Pat Frank, Alas, Babylon
Lesson plans and teaching resources

Reading strategies, including a directed reading-thinking activity, a cubing strategy for discussion, a during-reading research activity involving Charles Darwin, and more. Adobe Reader required for access.

Ten discussion questions.

Eight questions for writing and/or discussion.

This digital booktalk (1:09) makes a good pre-reading activity.

This role-playing activity is designed as a follow-up to the novel. Students pretend they are shipwrecked on an island. They research survival skills and write a narrative telling the story of how they survived.