New Approaches in Teaching History

Auteur

Frederic Krome is a professor of history at the University of Cincinnati Clermont College. In addition to using science fiction films and texts extensively in his teaching, he is the editor of Fighting the Future War: An Anthology of Science Fiction War Stories, 1914-45 (2011), which provides an introduction on how to use science fiction as a primary source in historical research.

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This book provides readers with a justification for using science fiction films and texts as a primary source for teaching history.

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Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter One: Using Science Fiction Stories and Film in the History Classroom

Chapter Two: Nationalism, Racism, and Imperialism in the Science Fiction of Jules Verne

Chapter Three: Invaders from the Red Planet to We're the Martians Now: War of the Worlds in a

Variety of Incarnations.

Chapter Four: Things to Come: The Fall and Rise of Civilization in the Future War

Primary Source Analysis of a Future War Tale

Chapter Five: Science Fiction and the Holocaust

Chapter Six: Mutations and Monsters: Cold War Anxiety in the 1950s and 60s

Chapter Seven: From Starship Troopers to the Forever War

Primary Source Analysis: A Photo Essay on the Atomic Battlefield

Chapter Eight: From Dune (1965) to The Ministry for the Future (2020): Environmentalism in

Science Fiction

Chapter Nine: Confronting the Color Line: Afrofuturism, Science Fiction, and Dissent

Conclusion: A Brief How-To Guide

Bibliography

About the Author