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The Island Project

CREATING AN ISLAND AND BUILDING A STORY

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General information

Population: 15,000

 

  1. You will be given the Shape of the Island?

  2. It is between 5 to 10 square miles. About the size of Nipoma, Ca

  3. The island must include:

    1. Sandy Beaches

    2. Forests and  Jungles

    3. Areas for people to live: villages, towns, developed cities

    4. Developed areas and areas that are left untouched.

    5. Create at least five types of flora and fauna that exist on the island. 

 

Questions to answer:

 

What is the weather like?

  • How does the weather change with the seasons? 

  • There needs to be at least two types of weather/at least two seasons. 

  • The weather affects the animals, vegetation, tourism, etc. of the island.

 

Economical Aspects of the Society to build upon these ideas and think about how they survive.

 

Animals Are Used  For …..

For Example: Do They Use Animals For Labor? Do They Eat Animals, Or Animal Products (Such As Milk)?

 

What is the Industry On The Island

  • Kinds Of Technology

  • At Least One Large Businesses

  • At Least One Factory

  • What Do They Produce?Describe How You Create And Distribute Goods And Services Among Yourself.

 

Each island is unique. There are many things that are common among the Panther Islands. We are looking at the differences. Your project focuses on the differences.

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      GROUP PROJECTS

PROJECT ONE

  • Draw a map of the island in full color.

 

PROJECT TWO

  • Create a chart of the landscape

 

PROJECT THREE

  • Create a chart of the flora and fauna (at least five examples)

 

PROJECT FOUR

  • Create a chart of the island's weather patterns

 

Cultural Aspects of the Island

PROJECT FIVE

Written report (500 plus words)

1.         Create a record of the islands civilization. 

2.         What is life like on the island?

3.         Describe living on the island (history and social studies)

4.         How many people live on the island and which parts do they inhabit?

5.         What are the islands rural areas and lifestyles and how developed is the civilization?

 

 

 

CULTURE/RELIGION/MYTHOLOGY/FOLKLORE:

Make sure all of your ideas are tied into one consistent set of beliefs.

Explain the islands :

 

PROJECT SIX Written report (500 plus words)

•           Religion (s)

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PROJECT SEVEN Written report (500 plus words)

•           Mythology

 

PROJECT EIGHT Written report (500 plus words)

•           Folklore /Folktale (s)

 

 

                 Island Art

Fine Art:          create examples of art from your island

PROJECT NINE (five examples)

Use elements of the island’s culture to create and influence the works

Types of art

  • Dolls

  • Furniture

  • Home Decorations

  • Island Sculpture

  • Paintings

  • Pottery

                Performing Art

                                               Music

PROJECT TEN How do the island people make music?

  • Create at least three of their musical instruments

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PROJECT ELEVEN

  • Create an original song using the style of the people using native instruments.

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PROJECT TWELVE

  • Create representations (drawings) of island musical instruments (five pieces)

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                                             Dance

PROJECT THIRTEEN

  • Create an original island dance to go with the original island music. (at least one minute)

 

                                            Theatre

PROJECT FOURTEEN

  • Perform an original piece of dramatic art from the island. (at least one minute)

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              YOU ARE YOUR OWN COUNTRY

PROJECT FIFTEEN

  • County’s Flag (full size, colored)

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PROJECT SIXTEEN

  • County’s National Bird (full size, colored)

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PROJECT SEVENTEEN

  • County’s  National Flower (full size, colored)

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PROJECT EIGHTEEN

  • County’s  Local Food (drawing of five items)

food production

how food and services are distributed

agricultural practices on the island

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PROJECT NINETEEN

  • County’s Exports (drawing of five items)

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PROJECT TWENTY

  • County’s Imports (drawing of five items)

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      PROJECT TWENTY-ONE

  • County’s National Anthem (written and performed)

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PROJECT TWENTY-TWO

  • County’s Pledge (written and performed)

 

PROJECT TWENTY-THREE

  • County’s History (drawing of founding fathers/mothers.  Include a drawing of four of them and native dress)

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PROJECT TWENTY-FOUR

  • Paper Dolls (male, Female,…) two outfits for each

How do they create clothing?

What is their clothing made of?

Provide illustrations of island clothing.

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PROJECT TWENTY-FIVE

  • Technology that they use, and what it is for. Be sure to include the answers to how the island society interacts with the rest of the world, or answer the question, do they remain in their own independent block?

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PROJECT TWENTY-SIX

  • Draw a picture of each of the pieces of their currency.

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Project TWENTY-SEVEN

  • Every member of the team has one figure of a person (?) and one morphed animal

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PROJECT TWENTY-EIGHT

  • One scale model in 3D relief of the island.

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PROJECT TWENTY-NINE

one scale model  environmental house 

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PROJECT THIRTY

Present all of your work on a power point and present to class.

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