“Long Beach Police to

use 400 cameras

citywide to fight crime”

L.A. Times: Aug. 15th, 2012

PREREADING: ACTIVITY 37READ: THE TITLETHE SUMMARYTHE DATETHE AUTHORTHE PLACE OF PUBLICATIONTHE FIRST SENTENCE

PREREADING CON’TWhat is the article about?

 How does this connect with 1984?

 Do you think this article might actually refer to 1984?

 Would you say that this development might be called “Orwellian”?

Activity 38: Annotating & Questioning the text

What facts are reported in this text that might be useful in supporting an argument about surveillance cameras?Do you agree with the police Chief when he says that this is “not a case of Big Brother watching” because the link to the cameras will only be activated when police already know an incident is happening in a certain area? How is this different from Big Brother? How will the police know that something is happening? Won’t they review the tape and see everything that happened anyway?

Activity 40: Summarizing & Responding

Write a one-paragraph summary of the content of this article.