09.03 - Utopias

Everyone responded to the following prompt at the beginning of today's class:

If you could be the person to create a more perfect world, what would that world (or country) look like?
What would it take to make this possible (think about the role of government, employment, education, religion, technology, food supply, leisure time, etc)?

Everyone had ten minutes to respond to this prompt. Next, people got together in groups of three and shared the worlds we had come up with. Groups were then presented with a discussion question looking at various aspects of society and coming up with how this would be treated in a more perfect world. Elements we looked at were the role of: government, religion, employment, and technology.

In the last ten minutes of class, we began talking about Thomas More's Utopia and his intentions in writing the story. For homework, everyone should read the text about More's Utopia provided in class and come up with three arguments around why his model for society would or would not make a more perfect society.

Handouts:
Information on Thomas More's Utopia


Homework:

Read the handout on More's Utopia provided in class and come up with three arguments regarding why this model for society would or would not make for a better world.

Continue revisions on your essay for A Separate Peace. Revisions are due Friday, 9/12.
If you did not originally submit an essay you may submit the essay by Friday, 9/12, but will not have an opportunity for revision.