Tuesday, April 23, 2013

FrankenStudent Page

Background Knowledge Builder

To understand the context of Frankenstein,
check out these links:

Frankenstein the novel
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"Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow."
-Dr. Victor Frankenstein

PreReading Activities

Video Clips:
(motivational/generating interest)
(motivational/generating interest)
(previewing text)
(building background knowledge)
(building background knowledge)

During Reading Activities

by NewPoliticalVoices Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4...
by Tom O'Bedlam Chapter 5

video clips at 60SecondRecap.com


Frankenstein full text online

Supplementary Texts

Short Stories:

Poems:
"Darkness" by Lord Byron - excerpt video clip

Articles:

Novels:
Monster by Walter Dean Meyers (juxtapose this text to develop critical thinking/questioning)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson movie clip
The Golem by Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein

Anthologies:
The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein Editor: Stephen Jones


Frankenstein In the Movies

Reviews and Trailers: FrankensteinFilms.com

Also check out: Frankenstein in Popular Culture on Wikipedia.org

1910 Frankenstein (Short) full movie available at YouTube

Popular Culture Research Starter

Frankenstein was published almost 200 years ago, but the themes, motifs, and characters in Mary Shelley's novel, continue to surface in popular culture today.
For your research project, Influences of Frankenstein in Popular Culture, here are some great places to start exploring:
Ideas for Narrowed Research Topics:
  • Frankenstein in Comics
  • Frankenstein and Halloween
  • Frankenstein’s Derivative Works
  • Evolution of the Horror fiction
  • Frankenstein’s Children (monster's inspired by Frankenstein)

Teaching Tools

Links to some great resources for teaching Frankenstein in high school:


FrankensteinFilms.com Trailers and Video Clips!
Great Links Page and Powerpoints

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