Objective: SWBAT evaluate details in a scene and qualify each detail as representing utopia or dystopia.
Do-Now: What have you learned about Jonas’ society so far that you feel represents utopia? What have you learned about that you feel represents dystopia? Give examples.
Today: 1) Review Utopia vs. Dystopia
2) Class will begin reading Chapter #10, examining the details given about the norms of Jonas’ community as he begins his training as Receiver of Memory. Do these “norms” in Jonas’ world represent utopia or dystopia?
3) In pairs/groups, students will finish reading Chapter #10, looking for further details which can be qualified as either utopic or dystopic.
Exit Slip: Why do you feel certain pieces of knowledge and certain experiences have been withheld from the people of Jonas’ world? How does this benefit the community as it attempts to maintain utopia?
Homework: Chapter # 10 Questions
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