What is UTOPIA?

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What is UTOPIA?

• The Giver
• By Lois Lowry
• Pre-Reading Activity

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Utopia
An ideally perfect place in terms of social
aspects political aspects moral aspects
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What would you visualize as the perfect world?
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Take a minute to reflect

• What do you think a Utopian society would be
  like?
• Are all people free?
• Do people have monkeys as butlers?
• What jobs are there?
• What are the rules and the laws?
• What happens if people break the laws?
• Would there be religion?
• Who would rule the country?

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The reality of UTOPIA

• Could there ever be a perfect world?
• What inhibits us from living in a perfect world?

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Utopia and The Giver

• There is a thin line between utopia and dystopia
  as we will study in Lois Lowrys, The Giver.
• In this perfect world, citizens are restricted
  on clothing, jobs, spouse and children, therefore
  leaving personal choice out of the question.
• Is there a price to pay in a seemingly perfect
  world?

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Assignment

• As you are viewing the power point, stop to
  answer the questions. The gatekeeper will make
  sure each team member equally contributes to the
  discussion.

• Your team will then decide what components of
  your perfect world you would like to illustrate
  on your poster. After you complete the
  illustration, be prepared to present and explain
  your poster to the class. You will need to
  explain why you chose these elements of your
  perfect society. Each team member will
  participate in the presentation.