In his story, he creates a setting in a “smart house” that carries out the daily chores, such as cooking, cleaning, and other things mankind does. In the science-fiction story ‘There Will Come Soft Rains”, Ray Bradbury, one of the worlds most celebrated sic-if and fantasy writers, describes the realistic possibility of people being wiped out by technology. Bent, the main theme is the danger of technology, but both have several differences. In “There Will Come Soft Rains”, by author Ray Bradbury, and “By the Waters of Babylon”, by author S. Technology of the future is one of the most thought about topics in any modern society. [V.Science-fiction stories on technology taking a violent turn are very common. The poem may be necessary to bring into discussion. Articles that discuss Bradbury in looking at modern and future housing technologies can be found. It might be worth having your students look at what is growing more possible with smart houses. Sprow, Bill GatesĪ good house to compare with the story is Bill Gates’ house, and you can find the layout of the house as well as a papercraft model description. Also, discuss the poem that is the title of the story (by Sara Teasdale) – the poem was written after WWI, and the short story was written after WWII -interesting how people had the same fears… One other fun exercise is to ask students to get into groups and come up with the one most meaningful invention they think will exist 50 years from now. A great exercise for this is to have students research Smart Homes, and you can talk about Bill Gates’ home as an example. There are great YouTube videos on Disney’s House of the Future from the 1950s you can compare this to the true house of the future, i.e. Sprow, Classroom Strategies Looking at the Future of the Past You can go really into cool sci-fi discussions, and really relate to the modern day world! [V.
This is a great story to teach toward the end of the semester, when the students are restless.
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