If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will discuss notions of property and class, and the underlying assumptions that go into our perception of the two.
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Students will research and write about the life of the author, Thomas More.
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Students will discuss the Protestant Reformation and the cultural milieu that surrounded More as he wrote Utopia.
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Students will examine attempts at a utopian society in 19th-century America and consider how they tie back to More's work.
