1984 George Orwell 1903 1950 George Orwell Eric

1984 George Orwell 1903 -1950

George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair) ¡ ¡ ¡ Born 1903 in India which was then part of the British Empire Grew up in a middle-class family Went to a private school in Sussex, England at eight years old and then went to Eaton at thirteen Instead of going on to university, Orwell (Blair) eventually trained with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma He always knew he would be a writer and had a passion for English Literature.

The Cold War 1946 -1991 ¡ ¡ ¡ Mao’s army conquers Ten-tsin 1949 Joe Di. Maggio – first $100, 000 baseball player 1948 Berlin airlift begins – ends 1949 Red Army/Communists occupy Shanghai 1949 First female graduate from Harvard Medical School First African American to graduate from the Naval Academy CIA established 1947 Israeli’s war of independence 1948 USSR explodes first atomic bomb NATO is established 1949 People’s Republic of China is proclaimed

Perceived Threat of the Russian Bear

Benito Mussolini Adolf Hitler Joseph Stalin

Mao Zedong Fidel Castro

Border Check Points Eastern Europe 1950’s

Russian Bread Lines

Bomb Drill! 1950’s and 1960’s classroom bomb drill

Cold War Fear In America Using a narrative, poetic, or editorial approach, respond to the above Cold War posters. Dig deep and get creative!

American Fallout Shelters

1984 Themes Totalitarianism and Dystopia ¡ Propaganda ¡ Sexuality ¡ Identity ¡ Loss of Freedom and Choice ¡ Technology ¡ Communication and censorship ¡ Surveillance ¡