1. Put this in the classwork section of your notebook.
Spend 5 minutes brainstorming about your ideal car, meal, family or vacation. Try to list at least ideas/details about this ideal thing.

2. Today’s Agenda Biography Analysis instructions
Consensus of Ideals Activity
Share generalization paragraphs
Fill in web
Read utopia history article
Add to web

3. Consensus Time
Get with the group I assigned you. In your group, you must reach a consensus and list the following for presentation. (You may add other details if you wish.) Prepare a visual to accompany your group’s presentation.
Car: make, model, year, color, features, interior
Meal: appetizer, soup, salad, main course, dessert, beverage
Family: # of members, occupations, siblings’ ages, personality traits, activities to do together
Vacation: how to get there, where it is, accommodations, activities for each day, length of time there

4. What did you learn? What did you learn about reaching consensus?
What else do we already know about utopias? (share paragraphs)
What can we learn about the history of utopias?