 1984+20
Project Overview and 1984+20
Project Activities and Resources, National Council of Teachers
of English site with additional resources and activities, including annual Doublespeak and Orwell awards
Presidential Candidates Webs and Blogs
George W. Bush Website | Weblog
John Kerry Website | Weblog Political
Writings of George Orwell, Patrick Farley's site
includes "Politics and the English Language"
Presidential debates audio files and transcripts plus campaign analysis and news from National Public Radio
Election campaign coverage from New York Times
"Fear and Laptops on the Campaign Trail" by Matthew Klam: Weblogs and the Presidential campaign from New York Times
Savvy Voter, a guide for analyzing election ads, debates, polls, platforms, and news, from Public Broadcasting
Resources for Analyzing Rhetoric of Speeches and Ads: political conventions, speeches, cartoons, and more prepared by Nancy Jolemore
Cyberlaw Resources from Robert Guess, Information Resources
Lincoln-Douglas Political Debate of 1858, summary by Garrison Keillor
Plain Language Resources for avoiding jargon and obfuscations in public documents |
Orwell
Rolls in His Grave, a new film examining the way media
select and portray events
Rhetoricians for Peace 1984+20 resources for teachers and students
"Politix: Grammar and Ideology in Reporting War," Annabelle Lukin,
Macquarie University, Sydney
Nineteen Eighty-four, 1984 film
featuring John Hurt, Richard Burton, and Suzanna Hamilton
1984, 1956 film
featuring Edmund O'Brien, Jan Sterling, and Michael Redgrave
1984, 1954 television film
featuring Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, and Yvonne Mitchell 1st
World Library, free downloadable copies of 1984 and
other books
The
Literature Network 1984 online with popup ads
1984 study
guide at BookRags (useful for overviews but not acceptable
as scholarly resources)
1984 study
guide at SparkNotes (useful for overviews but not acceptable
as scholarly resources)
George Orwell Archive, University College London, houses Orwell's papers (materials not online) |
