1. Read The White Mountains, the first volume in the "Tripod trilogy" and compare and contrast its teen-age protagonists with those in When the Tripods Came.

2. Based on descriptions in the novel, write a script for a typical episode of "The Trippy Show."

3. Watch one of the film versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and compare its view of society with that in When the Tripods Came.

4. Write a journal describing a typical week of life in the abandoned tunnel in the Alps.

5. Write a paper exploring Christopher's attitude towards authority as expressed in When the Tripods Came and one or more of his other books.

6. Before reading any of the books in the "Tripod trilogy", write a paper in which you hypothesize the nature and culture of the tripod aliens.

7. Go to the library and research the topics of...