Background Information
What happens to nature in a dystopia?
Nature is typically degraded or destroyed; citizens fear nature
What are the three handicaps given to people in Harrison Bergeron?
Masks, radio transmissions in ear, weights (birdshot)
Marilyn is the main character of “The Number 12 Looks Just Like You”. Near the end of the episode, she reveals something about her father. What does she reveal?
He killed himself
Who gave a speech to the United Nations Climate Action Summit?
Greta Thunberg
I give the Mountain Goats 5 stars
Anthropocene Reviewed
What is used by a dystopian government to control the citizens?
Propaganda
How many amendments have been made to the government in Harrison Bergeron?
213
In “The Number 12 Looks Just Like You” how do Marilyn and Val’s feelings about the transformation differ?
Val likes the transformation, Marilyn does not
What line is repeated multiple times by Greta Thunberg in her speech?
"How dare you!"
"Portrait of a young lady in love...With herself. Improbable? Perhaps. But in an age of plastic surgery, body building and an infinity of cosmetics let us hesitate to say impossible."
Number 12 Looks Just Like You
What is the name for a type of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens?
Totalitarianism
What animal are Harrison Bergeron and the ballerina compared to?
Deer
Who created The Twilight Zone
Rod Serling
Greta Thunberg uses the second-person pronoun "you" throughout her speech. Why does she do that?
She is does that because it makes her audience universal. No matter who is reading/listening to the speech, Greta is talking to them.
"Gee-" said Hazel, "I could tell that one was a doozy."
Harrison Bergeron
Which of these is NOT a characteristic of a utopia?
A) There is no violence
B) People work towards a common goal
C) Citizens reject nature
D) The society is fictional
C) Citizens reject nature
That is a characteristic of a dystopia
What is similar between a utopia and a dystopia
They are both fictional
How are “Being Pretty” (Autodale #1) and “The Number 12 Looks Just Like You” similar?
Both societies force people to look the same to try and make everyone equal
How old was Greta when she gave her speech to the climate action summit?
16
“We take the Uglies away so that you and your friends and your neighbors and your family can stay pretty. Remember that children and this concludes today's PSA.”
Autodale "Being Pretty"
What concept was dystopian society originally connected to?
The Irish Famine
List five examples of dystopian stories.
The Giver
Harrison Bergeron
1984
Farenheit 451
Number 12 Looks Just Like You
Autodale
The Matrix
Hunger Games
Which of these characteristic are NOT seen in Autodale?
A) Very few laws
B) The use of propaganda
C) Citizens conform to uniform expectations
D) Technology replaces humanity
A) Very few laws
There are a ton of laws in Autodale
What are five things negatively impacting the environment?
Climate change
Deforestation
Natural disasters
Pollution
Global warming
Trash in ocean
Littering
Greenhouse gases
Misinformation surrounding climate change
Forest fires
Animals losing habitats
Overpopulation
Human activity
Air quality
Water quality
The world is waking up and change is coming, whether you like it or not. Thank you.
Greta Thunberg's Speech