long did the crusades last?

What civilization succeeded the byzantine empire?

What is the name for the military dictators that ruled Japan?

Who founded the Mongol empire?

Who conquered England?

What state in the US still speaks French as a second language, due to the New France territory.

What was the first of the 13 colonies?

1700 AD to 1945 AD 

Who drafted the declaration of independence?

How long did the revolutionary war last?

Who was the first king of Russia?

What was the old capital of Russia?

When were New Zealand and Australia found?

What was the other name for the Great War?

Why did Russia secede from World War 1?

What three countries were the main cause of world war 2?

What year did world war 2 end?

What year did Australia gain it’s independence?

 

Answers:

Sumerians.

Iraq and parts of Syria.

Babylon

Xia Dynasty

1500 BC

Achademia  empire

Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos

Tyranny, Oligarchie, and Democracy

India

Julius Agustus Caesar

Islam

Spain

Tang

Chinese Writing

The Byzantine Empire

The Viking tribes of Scandinavia

Tenochtitlan

9 Crusades, all summing up to 200 years of war.

The Ottomon Empire

Shogun

Genghis Khan

William The Conquerer of Normandy

Louisiana

VirginIa

Thomas Jefferson

5 years

Peter The Great

St. Petersburg

In the 17th century

World War 1

Due to the Communist Revolution in Russia

Japan, Germany, and Italy

1945

1946

 

I decided to represent the book, The History Of The World In Bite Sized Chunks, by Emma Marriot, with a chance to learn while having fun. My decision was to make a whole novel into a game of trivia. Reading the brief history of the world allowed me to gain fun facts about different cultures that existed in history. Such as Japans writing system actually being from China, and the first communist union beginning in the  1920’s. Therefore, I thought, ” Why use a reference book when you can make it into a fun quiz; especially since I had access to all of the facts that I needed to make a trivia game anyways.”

 

Citations: O’marra, Michael. “The History of the World in Bite-Sized Chunks.”Goodreads. Goodreads.com, 1 Sept. 2012. Web. 18 Jan. 2016.