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Quizzes
Quote Quizzes:
- "The Hearth and the Salamander" -- Literary terms, themes, and character identification.
- "The Sieve and the Sand" -- Literary terms, themes, and character identification.
- "Burning Bright" --
Literary terms, themes, and character identification.
Crossword Puzzle:
Jeopardy:
- 451 PowerPoint Jeopardy Game -- Review Fahrenheit 451 using Jeopardy
Other Quizzes: Below are links to quizzes on the Internet.
- CliffsNotes Review Quiz
- Sparknotes's Review Quiz
- GradeSaver 451 Quiz
- Fahrenheit 451 Quiz -- General multiple choice quiz.
- Fahrenheit 451: Part I Review Game -- Based on the game Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
- Fahrenheit 451: Part II Review Game -- Based on the game Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
- Fahrenheit 451: Interactive Jeopardy
- Fahrenheit 451: General Multiple Choice
- Fahrenheit 451 -- Multiple Choice Quiz
- Burning Bright -- Another General Quiz
Study
Guides:
"The Hearth and the Salamander"
"The Sieve and the Sand"
"Burning Bright"
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Guides:Below are links to sites that will help you understand and think about Fahreheint 451 . They are not meant to be used as substitutes for the novel. They only help when used along with the novel. They will not help you on reading comprehension quizzes. Pay attention to the analyses on these pages. They should help you to start getting ideas about the book. Ignore all advertisements on the following sites. top
Vocabulary:
"The Hearth and the Salamander"
"The Sieve and the Sand"
"Burning Bright"
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Papers/Projects
Projects:
- ABC PowerPoint
Project
-- Assignment
Sheet
- ABC PowerPoint Template 01
- ABC PowerPoint Template 02
- ABC PowerPoint Template 03
- Example of ABC PowerPoint -- This uses Lord of the Flies.
Student PowerPoint Projects:
- 4th hour
- 5th hour
- Jesus's
-- Outstanding. Jesus found different images for each slide.
- Miguel's
-- Miguel did a nice job with the images, but he missed a few
slides.
- Jac's
- Alfredo and Axel's
- Liz, Erika, Karina,
and Kristen
- Mike, John, Corey,
Esmel's
- Jesus's
- 6th Hour
- ABC PowerPoint Template 01
Papers:
- Social Criticism
- Science Fiction
Ray
Bradbury:
- Audio Interview
-- In this interview
Bradbury discusses the influence of the story "The Pedestrian"
and the connection between that short story and Fahrenheit 451.
Also, this interview discusses Joseph McCarthy's influence on 451.
Interview is provided by Wired
for Books. - Onion Interview: an interview with Ray Bradbury.
- Bradbury
on Fresh Air --
an interview with Bradbury. He talks about his influences and education.
- Raybradbury.com -- Official Ray Bradbury Site.
- Raybradbury Online
- "Ray Bradbury Rips Michael Moore" -- Bradbury's take on Fahrenheit 9/11.
- "Ray Bradbury is on Fire" -- From Salon.com.
- Ray Bradbury Bio -- from Bookreporter.com
- Audio Interview
- Novel
- "50th
Anniversary for Fahrenheit 451"
-- an audio review of the 50th Anniversary edition on All Things
Considered.
- Study/
Teaching Guide from
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
- "50th
Anniversary for Fahrenheit 451"
- Science Fiction
- Utopia
- Utopia--
This is a five minute clip on Utopia that appeared on Weakend Edition.
It discusses the history of the idea of Utopia and briefly mentions
Bradbury's 451 and other books.
- Utopia
- Censorship
- Cold War
- Hiroshima and Atomic Bomb
- Atomic Cafe -- Rent this documentary and watch the destruction of the A-bomb. Also, see the anxiety that existed during the time Bradbury wrote this novel.
- Hiroshima Photo Essay
- NPR Replay: Remembering Hiroshima
- Joseph McCarthy
- Fahrenheit 451
Today: Below are links that describe today's world, which
looks oddly like the world in 451
- "C-Sections are up" -- Read this article about C-sections and compare it to the 451 when Montag is talking to Mildred's friends.
Humanities/Connections
Literature is merely one piece of humanities. The nice thing about literature is that it deals with themes that are dealt with in other novels, songs, paintings, movies, and other artistic areas.
Literature:
- It Can't Happen Here
- Brave New World
- The Handmaid's Tale
- A Canticle for Leibowitz
- Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Animal Farm
- "Harrison Bergeron"
- Player Piano
by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Giver
- A Clockwork Orange
Movies/TV
Most of the movies below are rated R, so please get parent permission if you are under 17.
- Equilibrium -- This is an entertaining movie that mixes the ideas of Fahrenheit 451, 1984, and Brave New World with the images and imagination of The Matrix. This film deals with the dystopian theme in very similar ways as 451.
- "Time Enough at Last" -- One of the best Twilight Zone episodes ever. In this episode a man is chastise for reading. After an H-bomb attack, he is left alone to read all he wants, so he thinks. This episode deals with the theme of the importance of literature in life.
- Minority Report
Intertextuality
- "Dover Beach" by Mathew Arnold -- This is the poem that Montag reads to his wife and his wife's friends.
Mr. B. Lettiere's English on the Web: Fahrenheit 451 Website
