Animal+Farm+Resources

=Animal Farm Resource=

Visit this podcast to find out more about the historical Russian counterparts for Old Major, Napoleon and Snowball. media type="file" key="Animal Farm3.m4a" width="912" height="149"

=Test Information:=

2. Know the following quotes, who says them and why they say them.
a. Napoleon is always right b. I will work harder c. Donkeys live a long time d. Man is the only creature that consumes without producing e. Four legs good, two legs bad f. Surely, no one wants to see Jones return

**3. Characters, setting, plot-Basically know what happens in the story. Look over your chapter questions.**

**4. Historical Counterparts-Be sure you know what the following animals, people, etc. represent.** a. Farmer Jones b. Old Major c. Napoleon d. Snowball e. Boxer f. Mollie g. Moses h. Fredrick and Pinchfield Farm i. Pilkington and Foxwood Farm j. Animal Farm

**5. Vocabulary-Match the word with the correct definition.**

6. Essay topics may include...
a. theme of corruption of power b. theme of distortion of the truth c. 7 commandments d. Lessons to be learned from the novel

Test format:
Multiple choice matching short answer essay



Allegorical references for Animal Farm can be found here! http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/go-animal_farm.html

[] T his is a jeopardy review game I made for my Animal Farm Unit.

Here are some resources that may help you while you read Animal Farm.

http://www.george-orwell.org - Here is the full text of Animal Farm. You can read the novel online from your home computer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell - Wikipedia entry on Orwell

http://alt.tnt.tv/movies/tntoriginals/animalfarm/bts/prodfacts.html - very good resource from TNT which involves the newest movie version

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZldlyeR8DU - a video?

 http://barney.gonzaga.edu/~sbennet3/mead/lessonplans/animalfarm.htm Historical references for the novel and its characters

www.authorstream.com/.../ozturk-27960-**Animal**-**Farm**-**Russian**-**Revolution**- Comparison-chart-**AnimalFarm**-VS-Moses-Raven-Religion- This is a comparison of the animals and their historical counterparts.

http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/marx.html Here is a biography of Karl Marx-the father of Communism http://www.fbuch.com/leon.htm Leon Trotsky biography

http://rationalrevolution.net/war/russian_revolution.htm Background on the Russian Revolution

http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/11/25/amateur_investigators_unravel_last_mystery_of_russian_royals/ Pretty interesting article on Czar Nicholas II and his family