Introduction Task Process Resources

Introduction | Task | Process | Resources

Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein at the age of eighteen. She had eloped with Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley to Geneva, Switzerland. The Shelleys visited Percy Shelley’s friend George Gordon, Lord Byron and Byron’s doctor John Polidori at the Villa Diodata In Geneva. The weather was awful, and to pass the time, the group read ghost stories, and Lord Byron suggested they each write their own supernatural tale. thus, the monster was born. Frankenstein has never been out of print1.

The galvanism experiments conducted by Erasmus Darwin (ancestor of Charles), the burgeoning Industrial revolution, and Questions regarding exploration and science influenced Shelley’s construction of the novel.

tHEMES:The novel still challenges readers to think about nature versus nurture, the ethics of science, and the question of responsibility as well as the relationship between creator and Creation.

Tasks

You will create an article crtique, essay and scientific journal that explores some of the issues raised in the novel through a modern lens. You will research issues related to cloning and stem cell research, analyze themes in the novel, and develop an informed opinion on these topics.

fINISHED pRODUCTS-

1.  oNE aRTICLE – SUMMARIZE AND CRITIQUE- ATTACH ARTICLE

2.  ONE ESSAY (PAPER) ON THE THEME OF YOUR CHOICE – MLA FORMAT AND CITATIONS

3.  sCIENTIFIC JOURNAL – CREATE IN MICROSOFT PUBLISHER WITH MLA WORKS CITED PAGE

Process – Using the cites at: http://www.huffenglish.com/webquests/frankenstein/Home.html

1.  *Pick a theme

2.  Individually locate, read, summarize, and critique one article on stem cell research or cloning.

3.  Individually research your theme, using both the novel and related sites on the internet and write an essay on the theme.

4.  Discuss WITH YOUR GROUP the place of cloning, stem cell research, and science in our society to form an informed opinion.

5.  locate graphics and political cartoons relevant to the articles and opinions.

6.  Create an MLA Works Cited page for information and graphics used in the journal.

7.  organize all articles, essays, graphics, and the works cited page into a scientific journal using Microsoft publisher or Apple iWork Pages.

Resources

Science article Web Sites - product #1 and #3

1.  New Scientist Stem Cells and Cloning

2.  Cloning articles collected by Arizona State University West

3.  Cloning Fact Sheet from Human Genome Project

4.  Cloning from University of Utah Genetic science learning Center

5.  Time Newsfile on Cloning

6.  Cloning from the National Human Genome Research Institute

7.  Stem Cell information from the National Institutes of Health

8.  Stem Cells from University of Utah Genetic science learning center

9.  New York Times topics collection of articles on Stem Cells

Political Cartoon Web sites – Product #3

1.  Daryl Cagle’s Professional Cartoonists index

2.  John Klossner’s TechToons

Theme/Essential Questions sites and resources- Products #2 and #3

taking responsibility

1.  Levine, George. “frankenstein and the tradition of Realism.” frankenstein. Ed. J. Paul Hunter, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996. 208-214. Print.

2.  Anonymous. From Knight’s Quarterly (Aug.-Nov. 1824). frankenstein. Ed. J. Paul Hunter. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996. 197-200. print.

3.  Burns, Alisa. “Frankenstein of the future.” monsters. Oct. 2002. Michael A. Delahoyde. Web. 27 Dec. 2009.

4.  Coulter, Susan. “frankenstein: A cautionary Tale of Bad Parenting.” mary shelley and frankenstein. 26 Jun. 2001. Kim A. Woodbridge. Web. 27 Dec. 2009.

5.  Pamintuan, Tina. “‘It’s Alive: Frankenstein’s Monster and Modern Science.” humanities. 23.5 (September/October 2002). Web. 27 Dec. 2009.

6.  Johnson, Zachary. “Luddite Influence in Mary Shelley’s frankenstein.” hamhock’s. 6 Dec. 1998. Web. 27 Dec. 2009.

Science and exploration – (eTHICS OF sCIENCE)

1.  Butler, Marilyn. “frankenstein and radical science.” frankenstein. ed. J. Paul Hunter. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996. 302-313. Print.

2.  Pamintuan, Tina. “‘It’s Alive: Frankenstein’s Monster and Modern Science.” humanities. 23.5 (September/October 2002). Web. 27 Dec. 2009.

3.  Storment, SuZanna. “frankenstein: The Man and the Monster.” Monsters. Oct. 2002. Michael A. Delahoyde. Web. 27 Dec. 2009.

4.  Burns, Alisa. “Frankenstein of the future.” monsters. Oct. 2002. Michael A. Delahoyde. Web. 27 Dec. 2009.

5.  “frankenstein: Penetrating the secrets of Nature.” united states national library of medicine. 12 Oct. 2009. web. 27 dec. 2009.

6.  rohrmoser Andreas, “The origin of a Myth: Mary Shelley’s Novel frankenstein.” frankensteinfilms.com. 2007. Web. 27 Dec. 2009.

Creator and creation

1.  Moers, Ellen. “Female Gothic: The Monster’s Mother.” frankenstein. Ed. J. Paul Hunter. New York: W.W. Norton & company, 1996. 214-224. Print.

2.  Gilbert, Sandra M. and Susan Gubar. “Mary Shelley’s Monstrous Eve.” frankenstein. Ed. J. Paul Hunter. New York: W.W. Norton & company, 1996. 225-240. Print.

3.  Shelley, Mary. “Introduction to frankenstein, Third edition (1831).” frankenstein. Ed. J. Paul Hunter, New York: W.W. Norton & company, 1996. 169-173. Print.

4.  Bushi, Ruth. “The Author is Become a Creator-God: The deification of Creativity in frankenstein.” mary shelley and frankenstein. 15 oct. 2002. Kim A. Woodbridge. Web. 27 Dec. 2009.

5.  rohrmoser Andreas, “The origin of a Myth: Mary Shelley’s Novel frankenstein.” frankensteinfilms.com. 2007. Web. 27 Dec. 2009.

6.  Johnson, Zachary. “Luddite Influence in Mary Shelley’s frankenstein.” hamhock’s. 6 Dec. 1998. Web. 27 Dec. 2009.

7.  Smith, Nicole. “Analysis of frankenstein by Mary shelley: Morality without god.” article myriad. 2009. web. 27 Dec. 2009.

8.  Beal, Timothy Candler. religion and its monsters. 2002. Routledge. Web. 27 Dec. 2009.

Nature versus Nurture

1.  Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “On frankenstein.” frankenstein. Ed. J paul Hunter. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996. 185-186. Print.

2.  Jones, Bethany. “Masculinity in frankenstein: A product of nature or nurture?” associated content: Arts and entertainment. 3 oct. 2007. Associated Content. Web. 27 Dec. 2009.

3.  Woodbridge, Kim A. “The ‘Birth’ of a Monster.” mary shelley and frankenstein. 26 Jun. 2001. Kim A Woodbridge. Web. 27 Dec. 2009.

4.  Coulter, Susan. “frankenstein: A cautionary Tale of Bad Parenting.” mary shelley and frankenstein. 26 Jun. 2001. Kim A. Woodbridge. Web. 27 Dec. 2009.

5.  rohrmoser Andreas, “The origin of a Myth: Mary Shelley’s Novel frankenstein.” frankensteinfilms.com. 2007. Web. 27 Dec. 2009.

Citation Help

1.  Hacker, Diana. A Writer’s Reference. 6th. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2009. Print.

2.  Warlick, David. Landmark’s Son of Citation Machine. The Landmark Project. web. 27 Dec. 2009.

Sources:

1. Hunter, Paul. From the Preface of Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996, xi. Print.

2.Shelley, Mary. From the preface of Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996, 5. Print.

3.Waselko, David. “Frankenstein WebQuest.” Mr. Waselko. 30 Jan. 2005. Web. 27 Dec. 2009.