4 star-trek-as-social-curriculum
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Few authors and works have had
such enduring popularity as the
Star Trek franchise does –
including a fan culture that spans
generations, races, classes, and
cultures. Why is that?
Watch Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyLUwOcR5pk
Changing the standards
Clip 1: MLK & Nasa: http://www.makers.com/nichelle-nichols Clip 2: Whoopi Goldberg: http://www.makers.com/moments/loving-science
Klingon for Dummies, Lesson #1
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/05/25/klingon-for-dummies-lesson-1-video/
How does Star Trek explore contemporary anxieties about runaway political systems, racial tensions, diseases, sexualities, technologies
and bodies? How would you use this topic in your teaching?
1. Klingons and raced bodies2. Klingons and language3. Klingons and ‘primitivism’4. Aliens and (final frontier) border crossings5. Sci-fi and parody6. The Borg, dehumanization and assimilation7. Aliens and (mutant) viruses8. Star Trek and intertextuality
The example for peaceful relations between alien cultures provide safe, comforting or model metaphors for those who cross
gender borders in their own lives.
Sleep Dealer
Watch trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbJGQl-dJ6c
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