Grade 8 ELA- The Giver Unit Resource 3.

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Non-Fiction Reading Activity for The Giver: Are Utopias Possible?
Objective: I can identify and understand main ideas in a text in order to draw new conclusions.

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Student exceeds minimums of Based on summary, comparison, and Student does not fully or Student work does not
detail, analysis, or connections to text-based conclusions, student consistently answer questions show evidence of text
show critical comprehension of comprehends nonfiction text(s). in a way that demonstrates comprehension.
text(s). comprehension.

Jonas’s community lives by strict sets of rules in an attempt to avoid pain and conflict. However, these limits
come at a cost: knowledge, emotion, color, and love are abandoned. As a result, Jonas begins to question his
freedom and craves a different life for himself and his loved ones.

The Council of Elders is not the first body of leaders to attempt a utopia on earth. Groups have been
seceding, immigrating, and separating from governments all over the world for many years. (Some would
even argue that the United States and democracy in general are utopian experiments.) Today, we will read
about these utopias to ask whether or not utopias are possible. Complete each step of this activity to develop
a critical understanding of utopias!

Step 1: Read & Comprehend Your Article

Article Title Summary of Ideas Text-Specific Question
1.The Seeds of The seeds of their own decimation archive the bombed What does the article suggest about the
perfect world considered the Plymouth Colony where the relationship between rules and
Their Own
Utopian style work and rules finished in a debacle
Destruction practically starving the individuals. Alongside this, they productivity? The guidelines that were
talk about measure of Utopias afterward that died with the in a place for this ideal world caused
reoccurring topic of absence of assets to uphold them. the demise of the human advancement
because of the inescapable channel of
assets.
2.The Amish Amish individuals are extremely interlaced with their What is the relationship between their
Lifestyle convictions they basically flip what perfect world is on its beliefs and their rules? The
head, saying society is lucky to be in the past than in convictions of the Amish totally direct
the future by driven steers and having the old country
their activities there is no savagery in
occupations.
the public and no military because of
this

3.4 Utopian This article records four utopias that bombed the Why didn’t (most of) these communities
the initial one being the most eminent ceasing to exist due work out? It was generally because of
Communities
to their dependence to have youngsters do all
that Didn’t human blunder, compelling strict
the work and their absence of medication. The
the second local area passed on because of inability to conviction, absence of food gathering,
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take care of. The third local area religious convictions absence of clinical focuses, and absence
turned individuals off and the fourth fizzled due to a of good business management.
the dry spell of cash
4.Want to This article archives 9 "utopias" which are said to exists Why do you think a majority of these
these are extremely disconnected yet excisable to communities are isolated?
Escape the
individuals who need to move away from it all. Plenty of their convictions don’t need a certain
Modern
thing like innovation which is inevitable in the
World? 9 cutting-edge world.
‘Utopias’
That Really
Exist
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5.Austin’s This reports a public to help vagrants who What is the goal of the village? Will they
Utopian customarily cannot manage the cost of ordinary succeed in achieving it?
houses. They need to give individuals who
Homeless
regularly have nowhere to take up
Village is
residence a spot to live.
Becoming a
Reality

Step 2: Fill in the Blanks with Classmates! Get the answers to the other rows from your peers.

Step 3: Compare, Contrast, and Draw Conclusions

Question Answer Source (Article #)
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Step 4: Synthesize Information and Form an Opinion
1. Do you believe that it is possible for a utopian society to successfully form and endure over time?
Explain your answer fully, referencing at LEAST one article.
I don't really accept that a Utopian culture could get by for long in the event that one was made, as The
Seeds Of Their Own Obliteration expressed the bar is continually being raised also individuals are inclined to
botches on the grounds that that is mankind.

2. Some argue that because humans are imperfect, any attempt at perfection on earth will fail. State
whether or not you agree with this statement, and why.
I concur with it, something I have contended for some time is socialism and how the possibility of socialism
itself isn't imperfect, it’s when you add people into the condition it gets defective. this is on the grounds that
in socialism people will consistently need to be superior to each other as well as need mess up because
humankind is defective naturally.

3. Clearly, we believe that the community in The Giver is a dystopia, due to the lack of knowledge and
freedoms. However, by most standards, it is still functioning, the needs of people are being met, and it has
lasted over time. Is Jonas’s community a successful utopia, or not?

The providers ideal world is very smiler to some radical society in today’s world, while it is working it is
anything but an effective perfect world since it’s not flourishing. It’s the absolute minimum of what you
could call a working society.
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