UTOPIA+MATRIX

UTOPIA PROJECT MATRIX Essential Question: How are Utopian ideas reflected in today’s society? Produce a fully illustrated Utopian resident handbook for your utopian community. Present it online. [|www.storybird.com] ||  **ENGINEERING ** Designed and create a scale AERIAL view of a utopian community. Research Thomas More’s version. [|www.google.earth.com] ||  **INTERVIEW ** A philosopher on the concept of utopia. Be sure to weave the philosopher’s beliefs into his responses. Use Audacity or Aviary to create a podcast of your work for publishing. [|www.aviary.com] ||  **CREATE ** Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Kohlberg’s Stages of Development, and Peace Keepers research all discussed the human condition. Using any of these theories, create a psychological profile that gives supporting evidence for a criminal’s activity (You pick the crime). Submit project idea || Write the final chapter of the last Utopian society before people realize it is going to collapse Wiki? News report? Submit project idea: ||  **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">WRITING ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Compare the book Hunger Games (or any book you have read on utopias) to your knowledge of the 13 American colonies. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Submit project idea ||  ** VIRTUAL TOUR ** Create a virtual tour map of a utopian community you have designed. Use a camera for images & describe the features of your new world. ||  **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">FASHION DESIGN ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Design a uniform for a utopia. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sew or put together an outfit and <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">present it in a fashion show or    <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">create a visual portfolio of your work. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[]  || <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Using podcast Singled Out, The Good Show, or information from Open Jail System in India, or Dogs Decoded… <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Submit project idea ||  **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">DESIGN ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Utopian city/room for a specific disease (blind, MS/Arthritis, PTSD) Resource: <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/25-free-3d-modelling-applications-you-should-not-miss/ ||  ** AUGMENTED REALITY ** Using [|Aurasma] create an augmented reality representation of a leader of a utopia or dystopia discussing his or her ideas for their “perfect” society. ||  ** DESIGN ** A life saving device and share it. See this [|video special on the baby sleeping bag] students invented. In a group design a life saving device. Research for ideas on what is needed locally or globally. || <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Plato and Atlantis] <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Plato’s ideas included a theory about the Lost City of Atlantis. (Plato’s reflection about Atlantis) ||  **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">BUILD ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">After watching and analyzing a dystopian movie, determine a tool that could have influenced the movies outcome & design it. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check with your parents before <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">watching anything!!! <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Planet of the Apes series, War Games, RoboCop, etc…. ||  **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">DEBATE ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Create a podcast comparing The Quakers and The Pueblo Indians or any two of the communities from the resources on the wiki. OR    <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Create a radio interview in which the 2 guests are pro or con on the idea of a utopian society. ||  ** DESIGN ** **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">YOUR IDEA ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">WHAT CAN YOU MAKE TO REPRESENT A FEATURE OF A UTOPIA OR DYSTOPIA <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|www.makezine.com] || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">
 * **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ILLUSTRATE **
 * **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">IMAGINE **
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 * **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">COMPARE **