UtopiaBY: STEPHANIE, AUTUMN, AND JANA

What is a Utopian Society? How Does a Utopian Society Work?- A utopian society is a society that is perfect - Different opinions of how a utopian society would work- Creator of the idea of Utopia was Thomas More - The view of Robert Owen’s utopia would have been that

workers have better quality life. He mainly focused of human rights, equality and democracy. He had a specific vision of how education would be given to children. His vision was that students only went to school for five years, ages five to ten, and enrolment would be free. The subjects that the children would learn would have been, reading, writing, and math.

Analyses of Utopia- Greek word “ou-topos” means “nowhere” or “no-place” - Similar Greek word, “eu-topos” means “good place” - The word Utopia, is a combination of “ou-topos” and “eu-

topos” meaning Utopia is a good place but isn’t real. - “Utopia is an imagined community or society that possesses

highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities” (

Explanation of Utopia Utopia is a complex, self-contained world. This is what Thomas More imagined, a world of peace. By publishing a book called Utopia in 1516, Thomas More created the idea of Utopia.

Examples of Utopia - Atlantis - Garden of Eden (before Eve ate the forbidden fruit, since

there wasn’t any knowledge of good and evil) - Tao Yuamings “The Peach Blossom Spring”- Heaven

Do You Think Utopia is Possible?

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• “I have here the world before me; I will review it at leisure: surely happiness is somewhere to be found … Happiness must be something solid and permanent, without fear and without uncertainty. (The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia by Samuel Johnson)

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