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I What is a Utopia?
What are the characteristics of a utopia? How can technology change society? How is the concept of private property related to utopias?
Is putting the community’s needs ahead of individual needs a necessary characteristic of a utopia?
Is controlling technology an important aspect of utopias, and if so, why?
Are we more powerful because of digital technology?
Do we control our own digital lives?
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Excerpt from More’s Utopia
“Imagine” by John Lennon
Websites on the Hutterites, Amish, Shakers and Tennessee Farm
"Opposing Innovation." CommonLit
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Guided Reading
Response to text - make a chart
Collaborative research
Collaborative small group multimedia presentations
Class discussion
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III Pros and Cons of our Digital Lives
How are digital technologies impacting young people in our world?
How is digital technology moving us toward Utopian Lives?
How might it be moving us in an opposite direction?
Does digital technology facilitate private property in a positive way, or impact private property in a negative way?
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Excerpts from Price’s How to Break Up with Your Phone (HBUYP)
Neuroplasticity
HBUYP Chapter 6 “Your Phone in Changing Your Brain” 50-53
Multi-tasking and shifting attention
HBUYP Chapter 5 “The Truth about Multitasking 47-49
HBUYP Chapter 7 “Your Phone is Killing Your Attention Span” 54-58
Behavioral Addiction
"Are You Hooked on Your Phone?" Junior Scholastic Magazine.
"Watch Out: Cell Phones Can Be Addictive." CommonLit.
HPUYP Chapter 1 “Our Phones are Designed to Addict Us” 20-23
HPUYP Chapter 2 “Putting the Dope in Dopamine” 24-27
HPUYP Chapter 3 “The Tricks of the Trade” 28-38
Psychosocial Effects
HPUYP Chapter 4 “Why Social Media Sucks” 39-46
Chapter 8 “Stress, Sleep and Satisfaction” 64-68
"Don't Remember Sending That Text? Maybe You Were Sleep Texting." Newsela.
"Teen Suicide Rates Rising, Study Says Social Media Use Could Be a Factor." Newsela.
Positive Effects of Texting and Social Media
"Texting Can Be a Positive and Powerful Force, Experts Say." Newsela.
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Note taking
Summarizing
Small group presentations
Small group and whole class discussions
Written response to text
Graphic organizers for connection and synthesis
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IV Dystopian Literature
How is technology being exploited in this literary dystopia?
Is digital technology facilitating the sharing of property more equally?
How does the society created by this author meet the criteria we have established for a utopia?
What are the negative aspects of the society which are caused by the use or overuse of digital social media?
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“The Veldt”
Choice dystopian stories and novels
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Literary Analysis
Graphic organizer for compare and contrast
Graphic Organizer for evaluation on a Matrix
Class discussion
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