Neil deGrasse Tyson shares his rationale for why Gulliver's Travels was his favorite book as a child and still is as an adult. He urges viewers to vote to include Swift's satire in The Great American Read program.

Concepts

satire, gulliver's travels, jonathan swift, parodies

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the video to launch a unit study of Gulliver's Travels
• Have groups create a similar style video urging class maters to vote for their favorite novel

Classroom Considerations

• The video is part of the PBS Great American Read series
• Voting has since closed; however, the video is worthy of consideration

Pros

• Particularly amusing is Tyson's take on the scientists trying to change marbles into something soft
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.3 RL.9-10.5 RL.11-12.2 RL.11-12.3