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The Challenge of UTopia:
analyzing and evaluating literary
Visual Prompt: The perfect society may mean different things to different people. What type of society does each image represent? What does each say about what is important to the people who prefer one over the other?
Unit Overview
We probably all agree that we would like to live in an ideal society where everyone is happy, but what does that actually mean, and why do definitions of the ideal society differ so greatly? In this unit, you will read, write, and engage in various types of collaborative discussions to explore these universal questions.
and informational Texts
Part One
Part Two Part Three
Short Story:
Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ...................................48 Novel:
The Giver by Lois Lowry.........................................................................63
Nonfiction Article:
Cellphones and driving: As dangerous as we think? by Matthew Walberg ...............................................................76
Embedded Assessment ....................................................................................86 Unit 2 • Overview 47
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