The Three-Body Problem Lesson Plan

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...