Utopian+Communities+CLM

Image that everyone looked exactly the same. We all would talk the same and have the same thoughts. Everybody would dress the same too. People in these communities feel like they should all be equal and have the same rights and responsibilities. But different groups had different reasons. One would be for religion like the Shakers and another could be for sharing profits like the New Harmony Community. In New Harmony they thought that everyone should be equal and they all share the profits and labor of the community. A couple months after they established there community the citizens divided into sub-communities. When they did that in turned into chaos. But in the Shakers they based there group on religous purposes. The leader, Ann Lee Stanley, thought that it was better to be unmarried throughout your life. There group went into isolation to get away from the wicked nature of the rest of society. By 1840, more than 20 Shaker communities existed. So as you can see the Shakers believed in basing their group on religious purposes and not getting married, while the New Harmony Community thought that everyone should have the same profit and labor. This is kind of like today society. Especially in schools. One group may think they are more popular than another group. So what we are going to do is split up into different communities. You go over there and you over there.......... Now what makes your group better than the others?...... Why do you think that? You guys are doing exactly what all of the other untopian communities were doing. And that is how utopian communities then and now are!! THE END (pg391)

Topic: Utopian Community

Focus: Shakers and New Harmony Community

Reason for choice: great presentation idea!!!

What's your point? (thesis): showing the difference between the two communities and why they think they were better than everyone else

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

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What is your first reason and three to five facts to support it?

What is your second reason and three to five facts to support it?

What is your third reason and three to five facts to support it?

Based on your research, what conclusions would you make and how does your research connect to your life? The research connects to my life because people think that they are great and perfect in a certain group.

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