Brave New World

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - Audiobook available in the CHS library

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - Audiobook available in the CHS library

Poetry (choose 2 or 3)

• "Government" by Carl Sanburg
• "Unknown Citizen" by W. H. Auden
• "The Hollow Men" by T. S. Eliot
• "Prologue" from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (parallel Middle English and Modern English versions)

Short Fiction (choose 1 or 2)

• Excerpts from Utopia by Sir Thomas More
• "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut

Multimedia

• "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen (lyrics) Audio
• "Little Boxes" by Malvina Reynolds (lyrics) Audio
• "The Trees" by Rush (lyrics) Audio
• Clip from Koyaanisqatsi "The Grid" part 2 - scene to accompany Brave New Wolrd
• Children of Men (movie)
• V for Vendetta (movie)
• Political Cartoons

The library also recommends:

Documentaries/Movies:

• "Escaping ISIS" from PBS Frontline

Short Videos:

• "Remembering Phyllis Schlafly" from New York Times Retro Report
• "On Account of Sex" [Equal Rights Amendment] from New York Times Retro Report
• "Atomic Vets" from the New York Times Retro Report
• "How to Recognize a Dystopia" from TED Ed
• "Utopias Becoming Dystopias" from Shmoop

Websites:

Articles:

• Why The Handmaid's Tale is so Relevant Today from BBC

Books:

• "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Sarah Teasdale (use with identically titled Ray Bradbury story below)
• "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula LeGuin
• Excerpts from A Modern Utopia by H. G. Wells
• "The Island" (film) - Available in the CHS library

Historical Nonfiction (choose 1 or 2)

• "The Right to One's Body" by Margaret Sanger
• "Liberty and Knowledge" by John Adams or "Dissertation on Canon and Feudal Law" or Alternate version
• "Preamble" to the US Constitution SchoolHouse Rock video (3 minutes)
• "Bill of Rights" from the US Constitution
• "The Four Freedoms" by Franklin Delano Roosevelt (includes audio, primary source, drafts, and more)
• "A Demand to Limit Search and Seizure" by James Otis
• "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift Audio

Contemporary Nonfiction (choose 1 or 2)

• Excerpt from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacksby Rebecca Skloot - Available in the CHS library
• "Designer Babies: The Pros and Cons of Genetic Engineering" by Yin Ren