Utopia Vs Dystopia Worksheet
About this quiz worksheet.
Utopia vs dystopia worksheet. It begins by contrasting utopia vs dystopia continues with 3 examples of societies 2 dystopian 1 utopian and has students underline the characteristics and ends with students creating their own well intentioned laws and seeing how. Types of dystopian controls most dystopian works present a world in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through one or more of the following types of controls. Using the utopia mind map worksheet complete each page with your group members. Use the setting expert role card worksheet from our book club kit to talk about the setting.
A couple nights back i was asked to do a two hour session for my local writing group colchester writenight on the theme of utopia and dystopia. Dystopia challenges students to think critically about their personal and social worlds. Dystopia is the opposite of utopia. On page 1 come up with a name location and rough sketch of a map for your society.
Students are asked to consider some pointed questions about what it means to live in a perfect society and if such a thing is possible. Numerous stories have been written utilizing the context of either a utopia or dystopia to provide a basic element with which to develop a plot and characters. Stamping homework for completion rather than grading for accuracy. This process makes the novel study booklet that each student will work within very important.
This 28 slide powerpoint presentation and 10 page lesson plan on utopia vs. Find the definition of utopia. The novel is. You will transfer these to a larger poster board for the last project of this unit.
This lesson provides students with an introduction to the characteristics of a dystopia and dystopia genre. The session seemed to go down well so maybe the worksheet i devised for the session might be useful for you too. Then describe what your hometown would look like in a dystopian novel. One or more large corporations control society through products advertising and or the media.
