You will work in teams to create a UTOPIAN society that has characteristics of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome. They should be ones that your group thinks are the greatest characteristics.

In the creation of your civilization, you should cover geography, beliefs and technology. These are the minimum requirements.

You will be given one class period to turn the room into your civilization. Your group will sign up for a day, come after school (or before school if it’s a Wednesday) and transform P6 into your UTOPIA.

In the morning, the time travelers (our class) will enter a new world, one that you have created. You will direct the activities during that class period. The goal is for your guests to deeply experience your ancient civilization. You choose how to best do this. You have 20-30 minutes.

Consider how we, as a class, have learned about civilizations this year. Video? Text? Skits? Simulations? Discussion? Quizzes? Games? Primary source documents? Artifacts? The possibilities are huge!

Think about how we might “tour” your civilization. How will you set up the room? What will the physical space look like? What customs must we observe?

· What materials will you need?

· How will divide up the work?

· When will you meet outside of class?

· What role will each of you play?

· What props will you need?

Be creative! Be bold, Be original, Have fun!

Expert Tasks

Think about how geography, technology and beliefs would influence your “expert” role (listed below).

1. Political expert (Gov system, power, police and soldiers)

2. Economic expert (food, trade, jobs)

3. Social expert (daily life, status, social pyramid, family)

4. Education expert (language, children, schooling, types of training-apprenticeships)

5. Art expert (architecture, fine arts, literature)

6. Religion expert (holy books, holy people, festivals, sacrifice, customs)

7. Technology expert (scientists, mathematicians, astronomers)

Tours to UTOPIA will occur on June 11, 12 and 13.