Fahrenheit+451

= Nothing More than Dust Jackets For Books, of Otherwise No Significance: = = Ray Bradbury's //Fahrenheit 451// = = = =__//Fahrenheit 451// Reading Guide__= = = ||
 * Day || Date || By tomorrow you should be finished with pages: ||
 * 1-1 || Monday, March 12, 2012 ||  ||
 * 1-2 || Tuesday, March 13, 2012 || 1-28 ||
 * 1-3 || Wednesday, March 14, 2012 || 28-44
 * 1-4 || Thursday, March 15, 2012 || 44-72 ||
 * 2-1 || Monday, March 19, 2012 || 72-82 ||
 * 2-2 || Tuesday, March 20, 2012 || 82-95 ||
 * 2-3 || Wednesday, March 21, 2012 || 95-114 ||
 * 2-4 || Thursday, March 22, 2012 || 115-156 ||
 * 3-1 || Monday, March 26, 2012 || 156-167 ||
 * 3-2 || Tuesday, March 27, 2012 || Editorial ||
 * 3-3 || Wednesday, March 28, 2012 || Editorial ||
 * 3-4 || Thursday, March 29, 2012 || Editorial due at the beginning of class--printed and stapled. ||

=__//Fahrenheit 451// Wiki Assignments (50 Points)__= ====For the next 3 weeks, you will be sharing your ideas, thoughts, and opinions daily through your personal wiki page. For each post, use the following protocol modeled in class: copy and paste the prompt or assignment from this page, hit enter twice (this will leave a space between the prompt and your response), and begin writing. When you are finished, click the "Insert Horizontal Rule" button on the edit bar (the eighth button from the left). This will place a line, like the one below, at the end of your response and will tell me where to stop reading on your personal wiki for the day. Remember, you can respond in a variety of ways--there is no right answer to a soup question because you take from it what you want to take, and respond how you see fit. That being said, **remember to maintain the safe and welcoming environment that we utilize in the physical classroom within the virtual realm as well.** Additionally, you will be expected to read your classmates' work and comment on __three post per week__**//.//** The purpose of responding to other people's work is so that you can gain other people's perspectives. By doing so, we only add fuel to the fire of our classroom discussions (and yes, the pun was intended).==== ====Your grade for the wiki posts will be equatable to a larger quiz grade (50 points) using an average of each post's score. They will be graded on completeness, your engagement with the material, and whether or not they are completed on time. If you need assistance, I will be available before school, during lunch, and after school. Wikis are due by the time class begins the next day; however, I will always give you time in class to complete them as well. I am able to see when edits are complete and subsequently can see when you last logged in and made any changes to your wiki. Please pay attention to the deadlines given. Late work will be penalized.====

DUE BY THE BEGINNING OF CLASS (1:29 p.m.), Thursday, March 15, 2012:
 * Wiki Assignment 1**

Today, as we are beginning to get used to the wiki format, I would like you to complete the reading assignment (pages 1-28) and write about where you think the book is heading. This is your first exposure to the setting and characters. What objects, people, and ideas do you think will become relevant throughout the book? Additionally, how did your reading go? Was it difficult? Do you like the book so far? What do you find interesting? What do you find not so interesting where the text is concerned?

DUE BY THE BEGINNING OF CLASS (1:29 p.m.), Friday, March 16, 2012:
 * Wiki Assignment 2**

====During her conversation with Montag on page 35, Clarisse says, "And at the museums, have you //ever// been? //All// abstract. That's all there is now. My uncle says it was different once. A long time back sometimes pictures said things or even showed //people//." Our traditional view of museums is artifacts, paintings, and fragile treasures that cannot be touched, but still tell a story about the past. Why do you think that museums in //Fahrenheit 451// are all abstract and do not contain any of these traditional items? What are the curators trying to accomplish?====



DUE BY THE BEGINNING OF CLASS (1:29 p.m.), Tuesday, March 20, 2012:
 * Wiki Assignment 3**

Close to the end of the reading, Captain Beatty visits a sick Montag at his home and discusses the history of firefighting and the disillusionment and increasing independence from books that developed over time. How is Captain Beatty able to be so knowledgeable about books if he has never picked one up?

//or//

We've finished Part 1 of the book. Near the end of the reading, Montag reveals what he's been hiding in the ventilator grille. Using the text as a guide, take on the perspective of another character--either Mildred or Beatty--and write about how you feel about Montag's "secret stash."

DUE BY THE BEGINNING OF CLASS (1:29 p.m.), Thursday, March 22, 2012:
 * Wiki Assignment 4**

We are introduced to Faber in this section. How does his conversation with Montag differ from Beatty's earlier? What is the difference in __perspective__ surrounding books and their purpose?

//or//

Yesterday, we wrote down the following quote from William Butler Yeats: "Education is not the filling of the pail, but the lighting of a fire". How does the quote relate to the __theme__ of //Fahrenheit 451//?

DUE BY THE BEGINNING OF CLASS (1:29 p.m.), Monday, March 27, 2012:
 * Wiki Assignment 5**

Reflect on the experience you just had during the simulation. How did it feel losing access to the information that you use every day? How did it feel that some people had access to information and others did not?

=__//Fahrenheit 451// and Censorship__=

media type="youtube" key="IHonDvfBfCg?version=3" height="315" width="560" This video, from a TED Conference, talks about how social media-based sites, like Facebook, and web-search engines, like Google, filter the results of what we see--even when we're not signed in.

media type="youtube" key="dhxiA36pHP8?version=3" height="315" width="560" This video, also from a TED Conference, talks about censorship within large corporations.

media type="custom" key="13527534" This video, from the 2010 TED Conference, is the majority of an interview with Julian Assange, Founder of WikiLeaks. WARNING: This video contains a clip of wartime, surveillance footage with adult language between 1:11 and 2:03; however, the video is important because it discusses the release of classified information from the public and the idea of censorship for safety. || Day