2. What are the characteristics of dystopia?
2. What are the characteristics of dystopia?
AT A GLANCE
Intention: Learn the main characteristics of dystopia so you can recognize dystopian stories in the future.
Task : Read summaries to discover common characteristics of dystopia.
Duration: approx. 40 minutes
Material required: Student Booklet
Original activity from , under licence CC BY-NC
Take notes during the game.
Judging by the number of dystopian titles suggested by your search engine in a previous activity, you saw that dystopia is a very popular genre. You probably recognized many titles or were already familiar with some of the stories without realizing they were dystopian.
But, what makes a story dystopian?
Play this game to find out.
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What's Next?
Now that you know some of the characteristics of dystopia, let’s see if you can recognize them.