This is a Language Arts/Social Studies cross curricular assignment that gives a brief history of early science fiction and its cold war influence. This lesson has the students reading a hyperlinked article on Sputnik, then watching an episode of Science Fiction Theater. Once completed, the students choose from four fun options to demonstrate their understanding of early science fiction. When completing this assignment, I've had the students take a teacher generated quiz on the Sputnik article, but that is optional. This can als