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Utopia Interactive Map Project

Imagine you have been hired to create a perfect society, or a utopia.
You will be asked to design each of the following for your society:

A system of government
Rules and laws, and punishments for when they are broken
Living arrangements (food, housing, family, etc.)
A system of education
An economy (or system of money)
A typical day in the life

In order to present it to the committee deciding on the new design, you will be creating an interactive
map. This means you will be designing a map your utopia and creating flaps on the map
describing each element of the society listed above. Your final design should be well thought out and
show clear writing in each category.

THIS PROJECT WILL COUNT AS A TEST GRADE.

Final Draft To Do List for

an A:
Create a system of government flap
Create a list of rules and laws and
punishments flap
Create a system of living
arrangements flap
Create a system of education flap
Create an economy flap
FOR 100: extra flap of choice
Create a typical day in the life plan
Make a labeled map with flaps
attached in color
Turn in to Ms. Sawyer on 12/19

Project breakdown
Fri.12/12: Overview of project, start
brainstorming initial ideas
Mon. 12/15: Review rubric, finish
brainstorming, begin rough draft of
map tabs
Tues. 12/16: Work on rough draft of
tabs
Wed. 12/17: Work on rough draft of
tabs and map
Thurs. 12/18: Computer lab for final
draft
Friday 12/19: Computer lab for final
draft, final draft due at the end of class

Working Sketch of Map

Government Flap Organizer

Questions to consider:
o Who is in charge of your society? One person? Many?
o How are they chosen?
o What are they responsible for?
o How do you know they are doing their job?
o How does the government affect the common citizen?
o If something should go wrong, what happens next?
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Laws and Punishments Organizer

Questions to consider:
o What rules or laws are crucial to keep your society running?
o What rules or laws are in place to maintain peace?
o How do citizens know the rules or laws?
o What happens when someone doesnt follow a rule or law? Are there different
punishments for different rules or laws?
o Who is responsible for making sure rules or laws are followed?

Use the space below to plan your flap.

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Living Arrangements Organizer

Questions to consider:
o Where do citizens live?
o Who do they live with? How are these people chosen?
o What do they eat? Where does it come from?
o Who is responsible for the children?
o How does age play a part in living arrangements?
o How does the society treat elderly?
o What happens when the population grows?
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Education Organizer
Questions to consider:
o Who in the society gains knowledge? Who decides this?
o Where and how do these citizens gain knowledge?
o What are they learning? Who decides this?
o When do they stop gaining knowledge?
o Are these citizens responsible for anything else?
o How is learning tracked, if at all?
Use the space below to plan your flap.
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Economy Organizer
Questions to consider:
o How do people get the things they need?
o Who performs the jobs for the society and how are they chosen?
o Is there a type of money? Explain.
o Do different jobs earn different pay?
o Are there different types of the same things available to people? (EX: brands of clothes)
o What happens to people who do not want to work in the society?
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Day in the Life Organizer

Child
Morning
(6AM -11 AM)

Afternoon
(11AM-5PM)

Evening
(5PM-10PM)

Night
(10PM-6AM)

Man

Woman

Elderly

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Map
Flaps
Creativity
Conventions
Time usage in class