• “The Emperor’s New Clothes” module
• Intro Hans Christian Anderson bio
Denmark, 1805-1875
Known for children’s stories
“The Ugly Duckling”
“The Littlest Mermaid”
“The Little Matchgirl”- social commentary, being critical of society
Difficult questions about his society: “How could we have a wealthy society where a child must work late at night, in the cold, and die from exposure?”
-questions about poverty, social justice, fairness, equity, etc.
“The Emperor’s New Clothes” (p333)
Read aloud, check vocab.
“Checking Up”
“Talking It Over:
Table discussion 15m
Class discussion
Show video, find difference at end (10m)
Discuss theme, simple moral message “Writing it Down” (p340)
“no one believes, but everyone believes that everyone else believes. Or alternatively, everyone is ignorant to whether the Emperor has clothes on or not, but believes that everyone else is not ignorant”
Hans Christian Anderson given expensive ruby and diamond ring by king of Denmark
Never again wrote about royalty, instead wrote “The Ugly Duckling”
taken into the fold
political hypocrisy
• -talk about winetasting, etc.
https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/08/the_most_infamous_study_on_wine_tasting.html
- wine experts
-weavers running a scam-
talk about scams
-SHEC student scam,
-bitcoin Onecoin, pyramid scheme, 4,000,000,000 Euros
-confidence artist
-“PierreBrassau” “PierreBrassau2”
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