Step 1: What is Utopia? Read this article and write a summary on what you learned.

Step 2: How is The Giver's Utopia different from your life now? Create a Venn Diagram to compare your life with the Utopian life in The Giver .

Step 3: Research the following Utopian Societies in the United States now. Write a short summary for each one. If you had to live in one, which one would you choose and why?
Acorn Community
Twin Oaks
Victory City

Step 4: Think about the ending in The Giver . Does Jonas find Utopia? Do you think Utopia can really exist? Using a word document, type your own continuation to the story. What happens to Jonas and Gabriel. Who do they meet? Where do they end up? Be specific and be creative,

"A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at." --Oscar Wilde