Introduction to Sci-Fi/Fantasy (Literature Circles)

Class members select a science fiction novel for independent study. To verify they have completed the reading, they write a summary, a critique, and an outline of the plot for a sequel or prequel. They then deliver a five-minute speech,...

Prepare your class for a unit on Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles with an activity that works for pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading. Learners fill out a K-W-H-L chart to reflect on what they already know, what they'd...

How is it that science fiction writers have displayed the uncanny ability to predict the future? An informational video discusses the genre of science fiction and explains how it has developed. Discussions of specific texts, such...

Introduce science fiction fans to writer Octavia E. Butler with a short video that argues for why readers should add her works to their must-read list. 

While science fiction is associated with Mars, robots, and cyberpunk, its origin story is shaped throughout several centuries. Check out the origin of science fiction with Lindsay Ellis in this video. [6:09]

Ayana Jamieson and Moya Bailey dive into the works of Octavia E. Butler, the visionary storyteller who upended science fiction.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This article from The New York Times, a reprint from 2012, provides a book review for A Wrinkle in Time.

This lesson is an introduction to Contemporary Fantasy and Science Fiction including definitions, themes, characteristics, and some leading authors and movies.

A look at the pioneering science fiction of Mark Twain?

Find out how 20th-century writers used fantasy and traditional tales to analyze and question the real world around them.