Utopia+Project

Utopia Project: A "utopia" is a community or society with near perfect qualities.

__**Part 1: Research 2 of the following Utopian experiments:**__

 * Historic Harmony, Harmony, PA
 * Old Economy Village, Ambridge, PA
 * New Harmony, New Harmony, IN
 * Mt. Lebanon Shaker Village, New Lebanon, NY
 * Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Poland Spring, ME o Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury, NH
 * Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, MA
 * Shakertown at Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, KY
 * Shakertown at South Union, South Union, KY
 * Shaker Historical Museum, Shaker Heights, OH o Enfield Shaker Museum, Enfield, NH
 * Oneida Community Mansion House, Oneida, NY o Amana Colonies, Amana, IA
 * Zoar Village State Memorial, Zoar, OH
 * Bishop Hill Heritage Association, Bishop Hill, IL o Icarian Living History Museum, Nauvoo, IL
 * Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata, PA
 * Historic Bethel German Colony, Bethel, MO
 * Old Aurora Colony Museum, Aurora, OR
 * Old Salem, Winston-Salem, NC

Describe their beliefs on the following topics for each of your 2 chosen locations: 1. Laws/Government 2. Family/Marriage 3. Education/Career 4. Beliefs: Religious or moral 5. Medical: Nutrition, treatments, preventions


 * ANSWER: Why did this experiment fail?**

__Part 2: Develop your own Utopia__
1) You may create any of the following:
 * Prezi (ALL SLIDES MUST HAVE COLOR AND PICTURES)
 * Google Slides (ALL SLIDES MUST HAVE COLOR AND PICTURES)
 * Travel Brochure
 * Poster

2) Your Utopia must address the following topics: These topics need to be labeled slides/sections of your presentation.
 * Laws/Government
 * Family/Marriage
 * Education/Career
 * Beliefs: Religious or moral
 * Medical: Nutrition, treatments, preventions
 * OPTIONAL: Name your Utopia

__Note:__ To make a prezi you will need an email address and password OR you can use our account.
Website: prezi.com Username/Email: caitlinnichols@walkerschools.org Password: RMSbulldogs1617

__Part 3: Could your "utopia" become a dystopia?__
Explain in a //minimum// of 2 paragraphs (8 sentences) how your utopian community could transform or be interpreted by an outsider as a dystopia. Consider how in //The Giver// they have no war (utopia), but they have no choice (dystopia).