Ultimate "The Giver" Study Unit

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Maximize students' experience with Lois Lowry's classic novel, "The Giver," with our extremely comprehensive study unit.

1. Create a Dystopia

Is the community in "The Giver" a utopia or a dystopia? This fun resource equips students with an understanding of both utopian and dystopian characteristics which will help them answer the aforementioned question in detail as they read the novel.

2. Novel Study

This core resource includes worksheets, discussion questions, written response questions, jeopardy games, as well as pre- and post-reading activities.

3. Informational Texts

Texts on real world issues such as indoctrination in North Korea, euthanasia in Holland, and the controlling effects of certain prescription drugs illuminate many of the issues explored in "The Giver."

4. Harrison Bergeron

Kurt Vonnegut's classic short story, "Harrison Bergeron," is set in a failed utopia and shares many parallels with the setting of "The Giver".

5. Movie Worksheets

This resource includes pre-viewing and viewing worksheets as well as an analysis of the movie's theme song: One Republic's "Ordinary Human".

6. Characters Poster