The Giver Community
Lesson by:
Fred Wambolt (11th Grade English)
Dara Ross (9th and 10th grade humanities)
The Brooklyn International High School
9th and 10th Grade Humanities
Objective
Answer the question "What does Utopia look like?" After reading the novel
The Giver by Lois Lowry, students should recreate the "utopian" community described in the novel.
Materials Needed
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- Computers with internet access
- 3D modeling software
- Makerbot
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New York State Learning Standards
Common Core Standards
English:
Key Ideas and Details
1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Math:
Geometry Math:
G-CO.5:
Congruence
Given a geometric figure and a rotation, reflection, or translation, draw the transformed figure using, e.g., graph paper, tracing paper, or geometry software. Specify a sequence of transformations that will carry a given figure onto another.
