The Lord of the FLies

"Write Away"

• Think about LEadership: What Qualities make a Good leader? Why? List top three Qualities and a rationale (reason) for each.

write away

• look over your "BIG IDEAS TO DISCUSS" questions. choose one or two to expand upon. elaborate with examples-stretch your thinking--

"write away"

• You Can only pack 4 items in a backpack to help you survive on a remote tropical island. What would you pack, and why? Be specific.

TEAMWORK:
"Individual commitment to a group effort-that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work." -Vince Lombardi

Write Away
"Action Expresses Priorities"
-Mahatma GanDhi

WRITE AWAY:
What is most important to you?
LIST "ABSTRACT NOUNS" that reflect your CORE VALUES.
example: honesty

our core values
highlight what we stand for and guide our choices and behavior

peak moments:
what values were you honoring at those times?

or, a time you felt upset or frustrated. What value was being suppressed?

"People need..."
"Everyone deserves..."
"No one should ever..."

prioritize:
rank your top 4 values, 1=most important.
THEN, WRITE ONE ON EACH post-it

goALS: pURPOSE of unit

• 1. wHY DID WILLIAM goldinG WRITE THE lORD OF THE FLIES? (HIS PURPOSE)
• 2. wHY ARE WE reading IT? and, why are we creating these island societies? (OUR PURPOSE)

Today you will...

• 3. DEVELOP your island society: it needs systems, leadership, rules,
• but how?

A unified purpose:
CORE VALUES
MISSION STATEMENT

The Lord of the FLies

by William Golding
1954

gOLDING'S PURPOSE:
"an allegorical microcosm" of the world he knew

ALLEGORY: A story in which the characters and events are symbols of something else

The island, the boys, and many other objects and events represent Golding's view of the world and Human NATURE in general

MICROCOSM:
"Little World"

a small society or activity which shares all the features of a much larger one

and so seems like a smaller version of it.
(OFTEN POLITICAL, MORAL)

OUR PURPOSE:
"WHY ARE WE READING THIS?"

9th-grade essential question:
What makes up my identity, and how does my identity impact my role as a community member?

How are communities formed?
What holds them together?

How do individuals shape their communities? How do communities shape individuals?

What is the best way for groups to make decisions and determine common goals?

so...

• How can these ISLAND CHALLENGES help us answer these questions?

"ALLEGORICAL MICROCOSMS"?

Community
LEADERSHIP
Conflict
PRIORITIES

Creating a new Society:
priorities

If youR island could have ONLY 4 laws, what should they be? Why? Who would decide?

wHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES? :

• 1. ISland Core values?
• 2. uSE VALUES TO CRAFT A Mission statemenT for your island
• 3. USE MISSION STATEMENT TO CREATE SYSTEM of government: (RULES, LAWS ETC).

pRIORITIZE:
wHAT ARE YOUR TOP FOUR SHARED VALUES?
SORT AND PRIORITIZE VALUE CARDS

lOOK FOR CONNECTIONS:
sORT INTO RELATED PILES:
EX: FLEXIBILITY, FREEDOM, LIBERTY

gIVE EACH PILE A NAME: EXAMPLE:
COOPERATION, KINDNESS, EMPATHY: WHAT COULD YOU NAME THAT PILE?

prioritize:
4 PILES = 4 CORE VALUES

tHEN, bUILD A TOP-DOWN WEB: A PILE= A VALUE= A BUBBLE

CARDS IN EACH PILE BECOME DETAILS UNDER EACH BUBBLE

FINALLY, CRAFT A MISSION STATEMENT THAT REFLECTS YOUR ISLAND'S SHARED VALUES

nEXT STEP: 4 LAWS THAT REFLECT YOUR ISLAND'S CORE VALUES

Write Away:
"Action Expresses Priorities"
-Mahatma GanDhi

What is a community?

Community: all the people who live in one place

COMMUNITY: A SENSE OF HAVING SOMETHING IN COMMON

Lost at Sea!
On the LIFEraft:
a community-a shared sense of purpose

LOST AT SEA!

• What matters most? expand on why you ranked your 15 items the way you did. In particular, explain your choices for 1 and 15.

predict:
How will communicating with your team impact your score? will it improve? Why or why not?

TEAMWORK
"If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go together"

Leadership:
"The Art of communication is the language of leadership"
-James Humes

Silent building challenge REFLECTION:

• Teamwork?
• Communication?
• LEadership?
• Priorities?
• Challenges, strengths?

due today: a draft of a mission statement for your island, and 4 laws that reflect those values