Ellen Finnigan wrote a piece of cultural criticism in 2011 upon the release of the first film in the Hunger Games movie trilogy. What she noticed about the reviews spurred her to write a curriculum for the dystopian novel over ten years later.

Teach to the Text is offering a live course for adults on The Odyssey this spring. If you miss it, check out our independent text study “Let’s Read The Odyssey!”

Teach to the Text is now accepting submissions for our new, student-run literary magazine. Deadline to submit for our first edition is February 28, 2026. Theme is Ancient Greece!