Lord of the Flies
by William Golding

Remembering William Golding
A personal reminiscence of Golding which refers to his feelings about WWII and Lord of the Flies (from a thorough, very plagiarize-able student web site)
http://www.pernet.net/~chadly1/lord_of_the_flies/letter.html

Essay/Response Topic: Has Golding accomplished what he (apparently) was trying to accomplish? Explain your answer with specific reasons and specific references to the text.

"Rethinking America's Schools of Hard Knocks"
by Ethan Bronner - New York Times article on Justice Kennedy’s comments on sexual harassment in schools; comparisons to Lord of the Flies made (you may have to do a new search for this one - the NYT site is not user friendly)
http://search.nytimes.com/search/daily/bin/fastweb?getdoc+site+site+76124+1+wAAA+%22lord%7Eof%7Ethe%7Eflies%22

Group Assignment: Use this as a resource for a debate on the state of American schools. Issues to address include school violence, sexual harassment, the teaching of morals, the responsibilities of the schools vs. parents, etc.

Essay/Response Topic: see above

Nobel Prize
Not very useful except for two lines on why he won the Nobel Prize and a few links
http://nobelprizes.com/nobel/literature/1983a.html

SCORE Cyberguide
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/lord/lordtg.html
four lessons on historical and thematic issues

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