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Discussion: Solaris
Kind of Activity:
Group Work
Objective:
Students will relate the text and its themes to classic work in the history of science fiction
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.6 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.5 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6
Structure:
This activity has two parts. In the first part, students should organize themselves into groups of 2-3 people, and the teacher should have them watch an excerpt from the 1972 film adaptation of Solaris, the science fiction classic by Stanislaw Lem. The scene in question runs from 1:55:18 to 2:04:21:
https://youtu.be/Z8ZhQPaw4rE?t=6918
Once the class has finished...
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