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TITLE:  "LIFE AFTER THE FACT..."

AUTHOR:  Sara A. Reinke, Youth Services Center;
         St. Anthony, Idaho

GRADE LEVEL:  Appropriate for grades 9-12

OVERVIEW:  This activity is intended to be a culminating
activity for an interdisciplinary unit in
government/literature, using as the text the novel Lord of
the Flies.

PURPOSE:  Students will have an opportunity to explore
implications of the role of the individual in society--
decisions/actions within a community.

OBJECTIVES:
Students will create an Oprah/Donahue type interview before
a live studio audience--thus involving the whole class in
role-playing.

Their subject will be the after-math of the rescue of the
surviving boys from the island.

RESOURCES/MATERIALS NEEDED:  Classroom set of novels (for
prior work), video camera equipment, a television/VCR.  Also
a student-prepared videotape of in interview with Ralph--
describing his ordeal.

ACTIVITIES/PROCEDURES:

                           ROLES

Interviewer--
     will set the realistic tone, and ask questions which
     have been carefully prepared to explore individual
     responsibility and decision-making.  All will relate to
     the island experience, and to the return now to the
     "outer world".

Guests--
the naval captain rescuer
     (describing what he saw, thought at the time of the
     rescue.)
a child psychologist
     (speculating about the trauma, personal responses of
     rationalization, denial, and long-range effects of the
     experience on the survivors.)
a juvenile justice expert
     (describing the possiblity of legal action regarding
     the deaths of Piggy and Simon.  Who was responsible,
     what is appropriate  accountability?)
a former teacher from the boys' school
     (describing pre-island days personalities of Ralph,
     Jack, Piggy)

Video crew--
     usually there are some who prefer technical, hands-on
     roles to anything which involves role-playing.

Live audience--
     the class, anyone wishing to participate can ask
     questions.  (Obviously some of these should be pre-
     planned, but the group may come up with some of their
     best questions spontaneously.)