Teaching Science Fiction: A Portable Workshop

AboutSF's Teaching Science Fiction: A Portable Workshop provides a day-long seminar on developing a class on science fiction for primary or secondary students. The target audience for this course is educators interested in designing a class on SF, or who want to incorporate SF readings into existing classes. No prior knowledge of the genre is assumed. General audiences are welcomed.

Upcoming Workshops:

• Saturday, July 12 - Lawrence, KS -- The Campbell Conference (See a PDF flyer)
• Thursday, August 7 - Denver, CO -- Denvention 3 (The 66th Annual Worldcon)

AboutSF's Teaching Science Fiction workshop covers what to teach, how to organize a class, and ways to promote the course. The workshop will answer all the questions teachers may have about this idea-oriented, forward-looking, student-stimulating body of speculative literature. Attendees receive handouts and CD-ROMs that contain helpful material including:

• sample course outlines
• lesson plans and quizes
• suggested reading lists
• film clips
• course approval recommendations

The workshop contains several sub-units designed to be taught together, although any one may be taught individually. The sub-units are each organized around a question: "Why should I teach science fiction?" "What science fiction should I teach?" "How do I teach science fiction?" and "What resources are available for teaching science fiction?" Contact the AboutSF Coordinator at info@aboutsf.com for more information.