We are silent during explanations and raise our hands for questions
Our phone is in our "zakkie" on the corner of our table
We don't eat, drink, or chew gum in class
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This lesson contains 12 slides, with text slides and 1 video.
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Basic rules
We do our work when we should
We are silent during explanations and raise our hands for questions
Our phone is in our "zakkie" on the corner of our table
We don't eat, drink, or chew gum in class
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expectations during literature hours
you read the literature before the deadlines
you participate during the discussions
you take notes during the lessons
lessons will be more lecture style, so you are also expected to be silent for longer.
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learning goals
I know what a utopia is.
I know the basic story of Utopia.
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Utopia
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Thomas More’s “Utopia”
Lawyer, sheriff, statesman
Friend of Erasmus
1516 publishes Utopia
A story about travel to an ideal society
Not the first but the definition of the genre
A commentary on society
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Eutopia
Topos = place
Eu = good
“the perfect society” →
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Outopia
Topos = place
Ou = not
“does not exist”/“nowhere”
A Meaningful pun
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Recognizable
A utopia cannot be completely different from our society, it must resemble it, and appear to be a progression from or alternative version of our current society.
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Go to Teams and open the Alquin renaissance pdf in lesmateriaal
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Read the geography of Utopia
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the system More describes here?
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Read Their silver and gold
Utopians attach little value to precious metals, why?
Why should iron be worth more than gold and silver?
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Homework
Which aspects of society is More criticising in Utopia?
