Hard Times/Utilitarianism Unit Study for 9th or 10th grade
See Week 1 for information on credits, goals, and materials list for this study.
Week 4
Weekly Reading Assignments
Week 1: Book the First, Chapter I through Chapter V
("The One Thing Needful" through "The Key-Note")
Week 2: Book the First, Chapter VI through Chapter IX
("Sleary's Horsemanship" through "Sissy's Progress")
Week 3: Book the First, Chapter X through Chapter XIV
("Stephen Blackpool" through "The Great Manufacturer")
Week 4: Book the First, Chapter XV through Book the Second,
Chapter II ("Father and Daughter" through "Mr. James Harthouse")
Week 5: Book the Second, Chapter III through Chapter VI
("The Whelp" through "Fading Away")
Week 6: Book the Second, Chapter VII through Chapter X
("Gunpowder" through "Mrs. Sparsit's Staircase")
Week 7: Book the Second, Chapter XI through Book the Third, Chapter II
("Lower and Lower" through "Very Ridiculous")
Week 8: Book the Third, Chapter III through Chapter V
("Very Decided" through "Found")
Week 9: Book the Third, Chapter VI through Chapter IX
("The Starlight" through "Final")
Week 4 Assignments
For this week, review is key. Tie up loose ends as far as discussion. Delve deeper into what utilitarianism really is. The education of the youth of a society can gradually change the society as a whole. Is it hard to be different and refuse to follow the masses? Would it be worth the cost?
This week can be used to catch up on work on any note cards to use for the final exam.
Dickens Style:
Dickens could always drive a point home until it was clear as a bell! In the chapter Father and Daughter,
Dickens makes it abundantly clear just how consumed with "facts" Mr. Gradgrind is by showing us
how little sensitivity he has toward his daughter's sensibility!
Have the student use a standard college dictionary to write the definition for:
- disparity
- languid
- codicil
- swarthy
- spumous
- contrive
- simoom
Essay Question
Mr. Gradgrind's observatory looked out on Coketown. As Mr. Gradgrind is speaking with Louisa about the marriage proposal, he asks her if she is consulting the chimneys of Coketown. What do you think Mr. Gradgrind sees when he looks at Coketown? What do you think Louisa sees?
On to week 5!
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