Star Trek and Ethics Curriculum

The Star Trek and Ethics Curriculum uses episodes from various Star Trek series as springboards for exploring philosophical questions about duty, identity, justice, and technology. Lesson plans—often found on platforms like Teachers Pay Teachers—pair specific episodes with structured discussion prompts, writing assignments, and ethical frameworks. Middle and high school students are often more willing to debate tough issues when they’re framed through sci-fi scenarios rather than directly about themselves. For families and teachers, it’s an engaging, relatively low-prep way to integrate ethics, critical thinking, and media literacy into humanities courses.