Written Assignment
All Thought Police and Outer Party members will complete a written assignment that will be due upon completion of the game. The paper will be a reflection paper on your experience during this game.
Reflection Paper
Your paper is a reflection paper, which means you should reflect on your experience of the game. You must still have a thesis statement and organized paragraphs, but your thesis will be a one-sentence summary of your experience and each paragraph will focus on one aspect of your experience. If you are having trouble coming up with ideas, consider the following questions:
How has your understanding of the book changed as a result of The Game?
Write about your general reactions to the game. Did you think about your classmates differently?
How did you feel (paranoid, challenged, indifferent)?
Write about your feelings about other, unknown people who are able to monitor your actions, banking activity, Internet activity, phone activity, etc.
What did you think of the second part of the simulation, which involved the formation of a society in the fallout of a cataclysmic event that destroyed our world and its technologies?
What people did you think especially played their roles well? Did this activity reveal anything about their personalities?
What did this simulation teach you about the human personality? Are some people (even ones that you know and go to school with every day) just more prone to be subservient, while others are more prone to become Party Leaders and even Dictators? Is that a comforting or scary thought?
This paper is not a critique of the game itself. This paper is about your experience and what it made you think about and/or feel.
Party Ideology of INGSOC and
Comrade Rules of Oceania
1. Books will be carried in the right hand. Bags and purses must be worn over the right shoulder.
2. Black must be worn (not carried) at all times. Anyone should be able to see the Black without having to look for it.
3. Classmates must be greeted with the phrase, “Good morning, Comrade,” or “Good afternoon, Comrade,” before any other speech commences. This phrase substitutes for “hi,” “hello,” “what’s up,” or any other such greeting.
4. Students must either greet all teachers with the phrase, “I am eager to learn today,” OR depart from the class saying, “Thank you, Comrade.”
5. Students must use the standard-issue Party Black Pen for all class work in all classes except math where a pencil is allowed (or in the case of a teacher specifically asking for another color ink).
6. Comrades may only consume water in other classrooms, and may only consume water and Victory Coffee in Airstrip One (Room 220). Comrades must be gum and beverage free in all classrooms to avoid learning distraction. Any student seen drinking or chewing gum during class time (in any class) will be in violation of the rules.
7. Students must pick up any litter seen on school floors. Any student seen passing litter on the floor in a hallway or classroom without picking it up will be in violation of the rules.
8. Students must walk on the right side of the hallway ONLY. Any student seen walking on the left side of school corridors anywhere on campus will be in violation of the rules. (Right side is defined as the side of the hallway on their right as they face forward.)
9. Students must NOT inform non-Party members of their allegiance to the Party during school hours. Any direct discussion of this game (other than during this class or with Big Brother) with students in other classes either in or outside school hours is strictly prohibited (this includes social media). If asked questions by a teacher, students may say they would love to discuss the Party with him or her before or after school to avoid distraction from class learning time, or ask them to direct their questions to Big Brother. This rule is in force immediately.
10. You must always enter the building through the main Party Office Courtyard door (unless otherwise directed by a teacher, i.e. fire drills, etc.) and you must never open another outside door for any student to enter the building.
11. During Party announcements (morning and afternoon), students must stand at attention. When announcements are over, students must say “GO RAMS!” in a voice sufficiently loud so that other students and teachers can hear.
12. Comrades will not use cell phones during instructional time in any class (unless directed by a teacher). The use of all personal electronic devices will deter from productivity.
13. Comrades shall neither sleep nor put their heads on their desks in any class. Sleeping or putting one’s head on one’s desk deters from productivity.
14. When speaking to lunch staff, custodians, office staff, or any non-teaching adult, students must
express gratitude for their service by greeting them with the phrase “We appreciate your work on behalf of our education.”
15. Anyone choosing not to follow the Party rules will be required to complete an additional assignment (this won’t be pleasant).
16. At no time shall the participation in this game cause a disruption or distraction in any other class, during passing periods or at lunch. Regardless of how funny you may think it is, you will be treated in a way befitting someone who disrupts a classroom.
17. These rules are subject to change and additional rules may be added. Students are responsible for following all modified or additional rules.
Any discussion or opposition to these rules must be discussed before this game begins.