Key takeaways
Knowledge of the events of the Russian Revolution.
An understanding of how an allegory can be used to make a political statement.
How the characters in the book can be interpreted to represent social, political and historical figures.
Host: Sarah is an English teacher at a Grammar school in South East London. She studied English and American Literature at the University of Kent and trained for her PGCE at UCL six years ago. She also teaches Film Studies at A level. Context is everything. Knowing the background to a piece of writing can completely alter how you perceive it. In this class, students will have an introduction to the historical and political context of Animal Farm and will examine why George Orwell chose specific animals to represent historical figures and ideas. They will be introduced to the events of the Russian Revolution and how Orwell uses an allegory to depict his political view.
This is a great class is aimed at students in Years 7 - 11 to see how the context of any piece of writing is integral in order to truly understand the piece of work.
Check out these classes next: Animal Farm: Analysing Persuasive Speech, Examining a Poet's Heritage and Culture, Critical Reading and Comprehension
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Safeguarding reminder:The safety of your child is of the utmost importance. All of our classes are pre-recorded to remove any concerns around live participation. For reruns of our past live classes, students' webcams and microphones were disabled and only the chat history, if participation was requested, is visible.
Suitable for:
This class is suitable for students in Years 7-11 or S1-S5.
Class requirements:
You will need a laptop or device with internet connection to watch the class, as well as a pen and notepad for taking notes.
What to expect:
- This class will take place online via a Zoom webinar.
- For live classes, please arrive promptly. Students' cameras and microphones are disabled by default.
- For on demand classes, students will be watching a recording of a previous live class.
- Once you have signed up, you will be taken to your dashboard where you can view details of the class, and re-watch it in the future.
- Students will be sent confirmation of the class to their email address if provided.