CREATE YOUR OWN DYSTOPIA
OUTLINE
You are going to create 6 documents. These documents will all give information about an imaginary dystopian society. Each document can be from a different point of view – you might create one document from the government, another from a rebel, another from a visitor and so on.
The 6 documents together will be a sort of imaginary research pack, as though a researcher had collected the documents together to learn about the dystopian society.

DETAILS
You must choose 6 document types from the list below
You must choose a minimum of four TEXT document types.
For the remaining elements, you may choose any document-type.
Text-based documents have a word count of minimum 250. Many of them can be improved by adding images, pictures, or other visual elements.
Non-text-based documents do not have a word count, but clear effort will be more significant.

TEXT BASED Document-types

1. GOVERNMENT: Describe the government in your dystopia. What kind of government exists? Who is in charge?
FORMAT:
a. Neutral style (encyclopedia) OR
b. Pro-government explanation

2. CITIZEN: A description of the average citizens in your dystopia. What do they wear? Describe their appearance; What do they do for a living?; Do they have children?; How do they behave on a daily basis?; What do they do for fun?; How do they respond to the government?
FORMAT: Your personal view. Imagine you were able to visit the dystopia. What did you see?

3. INFRACTIONS: What happens to citizens who do not obey the government?
FORMAT: An article written by someone who is against this dystopia, trying to explain how terrible it is.

4. SETTING: Describe the setting of your dystopia. What does the place look like where your citizens live? What do the buildings, homes, cars, etc. look like? What year is it?
FORMAT:
Your personal view. Imagine you were able to visit the dystopia. What did you see?

5. EDUCATION: Describe the schools in your dystopia. What do students learn? What do they do at school? What do they wear? How do they behave? Who is allowed to teach? How are teachers trained?
FORMAT:
a. A student secretly writing to someone outside of the dystopia (anti-dystopia) OR
b. A student writing to someone outside of the dystopia, explaining how good it is

6. HEALTHCARE: What happens when someone is sick? Who pays for medical services, if they are needed? What happens to the elderly?
FORMAT:
A confidential document, government outlines of medical policy

7. WORKFORCE: How does your society support itself? What does the workforce in your society look like? What types of jobs are available, and how do you get certain jobs? How old do you have to be to work? What types of businesses are available, and who decides who gets which job? How are workers trained? How are workers compensated?
FORMAT:
a. Neutral style (encyclopedia) OR
b. Pro-government explanation

8. DIARY: A diary entry from from a citizen in your community expressing his or her feelings about an event that has happened in your society or how they feel about the way the society works. (you will have to make up this event and thoroughly explain it in your diary entry.)
FORMAT:
A private diary entry

9. REBEL MANIFESTO: A list of demands produced by rebels who are against the Utopia. Outline of the important changes they demand, and the rights they claim
FORMAT: A list of changes/rights.

10. BACKSTORY: A dystopian story has a backstory: a war, natural disaster or other terrifying event is introduced early on in the story to set the stage. Describe the backstory for your dystopia.
FORMAT:
Neutral style. Imagine an encyclopedia entry from a different country. *Google Document

NON-TEXT BASED Document-types:

11. MAP: A map (colored/illustrated) of your community/country/town/etc...
FORMAT:
An image/drawing, with labels. *Any image file

12. NEWS REPORT OF A DISASTER: A new report of a natural disaster in the dystopia. What happened? What are the consequences? How is the government responding.
FORMAT:
A video of you as a TV news reporter, talking to the camera.

13. RIGHTS: A Bill of Rights (at least 10 rules/laws the people in your society must live by)
FORMAT:
This must be created to look like a document that would fit into your society as poster for display. *Any image file

14. PROPAGANDA:
An informational poster or leaflet from the government of your society.
FORMAT:
Depending on choice

If you have a great idea for an alternative format for any of these documents, check with your teacher. You may be allowed to use your alternative idea if you can justify it.

IMPORTANT: The instructions and the rubrics for projects are provided in the GC.

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