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24th Century Teaching and Social Curriculum

C. Guertin | UOITEDUC5199G

21 July 15

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

Why is Star Trek useful for devising a social curriculum, as Karen Anijar calls it?

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/

Do we need another hero?White hats? Black hats?Genre fiction?

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

Utah man shot four times in the back for dressing cosplay with a toy sword

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