The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

Introduction and discussion points (handout)
BBC audiobook of The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood Explains the Dystopia of The Handmaid's Tale
Why The Handmaid's Tale is so relevant today - Jennifer Keishin
​Haunted by The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
​​Facing an essay on The Handmaid's Tale, student reaches out to the ultimate source: Margaret Atwood
Group task: Design a web-based 'Study Guide'
No Balm in Gilead for Margaret Atwood - Mervyn Rothstein
7 iconic scenes from The Handmaid’s Tale graphic novel
Creative 'Fakebook' task
A very useful article from The Economist, 'The sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale explores the workings of repression - Return to Gilead' (provided by Ondrej - many thanks!)
In Our Time - Discussion of Hannah Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism
Gloria Steinem's 'a bunny's tale' – 50 years later
What is Stockholm Syndrome?

​Margaret Atwood: ‘For a long time we were moving away from Gilead. Then we started going back towards it’ - Lisa Allardice
A mildly diverting quiz
ebook of The Testaments
BBC audiobook of The Testaments
When Mary Beard Met Margaret Atwood
Summary of some critical approaches
John Green's Crash Course Literature
A podcast interview with Atwood (Thanks, Ondrej!)
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