Brave New World Lesson Plan

Conditioning Writing Activity

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Imagine what the objectives of conditioning might be.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.2

Structure:

Have students imagine that they work in the Neo-Pavlovian Conditioning Rooms. Have them write a short description of one attribute or behavior they would condition into their subjects. Make sure they provide a detailed explanation of how their conditioning would be beneficial to the World State. Students should be encouraged to take into consideration what the citizens of the World State are conditioned to believe, but to be creative and try to think of solutions to problems not...