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Buggers versus Astronauts
Kind of Activity:
Group Work
Objective:
Analyze xenophobia and demonization in relation to the buggers.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1
Structure:
A significant part of the world-building in Ender's Game concerns the impact of the two alien invasions Earth has fought off. Have your students split into small groups in which they may discuss and answer the following questions:
- What information have we been given so far about the two invasions?
- What do we know about the invaders?
- How have the “bugger wars” changed and influenced Earth?
- How do the “buggers” impact the lives of Ender and his...
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