Embedded Assessment OneSharing Your Utopia

Part One: Travel Brochure and PosterCreate a travel brochure for ‘your utopia’ with the goal being to convince others from Jonas’ community to leave their ‘sameness’ for your community.

• Your brochure must demonstrate a strong knowledge of Jonas’ community and a comparison to another real or imagined community.

Sharing Your UtopiaPart One: Travel Brochure and Poster

Choose six characteristics about ‘your utopia’ that you will describe in your travel brochure and poster. You may choose from the following characteristics or add characteristics of your own:Beliefs rights of individuals treatment of various agesGender roles arts & entertainment ways professions are chosenRules/laws average climate available transportationEducation medical facilities park &recreation programsDining type of government calendar of eventsMaps manner of dressing crime & punishment ratesSightseeing creating families entertainmentFree time family structure celebrations & rituals

Use chart below to plan carefully the details of six important characteristics of your ideal community i.e. ‘ your utopia’:

Characteristic 1: Characteristic 2:

Characteristic 3: Characteristic 4:

Characteristic 5: Characteristic 6:

You must include descriptions for each of the following and address why Your Utopia is better than Jonas’ community:

A.Economy - How jobs are earned/determined. How is poverty dealt with? B. Families - How many immediate family members are there? How many

generations of families are allowed? How are families decided? C.Transportation - How do people travel inside and between communities? D. Law & Order - How is peace maintained? What consequences are there for

broken rules? How is the government determined? E. Environment - What is the geography, climate, and vegetation like? F. Education - Who receives it? How long are people educated? Is it voluntary

or mandatory? G. Recreation - How do community members enjoy and entertain themselves? • Your brochure must be neat, detailed, colorful, creative, and demonstrate a strong

knowledge of Jonas’ community and a comparison to another real or imagined community.

Part Two: Community Map ~ The Giver & Jonas’s CommunityInclude details of community from Chapter 4 of novel (page# 27)o dwellingso community structures i.e. School, recreation field, birthing center, law & justice, house of the elders, infirmary, birthing unit, annexo small factories i.e. Supplies & Clothing Warehouse, offices, scientific research, vehicle/bike repair, house of childless adultso childcare centero central plazao auditoriumo nurturing centero food distributiono house of the old

Part Two: Community Map ~ The Giver & Jonas’s CommunityEXAMPLE

Students will spent 5 min. in class (timed) online @ googleimages.comSearching “travel brochures” and “travel posters” for research & to generate ideas for ‘your utopia’ brochure and poster. skim sources and take notes on what type of information is included. Ex. map, average climate, population, sightseeing, available transportation, , arts, entertainment, dining, parks, and programs etc. Students will create a rough sketch of travel poster using ideas and examples from research.

Students will review “My Perfect World” frame poem

Questions for Guidance & ReflectionWhat kind of information do travel guides, brochures, and posters usually include?What seems to be the purpose of a travel guide, brochure, and poster?What additional information would you provide if you were letting others know about your own perfect community?Sketch a rough draft of a travel poster. Be sure to include both picture and words.