---
title: "01.28.08"
date: 2008-01-28
url: https://learningischange.com/2008/01/28/012808/
author: Ben Wilkoff
categories: ["Lesson Plans", "Uncategorized"]
tags: []
---

# 01.28.08

Cores 1+4:

- Write-on: ![](https://i0.wp.com/img.skitch.com/20080128-xrcg9de78xupi1nprqkqeecbg2.jpg?w=1225)
- How did [The Shakers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakers) peel back the veneer of life?

- What are life’s essentials?
- Is there beauty in simplicity, in organization or is there beauty in complexity and chaos?

- Extension:
- Write a paragraph about a day in the life as an individual with only the survival layer of life. How would you feel? What would it be like?

Core 2:

- Write-on: ![](https://i0.wp.com/img.skitch.com/20080128-j5ga3xrbkxcm9ym6pqmgj17f2t.jpg?w=1225)
- Read Trurl’s Machine by Stanislaw Lem.

- Why does Trurl get so mad at the machine?
- What is Lem’s point about utopia in crafting this story?

- Extension:
- What does futility mean in utopia?

Core 3:

- Write-on: ![](https://i0.wp.com/img.skitch.com/20080128-r4esnp1iy85fsp56p5pkbge99x.jpg?w=1225)
- Go over the 5 -isms of the 19th Century.

- Which one seems most like you?
- Which one seems least like you?
- Which one will challenge your beliefs the most?

- What is the [Noiseless Patient Spider?](http://www.bartleby.com/142/208.html)
- Extensions:
- What is your soul tied to?

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