Create Your Own Dystopia
Allyson Buie, Reimagining Classic Literature, US English Department
This project was an extension to the “Handmaid’s Tale”, a dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood.
“For this assignment, you will be creating your own dystopian world set in 2100. You will want to review your dystopia notes from the beginning of “The Handmaid’s Tale” unit to help you move in the right direction. Remember, dystopias are usually the most frightening and powerful if they take something that seems good to us now (for example, equality) and take it way too far (e.g. everyone is forced to be exactly the same). In other words, the best dystopias are “utopias gone wrong.”
Students were given the option of creating their dystopias via a blog/website, short story, or Prezi/podcast/video. Many did multiple creations. Short stories that accompany the following student products are not included to protect student privacy.
Student Example 1: An example dystopian blog.
Student Example 2: Prezi to accompany the short story.
