While this unit is designed to accompany a reading unit that I intend to complete with my middle school reading class, it can be adapted and utilized in a host of classes and levels of learning. The topic of dystopian and utopian societies is something that can be taught and examined on many levels and to varying depth. Where possible here, I have included resources and ideas that will aid teachers in implementing the unit to their particular students.
Finally, I think it is important to note that as teachers we not only want to examine and utilize different subject matter with our students, but we must also help them to interpret the material and similarly interpret life. Our students are inheriting an increasingly complicated and some might say dystopian world. In such a world it will be helpful for them to not only understand and interpret literature and lessons, but to incorporate those lessons into their lives and actions that will make a difference in their world.
