The following assignments are related to two episodes of a Netflix series called Black Mirror. These are science fiction stories and focus heavily on human use of technologies that exist or in-development. Please watch the episodes in class. Take notes and answer the questions presented below for each.
- Nosedive – take notes.
- Notes and Focus
- Who?
- What?
- Where?
- When?
- Why?
- How?
- Focus and Analysis Questions:
- Do you like Lacie?
- Is Lacie a good person?
- What does she do to make you feel the way you feel about her?
- Is she a hero?
- What lessons will her world learn?
- What role does technology play in her world?
- What did she learn?
- Notes and Focus
- Playtest – take notes. Mental notes are fine IF you answer the questions below fully and acceptably.
- Focus and Analysis
- Who?
- What?
- Where?
- When?
- Why?
- How?
- Questions:
- Who is the main character?
- What is he doing with his life?
- Where is he heading?
- When will the technology he is using in his world be available to us?
- Why is he traveling so much, and why does he turn to this experiment?
- Does he get what he deserves in the end?
- How do you feel about this kind of technology being developed today?
- Who is the main character?
- Focus and Analysis