6 TED Talks to use with Animal Farm
Ok, so I cheated a little. Not all of them are TED Talks. But... that's not the point. I use TED Talks every week. Some of the kids love them, some of them hate them, but every Tuesday for about 10 minutes at the beginning of class (sometimes they run a little longer) the kids watch a TED Talk where they have to identify the title of the talk, the speaker, the speaker's thesis, how it relates to whatever we're reading, and how the speaker uses ethos, pathos, and logos. So here are the TED Talks I use for Animal Farm, in no particular order: 1. Karl Marx I like to start the unit off with this one. It explains who Karl Marx was and his philosophy. It also lightly touches on the Russian Revolution of 1917. Just a note: the creators of this video use art to make their point, and some of the art is nude. Use at your own discretion. 2. Is Capitalism Bad for You? Wisecrack is amazing. And this series takes heavy abstract theories and uses video game i