utopian+communities+tp09

Topic: Utopian Communities

Focus:

Reason for choice: Seemed like an interesting idea

What's your point? (thesis): It is impossible to build a utopian community

What three reasons do you have that will back up your point?

1. Almost all communities fail

2. People often leave

3. People are often overwork or have bad living conditions

What is your first reason and three to five facts to support it? -25% fail within the first year -

What is your second reason and three to five facts to support it? -Some people get tired of only eating the food that the community grows -

What is your third reason and three to five facts to support it? -communities were usualy poor and people lived in small houses

Based on your research, what conclusions would you make and how does your research connect to your life?

Ideas on how you are going to present? Involve the class? Be exciting? Interesting? Wow? Huh? Ahhh?