In partnership with Cascadia Con, Science Fiction Museum, and Reading for the Future, the Heinlein Society produced an “Education CD” - now available as the Educator's Digital Download - of materials for educators interested in using Science Fiction to teach their students. The materials involved cover a variety of age groups, and include a significant amount of material specific to the works of Robert A. Heinlein, not least of which is the complete text to three Heinlein shorts provided courtesy of The Heinlein Prize Trust. Leading SF educators like Julie Czernada, C. W. Sullivan III, and Robert James are represented.

This Educator’s Digital Download, Version 2.0, includes all the materials included in version 1.0, and an additional 24 items. New material includes text of short stories from David Brin, Greg Bear, and Gregory Benford (“The Killer B’s”) with lesson plans for each. Also lesson plans by Robert James, Ph.D. for the included Heinlein short stories, plus lesson plans for all the traditional Heinlein juvenile novels. Expanding our efforts beyond K-12, we’ve also included a piece on Professor Herb Gilliland’s experiences in teaching Heinlein to college students at the US Naval Academy.

The Heinlein Society Educator's Digital Download is now offered as a downloadable zip file (CD copies no longer available). When you select and complete the purchase, you'll be provided with a link to download the contents as a zip file. Extract the zip file contents to use. Start with the index.htm page, which will open in a browser window, and click on the content links from there.

Please choose an education type for our internal information only. Educator's Digital Download content is the same for each selection. The Heinlein Society welcomes all types of educators.