Brave New World Unit overview:
- Lesson Plans (25 lessons + student handouts)
- Reading Checks (5 quizzes)
- Projects and Assignments (14 options)
- Final Exam Maker (Choose from 120 test items.)
Brave New World Unit details:
Lesson Plans and Materials:
- Brave New World Introduction (slideshow and notes)
- A New Utopia
- Brave New World Anticipation Guide
- Where Do Babies Come From? (factory tour)
- Speculative Fiction: “The Perfect Match”
- Fragmented Narration
- Brave New World Discussion Set #1
- Hypnopedia Britannica
- Bernard the Misfit (characterization)
- Huxley’s Real World – 1931 (historical context)
- Brave New World Discussion Set #2
- Classical Conditioning, Lenina, and You
- Writing with Imagery (word choice)
- Symbolism Practice (short story edition)
- Brave New World Discussion Set #3
- What’s Shakespeare Got to Do with It? (allusions)
- A Poem for Helmholtz
- Are You Being Controlled?
- Brave New World Discussion Set #4
- Symbol Hunt
- The Two Johns / Biblical Allusions
- Huxley’s Themes
- Brave New World Discussion Set #5
- John v. Mond Debate
- Foiled Again! (characterization)
Reading Checks (answer keys included):
- Reading 1: Chapters 1-3
- Reading 2: Chapters 4-6
- Reading 3: Chapters 7-10
- Reading 4: Chapters 11-14
- Reading 5: Chapters 15-18
Projects and Assignments (culminating tasks and extension tasks):
- Theme Development Essay
- Connected Themes Essay
- Symbol Presentations
- Truth and Fiction (Brave New World research report)
- Invent a Sport (group project)
- Creative Writing: Speculative Fiction
- Speculative Fiction Read-N-Share (group presentation)
- Helmholtz Speaks! (persuasive speech)
- The Bard and the Bible (allusion analysis)
- Is Brave New World Still Relevant? (opinion essay)
- Creative Writing: Brave New World Pastiche
- One Scene for Stage or Screen (group production)
- Huxley’s Characters (analysis essay)
- Bernard Marx on Trial (mock trial)
Exam Maker (answer key included):
- 45 recall and comprehension questions (multiple choice)
- 45 literary knowledge and analysis questions (multiple choice)
- 20 short answer prompts
- 10 extended response / essay prompts
Resource notes:
- Brave New World Unit is based on a schedule of five readings, but most of these Brave New World activities work within any schedule.
- Files are PPTX (presentations), PDF, and DOCX. DOCX files can be modified in Google Docs or MS Word.
- A reading test for the entire novel is also included.
