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The Electric State

High school (ages 12+)
Future & Imagination

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/the-electric-state

Step 2 · Questions

  1. 1. Who wrote The Electric State?

  2. 2. What is the setting time period?

  3. 3. What is the narrative focus?

  4. 4. What is 'The Electric State' about?

  5. 5. Why are the machines in the book so big and old?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

  • Dystopian Science Fiction

  • Illustrated Novel

  • Alternate History

  • Post-Technological Society

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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