Create Your Own UtopiaDue: Friday, May 1st

Counts as a TEST grade

Project Summary: For the past couple of weeks we have gone over utopias, talked about problems in our society, and ways in which we could fix those problems. We focused on agrarian utopias like Fruitlands, Brook Farms, and the Shaker Village. Now I want you to create your own utopia based on solutions to problems you think society has today. After creating this utopia you will have to convince others to want to join your utopian community either by making a brochure or a persuasive power point. On the due date you will have to present your brochure or power point to the class and persuade your classmates to join this community.

Purpose: To create utopian visions based on problems in your society.

Writer’s Role: You, founder of a wonderful utopian community.

Audience: People living in a dysfunctional society

Form: Brochure: Type 3, single-spaced, use the brochure setting in word. Have at least five paragraphs and five pictures on the brochure.

Slide show: Must have at least 12 slides. The entire slide show should not have less than 5 paragraphs. You must have at least five pictures for the entire slide show.

Focus Correction Areas: 1. Clearly states at least three problems in society (25%)2. Clearly states solutions to each problem (25%)3. Incorporates agriculture into utopia (25%)4. Media is appealing and presentation causes others to join utopia (25%)

Procedures: Create an agrarian (agriculture) utopia that lives on the land. Make sure to explain how your utopia is or is not included in the economy (ex: Trade

goods, sell crops to outside communities, no outside trade). Find problems in the current society. You can refer back to you’re my access organizer

for help.

Find solutions that your utopia can follow to solve or avoid these problems. These solutions can help you in created a few basic rules that members of your utopia

must follow. Create these rules and then explain how they will be enforced. Make sure to make your utopia a wonderful place so everyone would want to live there Remember that you’re trying to advertise your utopia and persuade others to join your

community. When you are done your slide show or brochure should have 5 parts: Problems in

society, how your utopia fixes these problems, LIST of rules and how they are enforced, agriculture and trade/ economy, why others should join your utopia.

You can add extra things to make your utopia fun! (ex: if you join our utopia now you will get a free extra large ice cream sundae!)

Make sure to include at least 5 wonderful pictures!