Fahrenheit 451 and Lord of the Flies

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - Audiobook available in the CHS library

Lord of the Flies by William Golding - Audiobook available in the CHS library.

Poetry (choose 2 or 3)

• "All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace" by Richard Brautigan
• "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold
• "Your Attention Please" by Peter Porter

Short Fiction (choose 1)

• "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
• "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
• "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
• "By the Waters of Babylon" by Stephen Vincent Bennet
• "Quitters, Inc" (PDF) by Stephen King Text version

Multimedia

• The Simpsons, Episode 914. Parody of Lord of the Flies
• "Minority Report" (film)

Extension

• Animal Farm by George Orwell

Historical Nonfiction (choose 1)

• Chief Seattle's 1854 Oration
• The Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Familyby Uchida - Available in the CHS library

Contemporary Nonfiction (choose 1)

• "What is the Age of Responsibility?" by Alan Greenblatt
• "How Old is Old Enough?" by Catherine Rampell
• "Modern Monsters: Phoenix, Basilisk, Unicorn and Salamander" [Phoenix section] from Bulfinch's Mythology

Technical Nonfiction (choose 1)

• "Adolescence, Brain Development, and Legal Culpability"

The library also recommends:

Documentaries/Movies:

• Fahrenheit 451 (movie)
• Animal Farm (animated movie)
• Russian Revolution (30 minute documentary) from Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Videos:

• Lord of the Flies from Crash Course Literature [11 minutes]

Websites:

• Lord of the Flies Game from BrainPOP (symbolism, characterization, etc.)

Articles:

• Fahrenheit 451 from Novels for Students
• Fahrenheit 451 from Literature and Its Times
• Ray Bradbury from Major 21st Century Authors
• Lord of the Flies from Novels for Students
• Lord of the Flies from Literature and Its Times
• William Golding from Major 21st Century Writers
• Animal Farm from Novels for Students
• Animal Farm from Literature and Its Times

Books:

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury(graphic novel)
• Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (novel similar to Lord of the Flies, but with teen beauty pageant contestants)
• Gone by Michael Grant (all-kid society)
• Trapped by Michael Nothrop (kids trapped in a school)
• Monument 14 series by Emmy Laybourne (kids trapped in a store)
• Quarantine series by Lex Thomas (kids trapped in a school)