Molly Keenans central goal in teaching high school students is to activate critical, engaged citizenship. The curriculum experiment described within this book, "Contemporary Issues Disguised as SF: Making the Future," emerges from her desire to reveal the possibilities of a research-supported curriculum that uses science fiction media in the classroom to engage students in more fully learning social studies material. She encourages purposeful speculation, the use of technology, creativity, and differentiation. Keenan teaches urban students from a wide range of ethnic and cultural...