Science Fiction and Teaching

  • Downloadable handouts on SF & Education

    Extrapolation and Science Fictionality Handout World Building Handout Critical Theory Handout Literary theory cards Resource borrowed from: Appleman, D. (2009).…

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  • Benefits of Teaching SF (Photo)

    Created for CURR 317/318: Intro to Teaching English (IS) at Queen’s University as part of the Bachelor of Education Program…

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  • SF and Pedagogy

    Seeing as very little recent critical work has been done on teaching science fiction, both Andy Sawyer and Peter Wright’s…

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  • Sexuality in (YA)SF

      Becky Chamber’s novel The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet is clearly rooted in the tradition of the space…

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  • Interactions with History in YASF

    Nicole Kornher-Stace in her novel Archivist Wasp blends science fiction with fantasy and ghost stories and, in doing so, builds a…

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  • World Building as Extrapolation in Parable of the Sower

    World Building as Extrapolation in Parable of the Sower Example Assignment: Grade 12 University English (ENG 4U)             Octavia E.…

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  • Dystopian Representations of Surveillance

    Dystopian Representations of Surveillance in Little Brother and Nineteen Eighty-Four Example Assignment: Grade 11 University English (ENG 3U) George Orwell’s…

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  • Alternative Perspectives and Ship Breaker

    Alternative Perspectives and Ship Breaker Example Assignment: Grade 11 College English (ENG 3C)             Ship Breaker tells the story of…

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  • Body Image and Science Fiction

    Body Image and Science Fiction in The Keeper of Isis Light and Uglies Example Assignment: Grade 10 Academic English (ENG…

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  • Interpreting Media with Feed

    Interpreting Media with Feed Example Assignment: Grade 9 Academic English (ENG 1D)             M.T Anderson’s Feed (2002) begins when Titus,…

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