There are many discoveries to be made when students read “Frankenstein” for the first time – that “Frankenstein” is the name not of a created “monster” but of the scientist who creates him, that the nameless creation himself is a sympathetic, lonely nature-lover, and that the novel raises ever-relevant questions about a range of issues including bioethics, the meaning of life and “the deepest mysteries of creation,” as Mary Shelley herself put it.
Whether you’re introducing Shelley’s gothic masterpiece in a literature, science, ethics and/or philosophy context, here are some resources to complement the reading of the novel. And may you and your students continue to make discoveries as you read it.
Lesson Plans
Lessons About “Frankenstein” and Related Literature:
- Behind the Cover: Researching the History and Context of a Written ...
- The Plot Thickens?
- Space: The Familiar Frontier
- It’s the Same Old Story
- The Horror! The Horror!
- What a Character! Comparing Literary Adaptations
- That’s a Different Story? Considering Narratives By and About Women
- No More Moldy Oldies: Appreciating Classic Texts
Lessons About Cloning, DNA and Scientific Research:
- Scientific Scenes: Creating Plays That Allow Scientists to Observe ...
- Replicating Controversy: Exploring the Human Cloning Debate
- Science Under Control: Analyzing Reasons to Support or Contest Gove...
- Talking ‘Bout Regeneration: Examining Animal Regeneration and its I...
- Cracking the Genetic Code: Exploring the Potential Outcomes of DNA ...
- Cloning Around: Investigating the Ability to Create Human Embryos f...
- Your DNA: What Can You Afford (Not) To Know?: Assessing the Effects...
