The Hunger Games

Use this activity to engage all types of learners, while requiring that they refer to and incorporate details from the text over the course of the activity.

“The World of Tomorrow”

In this activity, students will design their own society.

In The Hunger Games, Collins imagines a dystopian world. Now, it’s your turn to create a world that could be. Will your vision be dystopian or utopian, or somewhere in between?

• Brainstorm what this world of tomorrow will be like.
• Develop visuals of this world.
• Write an explanation of how the world is organized and the reasoning behind these choices.
• Create conflict in your world and list 3-5 potential reactions and outcomes that are reasonable given the rules that govern your society.
• Compare your society to Panem, to Katniss’s district, and to the micro-setting of the Hunger Games. What societal concepts are similar? Which are very different? How do the ways in which inhabitants of both worlds think about survival compare?
• Include all of your ideas in a slide show or other visual display.
• Prepare to participate in a gallery walk.

Present the information on your society and view other presentations through a class gallery walk. Then, discuss what stood out to you and ideas you will continue to ponder.