Ray Bradbury as a Writer of the Fantastic
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Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: Ray Bradbury’s biographer, Sam Weller, describes how the author loved to write about the fantastic.
Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: Literature-216**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use this video as a conversation starter about comparisons between Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and today’s “cancel culture.”
*Segment videos are short excerpts edited from interviews or interactive programs that offer flexible and differentiated ways to use the rich content included in the full-length conversation.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
