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Shipwrecked!!! *Use the Shipwrecked dialogue with PowerPoint

Shipwrecked!!! *Use the Shipwrecked dialogue with PowerPoint. The Scenario. In the year 2006, the world ran out of oil and gasoline. All cars, trucks, trains, and planes could not move. All factories had to close down. Suddenly, millions of people all over the world were without work.

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Shipwrecked!!! *Use the Shipwrecked dialogue with PowerPoint

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  1. Shipwrecked!!!*Use the Shipwrecked dialogue with PowerPoint

  2. The Scenario • In the year 2006, the world ran out of oil and gasoline. All cars, trucks, trains, and planes could not move. • All factories had to close down. Suddenly, millions of people all over the world were without work. • With no work, they earned no money. Soon there were millions of hungry people.

  3. The Scenario • They began fighting for every scrap of food. Civil wars broke out in every nation. • The U.S. decided to get a group of students together and take them out of the country by SHIP. • The group of students they chose was YOUR class!!! • The U.S. wanted to save their lives in order to create a new society.

  4. The Scenario • For a while, the ship carrying the students sailed smoothly. But a few weeks later, a storm came up. • The ship hit a large sandbar. It started to sink. • The students got into lifeboats. They swam to an island. • This is a deserted, uncharted island.

  5. The Scenario • When they got to the island, the students couldn’t use cell phones and had no contact with the outside world • They were stranded and decided together that they would have to create a new society and government • Assign these roles: Recorder • 1st decide the name of your island

  6. Can you live on the island? • Suppose that your class are the students on the island • But you have a lot of work to do if you want to survive on the island • Everyday brings a new problem • So this game is divided into days • The whole class will participate together to create a new society and government on the island

  7. Can you live on the island? • You will listen and decide how to solve these problems • Remember, there are NO right or wrong answers • Only YOU can decide the rules you will live by on the island • You may NOT communicate with the teacher, only your fellow classmates on the island

  8. Day 1 • This is a serious problem…Do you need a leader or not? • You must DECIDE • Make 2 lists, on 1 list write down all the reasons you can think of for having a leader…on the other write all the reasons for not having a leader • If your class decides to have a leader you must decide how to choose one • Your class must solve this problem as quickly as they can

  9. Day 2 • Now you must solve this problem • Do you need laws or not? • If so, what laws? • Who will make the laws? • How will you enforce the laws? • You must decide

  10. Day 3 • There is much work to do to keep your group together-and to stay alive • For example, some sort of shelter must be built • What other jobs must be done during your first few months on the island? • Make a list of all the jobs you can think of and who will do them?

  11. Day 4 • You must decide what to do about property • Should everyone own the entire island together? • Should you divide it up? • If you do divide it up, some people will not get good land • Where will they live? • Will they have to work someone else’s land in exchange for living on it? • Will they have to pay rent for land they use? • You must decide how to solve this problem

  12. Day 5 • You must decide what to do about this problem? • Should you have money or not? • What problems would you have with the money? • What problems would you have without money? • If you decide to have $$$, who will get the $$$? • Will everyone get the same amount each week? • What will you use for money? • You must decide

  13. Day 6 • Five members of your group disagree with the decision you made about money • They say they will not go along with your decision • You must decide what to do about them • Should they be punished? Should they be put in prison? • Should you just leave them alone? • You must decide

  14. Wrap-up discussion • Describe the different emotions you experienced throughout this activity • Why do you think you experienced this emotion? • is your form of government justified? Laws, punishment? Why or why not? • What would you have done differently? • Why do you think we did this activity? • How will your experience in this activity relate to the formation of the Articles of confederation and our new nation?

  15. Wrap-Up Activity • Break into groups of 3 • Read the excerpt in your textbook on page ( 40-42) on the Articles of Confederation. • Write down 3 ways this activity relates to our studies. • Group Discussion.

  16. The Giver…..connection • Break up into groups of (3) quickly! • Compare and contrast your class government formed here on your island to the society and government in the book, The Giver • Write down at least (2) similarities and differences.

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