CONSIDER THIS:
Shirley Jackson’s story “The Lottery” ends with
the brutal killing of Tessie Hutchinson. Does the
story also show the powerlessness of women?
Does this reflect history? Has this changed?
Remember our discussion of Soraya M (the woman
recently stoned in the Middle East)?
WE’LL FIND THIS OUT TODAY… SO LET’S BEGIN!
GOOD RESPONSES
THE PUBLIC RECEPTION OF THE LOTTERY
Shirley Jackson wouldn’t tell what the story was
about because she wanted to leave the people
wondering what was happening. She probably
didn’t want to tell anyone why they did that
because it probably wouldn’t make sense to us.
There was probably a certain reason they did
this. Maybe her family got stoned or someone
in her family did.
MOVIE VS. SHORT STORY
The differences between the movie and story are that
instead of just one person picking from the lottery the
whole family picked from it. In the movie, Mrs. Dunbar
picked for her husband. In the story she did also, but Mr.
Summers asked her son if she could pick for her but she
said he was not even 16 so she had to pick. Also, the
girls make fun of Harry Jones, but in the story they
didn’t. Also, the Hutchinson’s had 3 kids in the story but
only 1 in the movie.
I like the story better because there’s more suspense, and
you can picture it better.
TRADITIONS WE DON’T UNDERSTAND &
TRADITIONS THAT WE FOUGHT TO CHANGE
Some traditions are not fair, when the seniors
torment the freshman at the pep rally, or, when
they call the freshman, ‘freshmeat’ on the first
day of school.
People wanted to change things about the slaves,
and how they were treated.
REACTION TO THE VIETNAM DRAFT
Sending people by their birthdates is unfair. They
shouldn’t be allowed to do that. People should
be able to go into the army voluntarily. People
should have the right to choose whether to go
or not.
GENOCIDE VIDEO FREE WRITE
As I watched the video, I realized that it
happened again and it happens all the time. It
happens everyday people leave someone all
because they’re a certain race, or religion. Kids
die, trained from when they’re little, so when
they grow up they see it happening in other
countries and don’t react. The video was a
wakeup call, its not okay to do that anymore
and people will never change.
TODAY’S ACTIVATOR
In “The Lottery,” who had the most power in the
village? Do you think this reflected the society
that Shirley Jackson (the author) grew up in?
Why or why not?
WHO WAS WOODROW WILSON?
He was the 28th President from 1913-1921
WHAT WAS WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE?
Women’s suffrage was the fight for the right to vote for
all people, including women.
WHO WAS ALICE PAUL?
She was a leader in the NWP (National Women’s Party), which
was fighting for the right to vote for all women.
She organized pickets outside of the White House, protesting
against the president in wartime.
IRON JAWED ANGELS & GUIDED VIEWING
QUESTIONS
EXTRA CREDIT QUEST
Who were the Silent Sentinels?
Write a paragraph explaining who they
are and get 5 extra credit points.
SUMMARIZER
As we have seen from “The Lottery,” where the
village is unwilling to give up its traditions, and
with other events in our history, people seem to
be reluctant give up outdated traditions and
ideas.
Why do you think people are unwilling to let go of
traditions or ideas?
Directions: Work with your group and summarize
your answer by writing and/or drawing around the
prompt on the poster.
Please work quietly on your
creative projects and essays.
You may use the Mac Lab:
User Name- Type the name on
keyboard’s label
Please put them away at the end of
the period.