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Lessons with George Orwell

1903–1950 CE · Modern Plus

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About these lessonsEach lesson takes about 20–24 minutes in HistorIQly Chat.

Lesson 1

From Burma to Barcelona

Police, poverty, and Spain, sources of witness

  • About 20 minutes
  • 3 questions at the end

You will

  • Summarize key life experiences
  • Connect witness to ethics of prose
  • Explain why plain style matters
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Lesson 2

Animal Farm & 1984

Fable and dystopia as political critique

  • About 22 minutes
  • 4 questions at the end

You will

  • Identify core themes
  • Read allegory and symbol
  • Avoid propaganda while critiquing power
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Lesson 3

Plain Style Rules

Say what you mean without cant

  • About 24 minutes
  • 3 questions at the end

You will

  • Apply six rules to drafts
  • Replace jargon with concrete terms
  • Cut what weakens truth
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Going deeper

About these lessonsEach lesson takes about 28–32 minutes in HistorIQly Chat.

Lesson 4

Politics & the English Language

Diagnosis and cure for euphemism

  • About 28 minutes
  • 4 questions at the end

You will

  • Spot dead metaphors
  • Rewrite evasive phrases
  • Align words with reality
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Lesson 5

Reporting as Conscience

Put seeing before ideology

  • About 30 minutes
  • 4 questions at the end

You will

  • Plan grounded observation
  • Separate fact from wish
  • Hold yourself to the same standard
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Lesson 6

How Power Hides

Propaganda, doublespeak, and habit

  • About 32 minutes
  • 4 questions at the end

You will

  • Diagnose techniques in speeches
  • Design counter‑propaganda literacy
  • Practice institutional transparency
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Expert

About these lessonsEach lesson takes about 38–42 minutes in HistorIQly Chat.

Lesson 7

Org Style Guide

Company language that resists doublespeak

  • About 38 minutes
  • 5 questions at the end

You will

  • Define banned euphemisms
  • Prefer concrete over abstract
  • Create examples and tests
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Lesson 8

Media Literacy Lab

Teach propaganda detection and response

  • About 40 minutes
  • 5 questions at the end

You will

  • Catalog common ploys
  • Practice rebuttals with clarity
  • Score for truth and fairness
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Lesson 9

Novella of Power

Structure a short novel that tells the truth

  • About 42 minutes
  • 5 questions at the end

You will

  • Outline scenes from lived detail
  • Keep tone plain and humane
  • End with earned moral clarity
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