Utopia/Dystopias

Utopia

100

What is a utopia?

What is an imaginary place where the government, laws, and conditions are ideally perfect.

200

What is one example of community that tried to create a utopia?

Who are the (Rappites, Shakers, Oneida Community members, Brook Farm members, or the Amana Inspirationalists)

300

What language does the word utopia come from?

What is greek

400

What was one of the reasons the utopian societies we studied ended up failing?

What is/are...

-lack of money

-people leaving the community because they do not agree with the ideals anymore

500

Why do humans try to create utopias?

What is.....

Dystopia

100

What is a dystopia?

What is futuristic imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, technological, religious/philosophical control? 

200

What are the four controls that may be present in a dystopia?

What are Technological, Corporate, Philosophical/Religious, and Bureaucratic Control

300

3 examples of movies that had dystopias are..

What are (The Hunger Games, The Terminator, I am Legend, Wall-E, Divergent, The Matrix, V for Vendetta, Handmaids Tale)

400

What are the characteristics of a dystopia?

What are.....

• Propaganda (ideas that are false or fake in order to help a cause, political leader or a government) is spread.
• There is no independent thought or little freedoms
• A figurehead/concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society
• There is constant surveillance (people are being watched by the government)
• Fear of the outside world
• People are dehumanized (they act barbaric, animal like)
• The natural world is gone or destroyed
• Citizens conform to rules/expectations
• The society is an illusion (appears to be real, but is not) of a utopia

500

Why do we study/read book with dystopian themes?

What is to remind us what can happen if we lose our humanity

Harrison Bergeron

100

Who are the main characters in "Harrison Bergeron"? 

Who are Hazel, George, and Harrison Bergeron?

200

The setting (place and time) of Harrison Bergeron is

What is the United States in 2081

300

Is "Harrison Bergeron" fiction or non-fiction?

What is fiction

400

What type of control is present in Harrison Bergeron?

What is philosophical control. "Everyone is meant to be equal in every way"

500

What are some dystopian characteristics present in "Harrison Bergeron"

What are: 

• There is no independent thought or little freedoms
• There is constant surveillance (people are being watched by the government)
• Citizens conform to rules/expectations
• The society is an illusion (appears to be real, but is not) of a utopia

Genre

100

What is non-fiction?

What is real information (in a book, movie, etc...)? 

200

What is fiction?

What is untrue/not real information (in a book, movie, etc..)

300

What are some genres within fiction?

What are.... realistic fiction, historical fiction, contemporary fiction, romance, mystery, horror, drama, science fiction, fantasy, folklore, survival/adventure, humor/comedy

400

What are the subgenres of non-fiction

What are Informational texts, Persuasive texts, Biographies and Autobiographies

500

What genre would "Harrison Bergeron" fall into?

What is science fiction