Oddly, the timeline to moral reorientation, so to speak, seems kind of ancillary to most post-apocalypse stories, other than Mad Max (original) as you mentioned. Only other one I can think of where that journey is taken and where consequences specifically related to the speedy loss of morals (maybe more the loss of hope, though they may …
Oddly, the timeline to moral reorientation, so to speak, seems kind of ancillary to most post-apocalypse stories, other than Mad Max (original) as you mentioned. Only other one I can think of where that journey is taken and where consequences specifically related to the speedy loss of morals (maybe more the loss of hope, though they may be related) are shown is the adaptation of The Mist.
Also, not sure if you thought of it already, but a more future-focused tale of food shortage/famine that may work for your students is Interstellar. Its sci-fi aspects overshadow the more pragmatic search for a planet where we can grow wheat and corn again, but that's understandable, Love being the Fourth Dimension and all.
Oddly, the timeline to moral reorientation, so to speak, seems kind of ancillary to most post-apocalypse stories, other than Mad Max (original) as you mentioned. Only other one I can think of where that journey is taken and where consequences specifically related to the speedy loss of morals (maybe more the loss of hope, though they may be related) are shown is the adaptation of The Mist.
Also, not sure if you thought of it already, but a more future-focused tale of food shortage/famine that may work for your students is Interstellar. Its sci-fi aspects overshadow the more pragmatic search for a planet where we can grow wheat and corn again, but that's understandable, Love being the Fourth Dimension and all.
Great post!