Just because you can, should you? Reflections on the ethics and limits of medical research are prompted by a reading of excerpts of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, viewing of clips from the 1931 film, and examining sections of the online exhibition, Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secretes of Nature. The resource contains two detailed plans: “Electricity, Frankenstein, and the Spark of Life,” for middle school, and “’It’s Alive!’:  Frankenstein and the Limits of Medical Research,” for high school classrooms. A great cross-curricular plan.

Concepts

mary shelley

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Additional Tags

mary shelley, english language arts

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Pros

• Worksheets ask learners to make text-to-world and text-to-self connections
• Extensions and adaptations are included

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.2 RL.11-12.2 RI.9-10.2 RI.11-12.2