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Explore no-prep lesson plans and activities, a complete teaching unit, everything you need to teach Aldous Huxley's dystopian masterpiece, Brave New World. Brave New World becomes more relevant every day. Your high school ELA students will be fascinated by the connections they can make between the novel and our own society. Included in this bundle of resources are introductory activities, comprehension and analysis questions chapter packets, creative activities, essay prompts, and an objective final test. Includes detailed answer keys with text references and scoring rubrics.
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INTRODUCTION TO THE BNW CONCEPTS:
- Highlight the novel's main ideas with this survey activity prompting discussion of ectogenesis, genetic engineering, aesthetic treatments, life extension, sleep teaching, emotion-altering drugs, and electro-shock conditioning.
Cover the practices of Brave New World society while drawing connections to our own!
7 pages:
- 8 questions about the practices of the Brave New World defined as they would be in our contemporary society.
- each question prompts students to discuss their thoughts: which practices would they approve, disapprove, or approve with conditions?
- thought bubbles are provided for students to write their...thoughts.
- In the end, students tally their "agrees," "disagrees," and "conditions." They will discover undoubtedly that they would not make good BNW citizens.
INTRODUCTION TO BNW TERMS AND SATIRE TARGETS:
Huxley created unique terms to describe the futuristic society of Brave New World. Don't let your kids get lost in the lingo! This chart organizes Brave New World's terms, provides a space for a definition, and a column prompting students to determine the target of the author's satire from our world.
This resource includes:
- 10 pages
- 5 pages of charts with 34 BNW terms listed at the left: Alphas, Bokanovsky's Process, Centrifugal Bumble-Puppy, etc.
- 5 pages of identical completed charts as an answer key
- 1 culminating question asking kids to discuss Huxley's purpose for the satire
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION: ARE WE LIVING IN A BRAVE NEW WORLD?
Compare Huxley's dystopian society to our own....
Often, the phrase, “It’s a brave new world” is pronounced or whispered in discussions about science, technology, and ethics. True, Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel, Brave New World, addresses the advancements in these fields, but the author also stabs at society’s approaches to education, employment, and consumerism. Human concerns, religion, family, and sex, are also subject to satirical speculation. When teaching Brave New World, or any dystopian novel, it’s important to compel students to draw comparisons between the novel’s society and our own so they recognize the author’s important message and warning.
Created in 2018
- In this presentation, I’ve addressed the main practices of the Brave New World and focused on our society’s parallels.
- 58 slides, blue background, large clear, white font, and relevant and engaging graphics.
The content is as follows:
- SLIDES 1-3: INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION
- SLIDES 4-7: CREATING HUMAN LIFE OUTSIDE THE WOMB: HUXLEY QUOTE, ARTICLE, HEADLINES, CARTOONS
- SLIDES 8-11: MANIPULATING PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS WHILE BABY IS IN THE WOMB: HUXLEY QUOTE, ARTICLE, HEADLINES, CARTOONS
- SLIDES 12-15: MANIPULATING INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES WHILE BABY IS IN THE WOMB: HUXLEY QUOTE, ARTICLE, HEADLINES, CARTOONS
- SLIDES 16-19: MAINTAINING YOUTH: HUXLEY QUOTE, ARTICLE, HEADLINES, BEFORE AND AFTER CELEBRITY PLASTIC SURGERY PHOTOS
- SLIDES 20-23: EXTENDING LIFE SPAN: HUXLEY QUOTE, ARTICLE, HEADLINES, BOOK DEDICATED TO EXTENDING LONGEVITY
- SLIDES 24-28: EMPLOYMENT PREDESTINATION: HUXLEY QUOTE, ARTICLE, HEADLINES, FUTURE JOBS AND NECESSARY SKILLS, CARTOONS
- SLIDES 29-32: MORAL EDUCATION: HUXLEY QUOTE, ARTICLE, HEADLINES, GRAPH DEPICTING DECLINE IN MORAL STANDARDS, CELEBRITY MUG SHOTS
- SLIDES 33-36: ELECTRIC SHOCK TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR: HUXLEY QUOTE, ARTICLE, HEADLINES, CONTEMPORARY PORTRAYALS IN MOVIES, TV, BOOKS
- SLIDES 37-40: DRUGS TO ENSURE HAPPINESS: HUXLEY QUOTE, ARTICLE, HEADLINES, ANTI-DEPRESSANT ADS
- SLIDES 41-44: CONSUMPTION/CONSUMERISM: HUXLEY QUOTE, ARTICLE, HEADLINES, CARTOONS
- SLIDES 45-47: FAMILY AND INTIMATE RELATIONS: HUXLEY QUOTE, ARTICLE, HEADLINES
- SLIDES 48-52: RELIGION: HUXLEY QUOTE, 2 ARTICLES, CARTOONS, VIDEO ABOUT RELIGION VS. SCIENCE
- SLIDES 53-56: SEX: HUXLEY QUOTE, ARTICLE, HEADLINES. STATISTICS FOR UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES
- SLIDES 57-58: MARGARET ATWOOD ANSWERS THE QUESTION, WHY SHOULD WE READ BRAVE NEW WORLD?
COMPREHENSION AND ANALYSIS QUESTIONS CHAPTER PACKETS:
There are questions addressing comprehension and analysis. Many questions include or require illustrative text.
IDENTICAL DETAILED ANSWER KEYS WITH TEXT REFERENCES INCLUDED
The collection includes the following:
• Chapter 1---7 pages including a fill-in flow chart illustrating the fertilization process and 14 questions
• Chapter 2---2 pages with 5 extended questions (15 total questions)
• Chapter 3---2 pages with charts and questions; a focus on allusions
• Chapter 4---2 pages with 12 questions
• Chapter 5---3 pages with 18 questions
• Chapter 6---3 pages with 26 questions
• Chapters 7 & 8---6 pages with 47 questions
• Chapter 9---2 pages; diversified creative activities
• Chapters 10 & 11---8 pages with 46 questions
• Chapter 12---2 pages with 15 questions
• Chapter 13---5 pagers with 30 questions
• Chapters 14 & 15---3 pages with 23 questions
• Chapter 16---3 pages with 12 questions
• Chapter 17---4 pages with 15 questions
• Chapter 18---5 pages with 33 questions
CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
ONE-PAGER
Students love this fun BNW activity where they can creatively demonstrate their understanding of character, theme, and satire in the novel, Brave New World.
Teachers love how easy it is to grade and the option to display student work.
- Students receive a template on which they write a theme from the novel, descriptive cited quotes about characters, and a cited quote illustrating Huxley's satire.
- They then embellish their quotes with graphics that illustrate their observations.
- I encourage students that are not confident sketchers to consider interesting fonts and colors.
- An option would be to push the template out and allow students to complete it on their computer or other devices.
CHARACTER’S SMART PHONE
-----Imagine Lenina's avatar.
-----What would Bernard be streaming for entertainment?
-----Would Henry be taking selfies?
Enhance students' understanding of character development!
The directions for the activity are as follows:
- Imagine that your character exists in our society.
- Imagine a phone homepage that displays his or her apps.
- Choose apps from the following options, and then complete the illustration/discussion component for each. (Brief description= 150-225 words).
- Be sure to accurately represent your character’s traits.
- You will be evaluated on creativity and evidence of your understanding of the plot and character.
- I provide a blank cell phone where students draw or paste a background.
- They must then choose options under categories that include:
- Entertainment
- Social connections
- Shopping online
- Legitimate news
- Self-indulgence (selfies, avatars, ringtones, games).
- Students discuss why their character would have accessed or posted various items.
ASSESSMENT OF UNDERSTANDING
THREE ESSAY PROMPTS FOR CHAPTERS 1-6
Assess students’ understanding of plot and characterization while compelling them to appreciate the literary art of Aldous Huxley.
- This resource provides three essay prompts.
- After defining and enhancing the literary terms, I ask,
1. Diction-How does the author’s diction create atmosphere?
2. Satire-What institutions are subject to Huxley’s satire?
3. Characterization-What methods does the author use to characterize Bernard Marx?
For an earlier assessment choose these prompts for Chapters 1-4.
This activity offers three essay prompts to be completed after discussion of Chapters
1-4.
The first prompt is about the motto "Community, Identity, Stability."
---How does the State achieve this stability?
---benefits?
---foreshadowing of the stability being jeopardized?
The second prompt is about world control vs. destruction.
---How did the world state establish the BNW? obstacles?
---maintenance?
The final prompt is about the satire of family in these chapters.
FINAL ESSAY PROMPTS
Encourage student choice! Offer them a variety of prompts and thesis statement proposals from which to choose to demonstrate their understanding of Huxley's Brave New World.
This resource features:
- 3 essay prompts with guiding questions: characterization, social control, human-ness.
- 3 proposals for thesis statements: BNW could be a utopia, our society could be a BNW, Savage Reservation could be a great society.
COMPREHENSIVE OBJECTIVE TEST
Evaluate students' comprehension and analysis skills with this comprehensive objective test with complete answer key.
Included in this test:
- 6 fill in the blank with terms from a word bank--details of the fertilization process
- 54 multiple choice questions, each with 4 response choices
- 55 true/false questions
- 3 essays: iceberg analogy for optimum population, Christianity v. BNW, Huxley's reason for ending the novel with John's death
- answer sheet to facilitate easy grading
- completed answer sheet
- suggested essay responses
Also included in this bundle are bookmarks and an engaging packet cover/poster.
A buyer of this bundle commented, "I am so happy to incorporate this into my student's study of BNW! It is one of the most comprehensive units I have seen.
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