LESSON PLAN, PART II, TEACHING GUIDE
INTRODUCTION
ATTENTION: A man and wife get in an argument. The wife grabs her purse and storms out. Husband stays up all night worried. Wife walks in at 10 the next morning, says she stayed at a friends. Husband knows she only has 3 close friends, so he calls them all. Each one says they haven’t seen her. Husband responds in kind the next night and doesn’t come home. Wife stays up worried. Husband comes home 10 the next morning, says he stayed at a friends. Wife calls his 3 best friends. Two say he just left and the third says he’s still on the couch.
MOTIVATION: Lying is one of the most basic skills and experiences of human life and has been throughout history.
OVERVIEW: Given a 10 minute speech, explain how the lie is used and why it is important in daily life with no instructor assists.
(1) Lies throughout history
(2) Techniques (how are lies used?)
(3) Applications (when do we lie?)
TRANSITION: To truly grasp how essential the lie is to the human experience, let’s take a look at some of the greatest lies ever told.
| PRESENTATION: (1) Lies throughout history (a) Lies in the Bible! Gasp!!!! 1 Adam & Eve 2 Peter (b) (c) George Orwell’s “War of the Worlds” broadcast (2) Techniques – “How do we lie?” (a) Basics 1 lies of attrition 2 lies of omission (b) Advanced techniques 1 “the whopper” 2 “the one-up” 3 “the throw-off” (3) Applications – “Why do we lie?” (a) To avoid conflict or get out of trouble 1 spouse 2 in the workplace 3 authority figures (b) Personal gain 1 corporate a “The Boiler Room” b “The Wire”, Season 5 2 parent/teenager relations (c) Miscellaneous 1 practice 2 set-up or evasion 3 “just because” | Genesis 3:4 - serpent and tree of knowledge John 18:17-27 - denies that he knows Jesus 3 times as Jesus said he would Q: Who really discovered A: Viking Eric the Red, Pacific Islanders Mercury Theatre – 1938 Nationwide pandemonium, also in Transition: These are just a few of the most famous lies ever told, but perhaps more importantly, is how exactly are lies told? used most often by men used most often by women Q: Who lies more, men or women? A: Men tell more, women tell bigger. usually when drunk, wild exaggeration hearing someone tell a story, always feeling that you have one better allowing the significant other to catch you telling little lies, leading them to think that you cant lie Transition: Q: What are the most common reasons for lying? can be as simple as, “Yeah, I took out the trash” “Sure, Bobs a great guy” police; landlady; principal group of stock traders sell fake stocks, whole business hinges on ability of traders to “sell” the clients Templeton starts making up his own story quotes to try to win a Pulitzer saying homework is done to go to a party just to stay sharp; Buster lying to setup a later, larger lie or to avoid an unwanted situation advanced liars; dont have a reason; big buster |
CONCLUSION
SUMMARY: Given a 10 minute speech, explain how the lie is used and why it is important in daily life with no instructor assists.
(1) Lies throughout history
(2) Techniques (how are lies used?)
(3) Applications (when do we lie?)
REMOTIVATION: As you can see, lying plays an important role in the every day lives of most human beings. It has also changed the course of history on more than one occasion.
ASSIGNMENT: None
CLOSURE: Henry Louis Mencken, a famous journalist for the Baltimore
I love this.
ReplyDeleteAnd I found that quote from David Foster Wallace.
"....such is the enormous shuddering yawn that the political process tends to evoke in us now in this post-Watergate-post-Iran-Contra-post-Whitewater-post-Lewinsky era, an era in which politicians' statements of principle or vision are understood as self-serving ad copy and judged not for their truth or ability to inspire but for their tactical shrewdness, their marketability. and no generation has been marketed and spun and pitched to as relentlessly as today's demographic Young."
Nice.