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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Instructional VideoThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Instructional Video
Publisher
PBS
Resource Details
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
3:03
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
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Audio
Internet Access
Accessibility
Closed Captions
Year
2018
Usage Permissions
Fine Print: Educational Use
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Douglas Adams' hysterical send-up of bureaucratic thinking, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is the focus of a Great American Read video that urges viewers to vote for one of the greatest satires since Gulliver's Travels.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

satire, science fiction, bureaucracy, absurdism, american literature, jonathan swift, gulliver's travels

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Have groups create Great American Read-style videos urging classmates to vote for their own favorite novels

Classroom Considerations

  • Voting for The Great American Read is closed, but the video still has stand-alone value

Pros

  • The resource includes post-viewing discussion questions and a vocabulary worksheet

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.6.4 RL.6.6 RL.6.9 RL.7.4 RL.7.6 RL.8.4 RL.8.5 RL.9-10.4 RL.11-12.4 RL.11-12.6 L.6.4.a L.6.4.c L.6.4.d L.6.5.c L.6.6 L.7.4.a L.7.4.c L.7.4.d L.7.5.b L.7.5.c L.7.6 L.8.4.a L.8.4.c L.8.4.d L.8.5.b L.8.5.c L.8.6 L.9-10.4.a L.9-10.4.c L.9-10.4.d L.9-10.6 L.11-12.4.a L.11-12.4.c L.11-12.5.b L.11-12.6

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