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Curated OER

Unearthing Ancient Greece

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students locate and analyze clues about ancient Greek life. For this ancient Greece lesson, students look at art, architecture, and artifacts to determine what was important to the Greeks and discover details about their culture....
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Curated OER

Vocabulary Quiz for Dragon and Dinosaur Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this dragons and dinosaurs worksheet, students match vocabulary words for dragons and dinosaurs to their definitions. Students complete 15 matches.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dreaming of a Healthy City

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders design a healthy city. They identify the essential elements of a city and describe how climate and geography can determine the layout of a city. They create a blueprint of their design and share in small groups.
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Curated OER

Kincaid Creatures

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students brainstorm a list of nocturnal and diurnal wild animals they see in their community and discuss how the animals would be different if they were living during the Ice Age. Using a handout, they discover how archeologists record...
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National Library of France

National Library of France: Utopia : The Quest for the Ideal Society

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibit examining the history of utopia as revealed through story and art. Organized into four sections, "Utopia" takes viewers on a visual tour of utopian society has it has been interpreted by the ancients, in the bible,...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Blogtopia Blogging About Your Own Utopia

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for six 50-minute lessons that ask students to blog about their own Utopian societies after reviewing some Utopian literature. Can be used in conjunction with Sir Thomas More's "Utopia," the writings of the New England...
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Unit Plan
The Newberry Library

Newberry: Shakespeare's the Tempest and Utopias of the European Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Newberry Library learning module uses primary source material of Shakespeare in a lesson on how Renaissance writers and artists portrayed European exploration of America. Students read excerpts from works of Renaissance literature to...
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Primary
Oregon State University

Oregon State University: "Utopia" by Sir Thomas More

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents the full text of Sir Thomas More's book "Utopia." Content is organized by chapter and a search feature is included.
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Website
Other

Utopia in History

For Students 9th - 10th
A short account of the idea of utopia (as seen in pictures) in the revolutionary period through the nineteenth century both in Europe and the United States.
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eBook
Planet eBooks

Planet E Book: Utopia [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of "Utopia" by Sir Thomas More is available here in PDF format. Utopia, which was first released in 1516, is 148 pages pages long.
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Article
Other

Sheffield Hallam: Utopia as Mirror for a Life and Times

For Students 9th - 10th
A great online article from Sheffield Hallam University. Excellent to read along with Utopia, or perhaps after an initial read.
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Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: English 4; Utopia

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module asking students to analyze different types of texts, connect literature to events and experiences, use various writing skills, deconstruct media, practice grammar and vocabulary skills, and analyze point of view,...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Utopia

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces utopia in fiction writing. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: 21 Jan2015: Utopia vs. Dystopia

For Students 9th - 10th
A ten-part learning module with videos, images, and text designed to teach students about utopias and dystopias in literature.
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Website
Other

Goucher College: Sir Thomas More and "Utopia"

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of More's famous "Utopia," explaining the principal characters, plot, and genre.
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Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Utopia

For Students 9th - 10th
Online entry for Utopia. Contains extensive philosophical information on More's creation/adaptation, with notes on major works and political career. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Experiments With Utopia

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the communities, often religious, that strove to be a Utopia, a perfect place where man's natural goodness would provide a good life. Several Utopian communities were spread across the East and Midwest.
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Website
Yale University

Beineicke Library: America and the Utopian Dream

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition documents the quest for utopian society through the literary works and manuscripts in the collection of Yale University's Beinecke Library, beginning with Thomas More's Utopia. With additional information on utopian...
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Handout
British Library

British Library: Dreamers and Dissenters

For Students 9th - 10th
How do people work to change society for the better? The British Library presents case studies of visionaries, dissenters and rule breakers through the past centuries. Counter culture, the struggle for democracy, and utopias are looked...
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Handout
Luminarium

Luminarium: Works of Thomas More

For Students 9th - 10th
Listing of Thomas More's works: correspondence, Latin epigrams, "Richard III," and "Utopia" with links to the texts.
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Handout
Luminarium

Luminarium: Sir Thomas More Additional Sources

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive listing of secondary sources of information concerning Thomas More. Includes biographies, images, Utopia resources, online books, and related listings.
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Article
Robert Schenk, PhD

Cyber Economics: Scarcity and Choice

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the St. Joseph's College examines the importance of scarcity and choice in terms of an economic system. A further explanation explores how various people have constructed utopias to assume away the problem of scarcity.
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Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Utopias in America

For Students 9th - 10th
A good look at the various Utopian communities established in the United States in the 1800s. Find out about the communities, their founders, and their demise.
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Island of Utopia

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Island of Utopia", created by Ambrosius Holbein in 1518 (Woodcut, 17,8 x 11,8 cm).

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