"Harrison Bergeron" - Discussion - Scenarios - VideoNot.es

Class Discussion - "Harrison Bergeron"

• We began with some student questions:
• Wingboy:: Did everyone have a handicap bag and a mask?
• 12345: Why would the government stop people like George from taking unfair advantage of his brain?
• One student had taken the initiative to copy and paste pictures illustrating HB and provoked interesting analysis relating to the story.

Timeline of Possible HB Scenarios

• Students collaborated on a GooDoc tracing possible scenarios that moved U.S. society from the inequality of 1961 to the completely equal society of 2081. 
• One student cleverly took it beyond 2081.

VideoNot.es on Trailer to 2081 - Instructions:

1. Set up another gmail account.
2. Go to VideoNot.es. - Log in with Google account. Grant the permissions.
3. VideoNot.es lets you take notes while watching a video.
4. It saves your notes and video in your Google Drive.
5. Copy and paste the URL to the trailer to the 2081 movie trailer into VideoNote.es. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE_nr2t6fKQ
6. Watch the video and demonstrate your knowledge of the story in the Notes section. Pause to point out connections between the Vonnegut story and what we see in the 2081 trailer.

One student's VideoNot.es on the trailer can be viewed here.

Assignment - For tomorrow:

Finish up the VideoNot.es and any preparation needed to continue the discussion of "Harrison Bergeron."
Add to the 1961-2081+ scenario you worked on in class.
12345 - You need to make up for the time missed in class!!