Utopian Visions

Here is an interesting topic. Learners examine the economics that led to the founding of the First Bank of America. They participate in a reader's theater experience depicting the debate between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson...

Scholars learn all about the Puritans in the third installment of a 16-part lesson series. After watching a video, they read and discuss biographies of Puritans and Quakers from American history, write journal entries and poetry, and...

No discussion about the importance of government influence in society is complete without Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes. As explained in a short analysis video, his 17th century work details the restrictions of individual freedom, and how...

Students read "The Giver" by Lois Lowry and then attempt to create their own "perfect society". They work in groups to create a Powerpoint presentation outlining the rules of the ultimate society.

This exhibition documents the quest for utopian society through the literary works and manuscripts in the collection of Yale University's Beinecke Library, beginning with Thomas More's Utopia. With additional information on utopian...

A short account of the idea of utopia (as seen in pictures) in the revolutionary period through the nineteenth century both in Europe and the United States.

An online exhibit examining the history of utopia as revealed through story and art. Organized into four sections, "Utopia" takes viewers on a visual tour of utopian society has it has been interpreted by the ancients, in the bible,...

This site is a lesson plan for young scholars to follow for an assignment dealing with Utopian communities but it does include some background on some of the various Utopian communities of the 19th century.

Brief video for AP U.S. History students on Jefferson's ideas about the virtues of agriculture and his preference for an agricultural society over an industrial one. [3:46]

A good look at the various Utopian communities established in the United States in the 1800s. Find out about the communities, their founders, and their demise.