Long Live Democria!
Task 1 - Country Profile: What will Democria look like?
CHOOSE YOUR GROUP OF THREE!
(a) Your first task is to identify what the country of Democria will look and feel like. You must consider:
(i) What the major agricultural produce? Is there farming/mining (fruit and vegie/ nuts/oil)?
(ii) Main exports and imports. Where do these go/come?
(iii) Does Democria have ties to other nations? who/why?
(iv) Landscape (forests/rocky/dessert/tropical/snow/ice)
(v) Climate/location on earth e.g. Northern or southern hemisphere or near the equator
(vi) What is the Population?
(vii) Are the people rich or poor? Why?
(viii) Are there cities? What are their names?
CHOOSE YOUR GROUP OF THREE!
(a) Your first task is to identify what the country of Democria will look and feel like. You must consider:
(i) What the major agricultural produce? Is there farming/mining (fruit and vegie/ nuts/oil)?
(ii) Main exports and imports. Where do these go/come?
(iii) Does Democria have ties to other nations? who/why?
(iv) Landscape (forests/rocky/dessert/tropical/snow/ice)
(v) Climate/location on earth e.g. Northern or southern hemisphere or near the equator
(vi) What is the Population?
(vii) Are the people rich or poor? Why?
(viii) Are there cities? What are their names?
Answer the above questions and upload to the link below
Task 2: Create a map of Democria and locate the Capital City
Use the below link and create your country and its cities:
Use the below link and create your country and its cities:
http://www.electrocity.co.nz/Game/game.aspx
Enter the following code: SB32644
remember to save your work. Upon saving write down and keep the code so that Mr. Boyd can see you cities progress!
Enter the following code: SB32644
remember to save your work. Upon saving write down and keep the code so that Mr. Boyd can see you cities progress!
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Task 3 - What Form of Government will Democria have?
(a) Choose a form of Government (e.g. Democracy, Monarchy, Dictatorship, Communism).
(b) Research Pros and Cons of your chosen Government and save in your folder.
(a) Choose a form of Government (e.g. Democracy, Monarchy, Dictatorship, Communism).
(b) Research Pros and Cons of your chosen Government and save in your folder.
Task 2 (b) Why did you choose this form of government? Sell it to your people and submit your reasons in the form of persuasive text below.
Task 4. The Three Tiers of Government: Does your Government
have the Three tiers (E.g. Federal, State, Local).
(a) Watch the two video links below:
http://www.peo.gov.au/multimedia/videos/snapshots-three-levels-of-government.html
(a) Watch the two video links below:
http://www.peo.gov.au/multimedia/videos/snapshots-three-levels-of-government.html
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Upoad the roles and responsibilities of each of your governments in the form of a Venn Diagram below
Task 5. Decide on your government leader:
(a) Create a List the values and personal qualities a good leader has.
- Who, out of your group would be the best leader and why?
(a) Create a List the values and personal qualities a good leader has.
- Who, out of your group would be the best leader and why?
Task 6 - Parliament & law making
Parliament house is where governments are formed and where the government is held accountable for its actions. One of the main roles of the Parliament is to make laws or change old laws for the people of a nation. These laws must follow a constitution. A proposal to change or make new laws is called a Bill. Click the below link and watch the videos on constitution, parliament and law making to answer the following tasks: http://www.peo.gov.au/multimedia/videos.html (a) Develop a constitution (a list of rules and laws) that will govern Democria. This will require you to decide how your government will be chosen and what important matters your government needs to address. Research issues you feel need to be addressed. The laws that you create could be used to help with a few current issues that our world has. These include: - Global warming and Climate Change - Refugees/ 'boat people' - Racism - War on Terror - Hunger and poverty - Health Issues (obesity, diabetes, cancer, mental health issues e.g. depression etc.) - Consumption and Consumerism - Human rights / same sex marriage etc. |
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Using the template to the right upload your constitution for Democria below.
Keep in mind the areas which help your country continue to be successful: marketing, farming, schooling, everyday living, transport and family.
You will need to research laws from countries that also use your chosen form of Government so that you may structure it the same way. What do their laws say that enforces they are either a democracy or communist?
Keep in mind the areas which help your country continue to be successful: marketing, farming, schooling, everyday living, transport and family.
You will need to research laws from countries that also use your chosen form of Government so that you may structure it the same way. What do their laws say that enforces they are either a democracy or communist?
(b) Your government needs a parliament house. Draw a picture of your design and locate it on your map of Democria. Upload this in the upload link to the right.
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NOTE: THIS PHOTO OF PARLIAMENT HOUSE GOES UP ON THE SMARTBOARD. THIS BECOMES THE BACKROUND IMAGE FOR TELEVISING TO BEGIN!
HOWEVER YOU CAN CHOOSE ANY BACKGROUND YOU SEE FIT. YOU MAY LIKE TO USE GOOGLE IMAGES OR YOUR OWN PARLIAMENT HOUSE DESIGN. |
FINAL ASSESSMENT:
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE FINISHED YOUR TASKS NOW YOU HAVE TO USE MOVENOTE TO ADDRESS THE NATION. REMEMBER TO INCLUDE ALL THE INFROMATION YOU HAVE GATHERED FROM THE ABOVE TASKS TO COMPILE A SUCCESSFUL SPEECH!! How do I address the nation? Speeches need to be persuasive for their audience. Persuasive texts must include: 1. Emotion 2. Repetition 3. Exaggeration 4. Facts and statistics. 5. Rhetorical questions Watch President Obama's last campaign speech. Does he use all 5? Choose 3 and include them in your speech! RESOURCES: HOW DO I USE MOVENOTE? WATCH THE MOVENOTE TUTORIALS BELOW: http://edumovenote.tumblr.com/tutorials http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN8XY2Ouudk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYGMdEEjuJE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZgqdAUYMaA NOW GO AHEAD AND LET YOUR COUNTRY KNOW HOW AWESOME OF A LEADER YOU WILL BE!
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