New approaches in teaching history : using science fiction to introduce students to new vistas in historical thought /
Using science fiction to introduce students to new vistas in historical thought
Frederic Krome.
- xii, 129 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Teaching history today and in the future .
Includes bibliographical references.
Using Science Fiction Stories and Film in the History Classroom -- Nationalism, Racism, and Imperialism in the Science Fiction of Jules Verne -- Invaders from the Red Planet to We're the Martians Now : War of the Worlds in a Variety of Incarnations -- Things to Come : The Fall and Rise of Civilization in the Future War -- Science Fiction and the Holocaust -- Mutations and Monsters : Cold War Anxiety in the 1950s and 60s -- From Starship Troopers to the Forever War -- From Dune (1965) to The Ministry for the Future (2020) : Environmentalism in Science Fiction -- Confronting the Color Line : Afrofuturism, Science Fiction, and Dissent -- A Brief How-To Guide.
"This book provides readers with a justification for using science fiction films and texts as a primary source for teaching history"--
College of Education All programs
In English
9781475869514
2023045447
History--Study and teaching--Audio-visual aids. Science fiction--Study and teaching. Motion pictures in education.