Multi-Media Culminating Projects on "Lord of the Flies" Unit (By Payton Ritchey, M.A., English Instructor)

This week, students in English II class begin their culminating projects for their Lord of the Flies unit. In this unit, students learn about different perspectives and philosophies regarding man's inherent nature (Humanism and Anti-Humanism) and learn to apply those philosophies through a reading of William Golding's representation of boys-turned-savages. Students wrestle with the ideas of leadership, equitable governance, society, civilization alongside opposing ideas of isolation, chaos, fear, and othering. 
 
For their culminating project, students can choose between six different creative projects to express the ideas outlined above. Of these options, several involve visual arts (painting, sculpting, digital art, etc.). In other options, students have the capability to choose between constructing journals of children on the island, safety/survival guides, and writing a short story of their own based on varied premises of Lord of the Flies. Next week, students will present these projects as they transition into Kafka's The Metamorphosis, where they will continue to explore philosophies of man's fundamental nature. 
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