A Teacher's Guide to Brave New World

By: Aldous Huxley and Amy Jurskis

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Synopsis: For teachersWe know that the Common Core State Standards are encouraging you to reevaluate the books that you assign to your students. To help you decide which books are right for your classroom, each free ebook in this series contains a Common Core-aligned teaching guide and a sample chapter.This free teaching guide for Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is designed to help you put the new Common Core State Standards into practice."Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English."--Chicago TribuneAldous Huxley's tour de force, Brave New World is a darkly satiric vision of a "utopian" future--where humans are genetically bred and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively serve a ruling order. A powerful work of speculative fiction that has enthralled and terrified students for generations, it remains remarkably relevant to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying entertainment.