WEEK 14: THE HANDMAID’S TALE
COURSE BASICS
Three Platforms
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Weekly agenda, general information, and materials
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Writing Center: Before School (A266) and During Lunch (A217)
English Tutoring: Mon-Thu 1:50-2:50 (A204)
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MONDAY
Read and Annotate
Part XIII: Night
Part XIV: Salvaging
Part XV: Night
TUESDAY
Read and Annotate
Part XIII: Night
Part XIV: Salvaging
Part XV: Night
WEDNESDAY
Read and Annotate
Historical Notes
THURSDAY
Decoder Ring
Summary Discussion
FRIDAY
Exam
WEEKEND
Spring Break! Relax
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