Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: Ideas Take Flight Video

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: Ideas Take Flight Video. Learning Objectives for this video:

• Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing. Learn about European and World Literature and Science Fiction and Fantasy as Ideas Take Flight. Survey the evolution of the science-fiction genre, from Cyrano de Bergerac's Voyage to the Moon, written in 1657, to critically acclaimed works published in the 1970's.
• Learn how the emergence of nuclear power and other advances in science and technology altered public response to scientific conjecture.
• Explore how the futuristic settings of science-fiction works have encouraged writers to speculate about concepts like space warp and time travel, and the social implications of issues such as genetic engineering and germ warfare.
• Gain an understanding of how science-fiction themes continue to inspire the imagination and appeal to the conscience with insightful disclosures of what is scientifically possible in a vast and changing universe.
• Discover the many benefits of using online video for visual learning. Educational video for teaching the K-12 curriculum provides online learning for children and students of all ages and abilities. Using subtitled video - or video with closed captions - enables children to choose between watching, listening to, or reading each presentation whichever best suites their individual learning style. A wonderful option particularly for dyslexia and special needs education.