Step 1: Read the following article "More Than a Trend: Why Dystopias Matter
Click on the button bellow and download the annolighted article. You will see questions on the right. You will need to use a highlighter and highlight information in the article. As you are answering the questions, you are to write down your thoughts of the article while you are reading.
Click on the button bellow and download the annolighted article. You will see questions on the right. You will need to use a highlighter and highlight information in the article. As you are answering the questions, you are to write down your thoughts of the article while you are reading.
Step 2: Watch the YouTube clip: Dystopia below. After viewing the video, you will work with your partner and create a T Chart on the differences between utopian and dystopian societies.
Step 3: Stop and discuss with your partner. Both of you will answer the following questions:
1. How were the articles similar? Does the author seem to support utopian and dystopian societies? What sets these two societies apart?
2. What were some of the terms that were unfamiliar to you while you were reading? Does the author supply enough context clues so it would help you understand them easier?
3. Describe how a utopian society could eventually fall apart?
4. Describe how a dystopian society may seem perfect to the people in its community.
1. How were the articles similar? Does the author seem to support utopian and dystopian societies? What sets these two societies apart?
2. What were some of the terms that were unfamiliar to you while you were reading? Does the author supply enough context clues so it would help you understand them easier?
3. Describe how a utopian society could eventually fall apart?
4. Describe how a dystopian society may seem perfect to the people in its community.
Step 4: Research real-life and fictional dystopian societies. Follow the links below to research utopian societies in America during the 18th and 19th Century. Use the handout provided to help you develop your research. After you have finished the handout, save it to your Google Classroom account. Turn it into the Utopian and Dystopian Webquest folder.
Step 5: You will work with your partner and develop a five to 8 slide Prezi on utopian and dystopian societies. Click on the Prezi hyperlink to take you to the Prezi Web tool. You will log on with the username and password that you created earlier. After you have saved your Prezi, you will copy and paste the link to the folder Giver WebQuest Prezi in the Google Classroom Folder. You will also find the rubric to this step on a link below. Please read over the rubric carefully since it is a group project.