1. + Feed Webquest Miss. McGee What if the government could control your every thought?

2. + Task In this WebQuest we will be exploring the ideas of capitalism, big corporations and consumerism. It is important to recognize the effects that these three concepts are having on the present day, and ultimately how they might effect the future.

3. + Process First, as a class and on your own we will read Feed by M. T. Anderson. Explore where Anderson got his inspiration for the novel. Look how his inspiration is playing out in real life as we speak, here. Explorehere Click here to study more in depth the effects of consumerism and here to look at how the rise in corporations might effect us now and in the future.here Here, we can learn how WE can have an impact on consumerism. Here,

4. + Evaluation After reading and watching all of the articles, websites and videos, log in to our classroom blog and post a response to the multi-media resources of at least 100 words on each article/website/ video, 500 words total. After you have responded please respond to at least two of your classmates. What did you know before you were given this information? What do you think is the most harmful aspect of consumerism? Do you think our world could ever really end up like Titus’ world in Feed?

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6. + Conclusion Consumerism, big corporate control and capitalism are big issues that are affecting us more and more each day! Take all of this into consideration as you go onto college and your careers and try your best to keep our world from progressing as far as Titus’ did! Resist the feed!

7. + Teacher’s Page 11 th grade Literature Objectives Students should interpret and discuss the material that has been provided to them. Students should be able to formulate and illustrate their opinion in a minimum of 500 words on their blog. Students should respond to their classmates opinions by inserting their own thoughts on the subject matter. PA Academic Standards R11.A.1.3.1: Make inferences and/or draw conclusions based on information from text. R11.A.1.3.2: Cite evidence from text to support generalizations. R11.A.1.4.1: Identify and/or explains stated or implied main ideas and relevant supporting details from text. R11.A.1.6.1: Identify and/or analyze the author’s intended purpose of text. R11.A.1.6.2: Explain, describe, and/or analyze examples of text that support the author’s intended purpose.