Friday, May 20

During 3rd period, please assist the substitute in watching the rest of Trekkies. We left off on chapter 13. After the film, please continue to work, plan, and research your documentary projects.

For those of you interested, here's some info on Star Trek.

The original Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry, debuted in 1966 and ran for three seasons, following the interstellar adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Federation Starship Enterprise. These adventures were continued in an animated television series and six feature films. Four more television series were produced, based in the same universe but following other characters: Star Trek: The Next Generation, following the crew of a new Starship Enterprise set several decades after the original series; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager set contemporaneously with The Next Generation; and Star Trek: Enterprise, set in the early days of human interstellar travel. Four additional feature films were produced, following the crew of The Next Generation, and most recently a 2009 movie reboot of the series featuring a young crew of the original Enterprise set in a parallel universe.

Check here for the "official" Star Trek website.

Some fans have too much time on their hands. Here's a time line for the Star Trek world.

Here's a few clips of some of the more interesting moments:

Amok Time (1967) - fight scene

The Introduction to the Animated Series
Animated Series - More Trouble with Tribbles

The Original Movie trailer (1978)
Wrath of Khan (19
The Search For Spock
The Voyage Home (
The Final Frontier
The Undiscovered Country

The Next Generation (1987)

Generations (
First Contact - Star Trek VIII
Insurrection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ql0jnp1cyg
New Star Trek (2009)

Star Trek beats the race barrier... Deep Space Nine
Star Trek beats the gender barrier... Voyager
Enterprise

And some full episodes of the original:

Space Seed (1966)
Arena (1966)
The Trouble With Tribbles(1966)

William Shatner Sings Rocket Man
Leonard Nimoy sings The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

And the parodies:

Simpsons
Futurama
Futurama - part 2

HOMEWORK: Read Name All the Animals. Plan to complete your reading by next week.