Unit 1: human nature

“Childhood is a disease -- a sickness that you grow out of.”WILLIAM GOLDING, London Guardian, Jun. 22, 1990

Lord of the Flies is "an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature." WILLIAM GOLDING

Unit 1 = 30%6 hr Exploration – 1hr recording

Response – 2000 wordsThis time you will achieve in this unit!

We will express an issue: the defects of human nature…

‘Lord of the Flies’ movie transcript

‘Lord of the Flies’ movie extracts

‘Lord of the Flies’ novel extracts

http://www.zbths.org/165310818145034323/lib/165310818145034323

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Jamie Bulger http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/03/james-bulger-case-venables-thompson and http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/bulger and news report (see blog home page)

The defects of human nature…go on to devise a group piece

– do we all have a killer instinct?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/drama/activities/marking_moment/marking_the_moment.shtml

…of a brutal scene from the novel ‘Lord of the Flies’

…monologue of the child killers of Jamie Bulger – movement to support

…interview of a child murdered – from LOTF or Jamie Bulger case

…act out LOTF using transcript