WEEK 1: ORIENTATION
COURSE BASICS
Three Platforms
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Writing Center: Before School (A266) and During Lunch (A217)
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MONDAY
Teacher Institute
TUESDAY
Teacher Institute
WEDNESDAY
Half Day
THURSDAY
Course Overview
Class Policies
Syllabus
Seating
FRIDAY
Course Overview
Class Policies
Syllabus
Seating
WEEKEND
Due: Class Policies Signed
COURSE OVERVIEW
Syllabus
Class Policies
Final Exam Study Guide
CLASSWORK MATERIALS
Prime Directive
Annotative Bookmark
Decoder Ring
Two Peas in a Pod
UNIT LECTURES
Introduction: What Is Sci-Fi?
Unit 1 Origins: Scientific Revolution
Unit 2 Foundations: Industrial Revolution
A Trip to the Moon: Film History #1
A Trip to the Moon (Full Length Film)
Smashing Pumpkins: “Tonight Tonight”
Metropolis: The Way We See the Future
American Experience: “War of the Worlds”
Unit 3 Golden Age: Technical Revolution
Unit 4 Contemporary: Genre Busting
Space Epic: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Space Western: Star Wars
Sci-Fi Noir: Blade Runner
Cyberpunk and Biopunk
Matrix and Gattaca
NOVELS
Frankenstein
Brave New World
1984
Fahrenheit 451
Lecture
Annotative Bookmark
Guided Reading
Synopsis and Orientation
Handout 1: The Fifties
Handout 2: Science Fiction
Handout 3: Ecclesiastes
Cat’s Cradle
The Handmaid’s Tale
Lecture
Annotative Bookmark
Guided Reading
Puzzle Piece #1
Puzzle Piece #2
Puzzle Piece #3
Puzzle Piece #4
Klara and the Sun
Lecture
Annotative Bookmark
Guided Reading