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Declaration of Independence __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Visit Name: ____________________ Period: ____ Date: ________

Government The Law of the Land Our Culture __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Law of the Land 1._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Our Culture

Create-a-Utopia- Travel Brochure Create 5 sides on your brochure:  1. Name your utopia, draw a picture, write your name/date/class period 2. Describe the culture of your community  (draw pictures representing beliefs, religion, diet, entertainment, education) 3. Declaration of Independence: Write one paragraph describing the reasons for the formation of your utopian society (What problems did you wish to eliminate in your society? Why?). (focus on the benefits) 4. List of Rules: Write 5 Rules that your community members would have to follow in order to keep those problems from resurfacing. 5. Government: How will your government be structured? Will you have a democracy, autocracy, or oligarchy? Why? Who is in charge?