Spin | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Spin - This is an artificial energy field wrapped like a membrane around planet Earth.

CVWS - CVWS is an acronym of a cattle-borne disease that breaks out near the end of the Spin era.

Archway - This is a bridge-like structure that links the Earth with a hospitable planet located somewhere in the galaxy. The Archway was built by the Hypotheticals at the end of the first Spin era.

Martian Drug - This is a bio-engineered chemical that was brought to earth by Wun Ngo Wen.

Perihelion - This is the name...
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