Gear up for Halloween by studying the horror genre with your class and analyzing films and texts to uncover the genre's traditional conventions.

Additional Tags

horror films, horror genre, the picture of dorian gray, social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Rather than preview several different clips, consider focusing on one film and one piece of reading for a more thorough analysis and comparison
• Extend the lesson to include a discussion of film adaptations of literature in general

Pros

• Excellent suggestions for different subjects areas and classroom settings, such as reading horror stories by Stephen King or Edgar Allan Poe in lieu of films or looking at Gothic fiction in Victorian literature

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.6 RH.9-10.7 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.6 RH.11-12.7