Science Fiction
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Unit One: Classic/"Hard" Science Fiction
Unit One Plan Isaac Asimov Predictions "The Machine Stops" EM Forster "Sandman" Hoffman "The Star" Wells "A Martian Odyssey" "Reason" Isaac Asimov "The Sentinel" Arthur C Clarke "Black Destroyer" "The Cold Equations" Assignment:Sci-Fi Short Story #1 |
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Unit Two: Apocalyptic Sci-Fiction
Intro to Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Unit Plan Unit Two "Coming Attraction" "Inconstant Moon" Levin "Waiting For Zephyr" "End of the Whole Mess" S. King "Salvage" OS Card "Dark, Dark Tunnels" "Never Despair" "Speech Sounds" "Deep Blue Sea" "Bread and Bombs" "Still Life with Apocalypse" "Last of the O Forms" The 3 Shortest Sc-Fi Stories Final: Write an Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Story |
Resources Unit Two:
"The Day After" Full Film Wastelands-Short Stories Post Apocalyptic Short Films: Breakdown Merv Black Earth 47min The Verge Phoenix 9 21 min, X Purgatory |
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Unit Three: Dystopian Science Fiction "All Summer in a Day"-Bradbury "Arties Aren't Stupid"-Tolbert "Repent, Harlequin"-Ellison "Amaryllis"-Vaughn "Civilization"- Harrison Bergeron-Vonnegut "The Minority Report"- PK Dick "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"- Ellison |
Resources for Dystopian Sci-Fi:
Films: Equilibrium The Nostalgist 18min The Surface 20min Plurality 14min The Looking Planet 17min Helio 19min Bring Water 17min |
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Final Project: Writing Science Fiction
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