| |  "Retrofuture" refers to earlier ideas about what our current time would be like. Now that we've hit the 21st century, we have lots to choose from -- people making predictions in the 1900s often chose the 21st century to write or draw or make movies about.
Here's a relaxed lesson plan for those finishing out the school year when it's 85 and sunny outside.
Have your students explore the following retrofuture resources:
Make a Venn diagram showing how people from the past thought life would be now, and how it really is. I'd add a third ring and include how life was at the time the predictions were made (often the 1930s through 1950s). You might want to encourage students to consider clothing, gender roles, communications, and travel.
Now you're ready for some great compare and contrast essays!
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