Honors 11--Tuesday, December 4

Objective: How does fear affect our actions and choices?

1- Respond to the following bell prompt- if you were absent, make this up in your binder with your other prompts--

"A Man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or think sanely under the influence of fear." Bertrand Russell--write what you think this quote means and any real life examples that back up your ideas.

2- As a class, we created a list of how fear affects us-

• imagination runs wild
• survival becomes key--people get selfish
• unable to see logic
• chaotic
• Let go of beliefs
• Do things you didn't think you'd do
• let go of social norms
• Get away as quickly as possible
• Become frozen/shocked

3- Watched clips from the TV show "Scare Tactics" to analyze real people in scary situations. Compare their actions to the list on the overhead.

4- Discussed how fear is prevalent in "The Lord of the Flies" Students answered the following question in a strong paragraph--
"How does Jack use fear to his advantage?"

Homework: Continue reading the rest of the novel. Section 3 questions are due Wednesday 12/12