Envisioning a More Perfect Future
Prereading
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OUr texts
Independent reading
Guiding Questions:
What illusion of a perfect society is depicted in this book? What is the society like in reality?
How are the members of this society being oppressed?
What kind of control is used to keep the members of this society oppressed?
Think of our current society – what aspects of utopia/dystopia do we have?
When is it best to conform to the wishes or rules of others?
What problems are avoided when people conform?
What new problems does conformity create?
How important is it for people to have choices?
What illusion of a perfect society is depicted in this book? What is the society like in reality?
How are the members of this society being oppressed?
What kind of control is used to keep the members of this society oppressed?
Think of our current society – what aspects of utopia/dystopia do we have?
When is it best to conform to the wishes or rules of others?
What problems are avoided when people conform?
What new problems does conformity create?
How important is it for people to have choices?
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Informational Texts
Extras
Extension Activities
Look at the following list of famous speeches. Choose a speech that moves you. Summarize the speech and describe how the speaker may be a visionary for a more perfect world.
list of speeches: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html
list of speeches: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html
Take a look at these three documents that help construct our United States Government. In each document, there are ideas that are both Utopian and Dystopian. What aspects of our government are Utopian or Dystopian. Does this make you think about our government differently? Make sure to cite which document you got your evidence from.
The Bill of Rights:
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript
The Declaration of Independence:
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
The Universal Deceleration of Human Rights:
http://www.hrweb.org/legal/udhr.html
The Bill of Rights:
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript
The Declaration of Independence:
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
The Universal Deceleration of Human Rights:
http://www.hrweb.org/legal/udhr.html
Create a slogan or motto that inhabitants of your utopia will follow, and develop a utopian seal. Review the images you developed in the initial lesson – “Create Your Perfect World”. Choose the best from each team members collage. Explain the meaning and significance of the motto and seal you choose. Here are the state mottos for ideas -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_mottos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_mottos