Reading: Students will be finishing The Giver this week. They will start working with their groups to build a utopia. The Utopia Project is due June 12th. The project is described below.
Create Your Own
Utopia
- Assignment
Guidelines
ALL TASKS MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE
DAY on the below due date:
Due:
June 12th
¡ I want you to not only use the information you’ve learned about the
idea of a Utopia in class but to use your creativity in creating this “ideal”
society, while keeping in mind the positives and negatives of the community in The
Giver.
¡ This assignment must be colorful – you have the necessary materials.
You can also use cut outs from magazines and COLOR pictures printed from home
as well.
¡ The format of the assignment is up to your group. It
could be mounted on a poster board, printed out as a packet, created through a Powerpoint, displayed as a web page (like in Glogster).
¡ Neatness and effort will be included in the final grade as will
spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.
So take pride in your group’s work and proof read each other’s writing.
Group
Responsibilities:
¡ Make sure EVERYONE in the group has duties
and tasks that they are assigned to complete each day. (whether that be
writing, coloring, organizing, editing).
¡ Before making a final decision about each
task make sure that the WHOLE group agrees with the decision .
¡ If you have group mates absent for the day –
YOU ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DO THE WORK AND HAVE THE ASSIGNMENT COMPLETED BY THE
DUE DATE.
¡ You will not only receive a grade for the
final product but you will also be graded on the amount of work done each day.
I will be closely monitoring your progress throughout the week.
¡ You will be graded on your effort as a group
member. If I have to speak to you about
your efforts more than once, it will come out of YOUR grade.
Assignment
Guidelines:
Your final product must include ALL of the following components:
1. Name of your Utopian society – Choose a creative and appropriate name to represent your new society.
Write a meaningful statement that tells why your group chose this name.
2. Declaration of Independence – Write an explanation describing the reason why you formed your
utopian society. In this statement you must answer the following questions –
1.) What don’t you like about your current society? 2.) How has the current
society broken your trust? 3.) Why do you feel the need to form a more perfect
society? 4.) How will your society be different? 5.) Does your society have
some of the same characteristics as your current society? Describe what is
similar if so.
3. Utopian Motto and Seal –
Create a slogan or motto that citizens of your society will follow, and draw a
utopian seal. Write a brief description that explains the meaning of the motto
and seal that you chose.
4. List of Rules –
Develop a list of 10 rules that all community members must follow. Provide an
explanation for each rule.
5. Governing Body – How
will the government of this Utopian be structured? Will you have a democracy,
anarchy, a monarchy, a republic, a dictatorship, or will you have a mixed
government (combines elements of all types of government)? How will your government
make decisions? Please give an explanation for your choices.
6. Holidays and Celebrations – Create 3 or more unique holidays and celebrations that your society
will have throughout the year. For each make sure you include a date and a
reason why you chose these dates.
7. Map – Create a map
of your society’s city, village, or country.
Include any important buildings (this may depend on your government you
choose). Think about places people shop
(if they shop), go for learning, or where you put those that break the
rules. If you handle these situations
differently in your society, do you call your buildings different names? Or do you not have these buildings at all?
8. Advertisement –
Develop a written advertisement or flyer for your community. This ad should be
complete with pictures that are representative of life in your society. Think
of the advertisement techniques we’ve learned over the year
