This assignment coincides with the BBC video "The Science of Storytelling" which you can preview here. This assignment is 20 questions and connects students with both the video and their independent reading book or an anchor text. If you want to simply use just the video, you can edit out the questions pertaining to a book. Key topics covered in this assignment include: assimilation, transportation, identification, empathy, mirror neurons, prejudice, loneliness, and persuasion. The style of que