UGLIES:

UTOPIA PROJECT

UGLIES
In the novel Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld,
the characters live in a dystopian society
where government and social customs
are designed to ensure the fulfillment
and happiness of its people (based on
their vision of equality).

YOUR TASK
The scenario:
Our country is in decline and will soon face
extinction. Your group has been chosen to create
a plan for an ideal community. Your group will
present this plan to the class as if you are trying
to recruit your classmates as colonists to your
utopian community.

YOUR TASK
The plan must describe your community
and touch upon each of these subtopics:
1) Government and Values;
2) Location;
3) Family;
4) Education and Careers.
You will deliver your plan in an oral
presentation with a Google Slides
document as a presentation tool.

PART 1: CREATE YOUR

UTOPIA!

In teams of 4 students, you

will design your utopian
society and describe each
of the following subtopics:

1) LOCATION
Describe your community layout
and location.
(For example: Our community will
be one large building located on an
island in the Pacific Ocean.)

2) GOVERNMENT AND VALUES

In your perfect world, what would be

the ideal form of government?

Who will be in charge and make

decisions for your community?

How will the leader(s) be chosen? How

long will they serve?

2) GOVERNMENT AND VALUES

What are the rules in your community?
What do the people in your community
value most? (You are founding __________
because you want to live in a community
where people are ...)

Briefly describe five important values of

your community.

3) FAMILY
In your perfect world what would be the
ideal family?

How will families be formed? Who will

decide who marries whom and who has
children? How many children will be
allowed in each family?

Who will care for the children? Where?

3) FAMILY
Who will care for the elderly?
Where?
Think of at least one original family
ritual that all families of your
community will observe (like
celebrating Christmas with presents
and a tree).

4) EDUCATION AND CAREERS

In your perfect world what would be the

ideal

way to learn?

Describe your school.

Describe the school building (or location).
What age will students pursue their education?
What will be taught, with what tools, and by
whom?
Will girls and boys be treated differently?

4) EDUCATION AND CAREERS

Who chooses what career each

member of the community will
pursue and how is it chosen?
What are the different types of
careers available?
How long must citizens have the
same job?

5) TECHNOLOGY
Describe the level of technology for your community.
Will your community have futuristic technology or go
back to simpler times?

What methods of transportation will be

used?
What about communication?
What will be your communitys source of energy?

PART 1: GOOGLE SLIDES

Once you have outlined your society you
will create a Google presentation to
publicize your community.

Your aim is to make your utopia as

attractive and as exciting as possible to
incite people to want to join your
community.

PART 2: PRESENTATION
You will present your community and
website to the class in a 4 minute
presentation.
The goal of your presentation is to incite
your classmates to vote for your
community as the one they would most
like to join. Showing enthusiasm and
creativity is therefore a must.

CATEGORY
Content
Accuracy

20-17
All the information on the PPT or
during the presentation reflects
insightful understanding of elements
and themes of utopian and
dystopian literature. All the
requirements of the assignment
have been met.

16-13
Almost all the information on the
PPT or during the presentation
reflects thorough understanding of
elements and themes of utopian
and dystopian literature. All or
almost all requirements of the
assignment have been met.

12-9
Most of the information on the PPT
or during the presentation reflects
basic understanding of elements
and themes of utopian and
dystopian literature. Most of the
requirements have been met.

8-5
The content of the PPT and
presentation does not reflect
sufficient understanding of elements
and themes of utopian and
dystopian literature OR many of
the requirements were not met.

4-0
The PPT and presentation do not
reflect understanding of elements
and themes of utopian and
dystopian literature.

Interest

The authors have made an

exceptional attempt to make the
content of this PPT and presentation
interesting to the people for whom
it is intended.

The authors have made the content

of this PPT and presentation
interesting to the people for whom
it is intended.

The authors have put lots of

information in the PPT and
presentation but there is little
evidence that they tried to present
it in an interesting way.

The authors have provided only the

minimum amount of information and
have not tried to make it more
interesting to their audience.

The website completely lacks

interest. The information is
unorganized and presentation is
unappealing.

10-9
There are very few errors in
sentence structure, spelling,
punctuation or grammar in the
finalized PPT and presentation.

8-7
There are a few errors in sentence
structure, spelling, punctuation or
grammar in the PPT and
presentation. These errors do not
hinder understanding.

6-5
There are many errors in sentence
structure, spelling, punctuation or
grammar in the PPT and
presentation. Understanding is
somewhat hindered by these
errors.

4-3
There too many errors in sentence
structure, spelling, punctuation or
grammar in the PPT and
presentation. Understanding is
hindered by these errors.

2-0
Errors in sentence structure, spelling,
punctuation or grammar in the PPT
and presentation make
understanding impossible.

Spelling and
Grammar