Week 5 Les 1 klas O4 (hunger games les 2 dystopian utopian)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

What are we going to do?

1. Explanation difference between Utopia vs. Dystopia.

2. Make notes into your Word document.

3. Watch a video that shows a Dystopian world.

4. Imagine by John Lennon

5. Quizlet  live

Utopia vs Dystopia

Utopia vs Dystopia

Utopia = the perfect place, in which you would like to live

Dystopia = an awful place, in which you don't want to live; 

it is an imagined society, dehumanizing, frightening

Characteristics of Dystopian Literature

1. Government Control
   
2. Environmental destruction
3. Technological control
4. Survival
5. Loss of individualism

Why Dystopian Literature?

1) To educate and warn about the dangers of today's society/politics.

2) Usually disagrees with the author's view of how a society should be.

Dystopian society in fiction

• Citizens' lives are controlled by a government by means of technology, religion or ideology.
•  The truth about the world is kept from most members of society
• Individuality is a bad thing. 
• Citizens must follow rules. 

Utopias/Dystopias in the real world

• Utopia: the Amish in America (religious; banish all modern technology)

• Dystopia: the Nazis (ideological; "pure" race)

Assignment:

Answer the following questions in duo's. Pay attention you must write your answers into your word document.

1. Why could this world be considered a 'Dystopian' world?
   
2. What characteristics of a 'Dystopian' world were visible? Use your notes if you need help!
   
3. Why do you think this video was made? (purpose, to show/educate....)
   
4. Write down your own opinion of this video. 

Fill in the gaps. Good luck!

Do we live in a Utopian or Dystopian world right now? Explain your answer and copy this into your Word document as well.

What makes you happy?

Quizlet

Planning for next Friday:

1. Holmwoods 

2. The Hunger Games