H4 P2 W4 dystopias

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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In deze les zitten 15 slides, met interactieve quizzen, tekstslides en 2 videos.

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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

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

learning goals
I know the similarities and differences between a utopia and a dystopia

I can recognise the characteristics of dystopian fiction

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Utopias and Dystopias

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Thomas More’s “Utopia”
  • A story about travel to an ideal society

  • Not the first but the definition of the genre

  • A commentary on society

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

  • .....

  • Eutopia
  • Topos = place
  • Eu = good
  • “the perfect society” →
  • ....

  • Outopia
  • Topos = place
  • Ou = not
  • “does not exist”/“nowhere”
A Meaningful pun

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Dystopia 
dys=bad + topos=place

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

watch the following video

Decide if it is a utopia or a dystopia.

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Slide 8 - Video

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

What are some rules we have in our society or in our school that limit personal freedom in some way?

Slide 10 - Open vraag

Why are these rules in place? When is it okay to limit personal freedom for the benefit of society?

Slide 11 - Open vraag

Techniques used in dystopian literature 
During the following video take notes on:
- The techniques mentioned
- A historical moment when looking for a utopia has turned into a dystopia
- Other techniques, you see in the video, that define dystopian literature. For example, isolation etc.

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

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Slide 13 - Video

Dystopian society in fiction
  • Citizens' lives are closely controlled by a government or corporation by means of technology, religion or ideology.
  •  The truth about the world is kept from most members of society
  • Citizens must conform to the rules.  Individuality is a bad thing. 
  • Citizens are dehumanized.
  • The society presents the illusion of a utopia to its citizens.
  • The main character in dystopian works is one of the few to see the truth.

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

Dystopian fiction criticizes
Technology
Ideology
Religion
The Seven Deadly Sins

Slide 15 - Tekstslide