Frankenstein Webquest by Christina Hamilton https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein The Modern Prometheus en-us 2018-03-29 02:24:08 UTC 2018-03-29 13:49:56 UTC hello@padlet.com You need your own sheet of paper to answer the questions chamilton850 https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247126516 Before we begin reading Frankenstein, you need to understand a bit of the history behind the writing of the story. Answer the questions below, using the suggested websites or others that you find appropriate (not Wikipedia), to help build your historical and social context of the graphic novel. Please answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper. You may either type or write your answers; however, please be sure to answer in complete sentences. This is individual work.]]> 2018-03-29 02:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247126516 Prometheus chamilton850 https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247126618 http://www.prometheas.org/mythology.html

1. How did Prometheus make man?
2. Why did Zeus get angry at Prometheus and how was Prometheus punished?
3. Why or why not do you think Prometheus should be considered a hero?
4. Google a picture to illustrate Prometheus’ punishment on Mount Caucasus. What feeling or mood do you get from this artwork? What about it makes you say that? What words help to describe this artwork?


]]> 2018-03-29 02:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247126618 Pygmalion chamilton850 https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247126772 http://www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/myth-of-pygmalion-and-galatea/

1. How does Galatea come to live?
2. Explain, in at least three complete sentences, why or why not you think this myth to be a good example of a love story.
]]> 2018-03-29 02:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247126772 Read the following chamilton850 https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247126885 https://www.biography.com/people/mary-shelley-9481497

1. When and where was Mary Shelley born?
2. Where did she grow up (if different than birth place)?
3. What inspired her to write Frankenstein?
4. What else has she written?
5. What was her personal life like? Husband? Friends? Kids? Etc.
a. How many children did she have? How many survived infancy? Also, did her husband die before or after the publication of the novel?
6. Where did she live as an adult?
7. What is the likely cause of Mary Shelley’s nervous breakdown?
8. When was Frankenstein published?
9. How did critics review the novel when it was first published?
10. This novel is a good example of an epistolary novel (the following question will require some web research).
11. What does and epistolary novel mean?
12. What does a framing device in literature mean?
13. What is the framing device in this novel?
14. Why might this framing device make this novel more effective?
]]> 2018-03-29 02:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247126885 What is Romanticism Literature? chamilton850 https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247126984 https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-romantics
1.  Define Romanticism.
2. Define Gothic Literature
3.. What are some of the elements needed to make a work a part of this genre?
4. Who were some major Romantic artists?

]]> 2018-03-29 02:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247126984 Briefly Explain Stem Cell research/therapies.1. List the five best “facts” for and against stem cell research.2. What is the basic moral dilemma? chamilton850 https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247127193
https://www.eurostemcell.org/embryonic-stem-cell-research-ethical-dilemma

1.Briefly Explain Cloning
2. Identify some pros and cons about human cloning. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/chinese-scientists-clone-monkeys-break-barrier-human-cloning-n840736
]]> 2018-03-29 02:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247127193 Define and explain the following terms: chamilton850 https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247127543 1. Somnambulism:
2. Revenant:
3. Necromancy
4. Exorcism]]> 2018-03-29 02:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247127543 Frankenfoods chamilton850 https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247127686 https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/frankenfood-does-it-deserve-the-name/

1. What are GMO foods?
2. What damage can GMOs do to the human body?
3. What can you do to be a better consumer?
]]> 2018-03-29 02:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247127686 Make Predictions! chamilton850 https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247249649 What do you think doctors and scientists are planning for the future?

 If resources and technology had no limit, what would you create/invent to make people or things live forever? ]]> 2018-03-29 13:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/chamilton850/frankenstein/wish/247249649