Part Two-Real Utopia

Question 1

Personal world view-What is your world view?

Answer 1

• it is wrong to be racism and everyone should be held at equal value for their colour, and culture
• governments should not try to make people equal in society based on their socio-economic status, by taxing more money from those who make more money
• passion towards helping keep our earth clean and reduce pollution
• everything on earth is important whether it is nature, or humans because we are all connected
• our world can be both spiritual and material meaning there is meaning behind a view that it was created by a god, but there is also meaning behind a view that says law and ways are determined by science
• it is important for everyone to have the freedom to choose their own values

Question 2

Personal world view-How do you know what you know?

Answer 2

• passed on traditions and beliefs from my parents and grandparents, such as my view against racism
• events and issues I study in school, such as environmental views
• experiences I have gone through including things I see around me in my everyday life, such as ideas from the media

Question 3

Personal world view-How has your worldview developed over the course of this class?(What has caused it to solidify or change?)

Answer 3

• solidify
• learned more about what I believe in, gives me a stronger opinion in those areas
• ex. I have adopted my ideas about the environment and nature from the indigenous world views we have looked over in class. After expanding my knowledge, I learned that I strongly agree with part of the indigenous views as I listed in my personal worldview

Question 4

Historical and current day society-What are past and present social issues?

Answer 4

• past: poverty and racism
• ex. Imperialism: racism when the British took over South Africa and forced black people into slavery and poor treatment
• present: racism and drug abuse
• ex. Our society has developed into a place where drugs and alcohol are very common and we often hear stories of that topic resulting in death

Question 5

Historical and current day society-What are social, political, and economic issues from the time periods we have studied?

Answer 5

• French revolution
• economic: country was in debt(Marie Antoinette’s spending/ King Louis XVI taxed more money from poor than rich)
• social: major poverty(King Louis XVI did not work to help lower class so when he ran out of money he took from the poor)
• political: poor leadership from the monarchy(King Louis XVI continued to hog good when country was starving/ Marie Antoinette over spent countries money)

Question 6

Historical and current day society-Compare and contrast those with social, political, and economic issues in our society today.

Answer 6

• poverty is still an issue though our government works towards helping it, rather than making it worse
• main issue is not poor leader ship because we decide who leads us
• still suffer from racism

Question 7

Your ideal society-What does your ideal society look like?

Answer 7

• welcome place for everyone
• somewhere comfortable to be
• living conditions under less stress
• kind citizens(no murders or other intentional hurtful things done by people)
• ability to do interests without paying

Question 8

Your ideal society-What are the social, political, and economic aspects of your society?

Answer 8

• social: respect all religions, communal approaches to education, no racism, controlled media so people don’t feel they need to look a certain way
• political: use power to protect and keep peace and not to seek war, eliminate redistribution of income and wealth
• economic: sustainable food, sustainable energy, controlled use of materials that negatively impact the environment

Question 9

Your ideal society-What other elements of a society are important that you would include?

Answer 9

• communal approaches to recreation(everyone gets a chance to join)
• high level athletes and teams are strongly supported by community
• balance between society, shared interest, and individuality, spirituality

Question 10

Create a plan-What are current obstacles that are in the way of your ideal society?

Answer 10

• people don’t accept others for who they are or what they believe in
• there are acts of racism everyday
• society is controlled by the idea that people need to look a certain way
• upper class is taxed more which isn’t fair because they work hard to earn that money and more is taken from them than everyone else
• too much pollution, deforestation, building over top of home lands for species, harming the environment to benefit humans

Question 11

Create a plan-Create a plan for how you can overcome those obstacles, in order to achieve what you think is an ideal society.

Answer 11

• change the media from telling people to look a certain way, to focusing on accepting everyone
• giving people more freedom to explore other religions, or keeping the religions to individuals. (Build more religious churches or buildings)
• punish acts of racism whether it is by law, or in schools, or work places
• government taxes equal amount no matter what your socio-economic status
• government controls and looks through any plans to raise the effect of pollution, and wrecking land even if it is private