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To discuss issues surrounding time travel in literature. Lesson Objective To discuss issues surrounding time travel in literature.

Why is time travel such a popular topic? Consider all of these time travel related films… Why is time travel such a popular topic?

What can science fiction writers do that other writers cannot?

The Butterfly Effect Click here to watch how Homer deals with the Butterfly Effect. In ‘The Sound of Thunder’ we will learn that travelling through time can be dangerous. The characters in the story realise how they impact nature when one of the hunters steps on a butterfly. Through the destruction of one small element of the ecosystem, the future was changed.

TASK As a class, we are going to read through ‘The Sound of Thunder’ by Ray Bradbury.

How is time travel presented within ‘The Sound of Thunder’? Plenary How is time travel presented within ‘The Sound of Thunder’? What message do you think Bradbury was trying to make?