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Lesson 1 (from Section 1: Chapter I, "Best Friends" Pages 5-26)
Objective
The objective of this Daily Lesson is to explore the plausibility of time-travel narratives. Tales from the Café is based on the premise that customers of the café can travel through time--a premise that many readers will find impossible. The purpose of this lesson is to encourage students to engage with the novel on its own terms and prepare them to find meaning in its world, regardless of its scientific implausibility.
Lesson
Research Activity: Give students time to research answers to the following questions:
1) What is the "grandfather paradox" as it relates to time travel? How does the "self-correcting timeline" proposed by physicists actually resolve this paradox?
2) What is the "spatial precision" problem, as it relates to time travel? Have physicists resolved this problem?
3) What is the "Fermi paradox" as it has been adapted to relate to time travel? Have physicists resolved this problem?
Writing Activity...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.7, 9-10.9, 9-10.10, 11-12.7, 11-12.9, 11-12.10
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