The Civilization Game Your group will need: 1 large piece of paper SIT IN GROUPS OF 4 PLEASE Your group will need: 1 large piece of paper A few markers or colored pencils Notebook paper & pen or pencil

the situation… You and your band of hunters/gatherers have grown tired of migrating from place to place. You want to settle down and stop moving. You and your people are looking for an area to settle.

Task #1 Draw/map out the area where you will choose to settle. Show/draw all of the geographic features that are present in the area that you have chosen.

Task #1 Scoring If you are geographically… Near ocean/sea (salt water): 10 points Near river (fresh water): 10 points Near trees: 10 points Near rocks/cave/mountains: 10 points Built a shelter: 50 points All of the above: 100 points Subtract… 50 points if NO FRESH WATER SOURCE 50 points if NO SHELTER

What is your solution -- How are you going to get food? Task #2 Your population is rapidly growing! It is increasingly more difficult to provide food for your people. What is your solution -- How are you going to get food? You may now make/use tools and weapons. Add these ideas to your drawing.

Task #2 Scoring Hunting/gathering: 10 points Trade: 20 points Farming: 30 points All of the above: 100 points None of the above: SUBTRACT 100 POINTS

Write these laws on a separate sheet of paper. Task #3 As your village continues to grow you realize your need for social order. Establish what laws and principles will govern your people and what type of leader(s) you will have. Write these laws on a separate sheet of paper.

Task #3 Scoring Name your village: 10 points Choosing a leader: 50 points If no leader, subtract 25 points Establish a military: 50 points If no military, subtract 25 points Laws: 10 points each If < 3 laws, subtract 20 points

Task #4 A nearby village requests your military assistance. Will you give it? If yes, how will this be done? Are you going to just defend yourself, or are you going to attack? Remember: If you make the wrong decision your village, your leader, or YOU might not survive!

Task #4 Scoring Give supplies (food/weapons) to neighbor: 10 points Do nothing: No points Attack enemy alongside your neighbor: 20 points Defend neighbor and defend your home: 50 points

Task #5 Your village has been prosperous because of your care and watchful eye. People feel safe, they are well-fed, they have plenty of goods, but they seem to be lacking something. What elements needs to be added to your village to provide more structure?

Task #5 Scoring Est. a religion/built a temple: 50 points Created art, painting, and/or sculpture: 50 points Est. a social class hierarchy: 50 points Est. schools, scribes, etc.: 50 points Entertainment: 50 points All of the above: 300 points None of the above: subtract 100 points

Task #6 Due to your increased population, you are now faced with two serious issues: sewage and garbage. How might you combat these problems in a similar way that early civilizations did? Choose poorly & people may leave your city or become seriously ill.

Task #6 Scoring Civil servants pick up garbage: 10 points Designate a garbage area: 20 points Build aqueducts/water wells/sewage lines: 50 points None of the above: subtract 50 points

Task #7 Convert your village into a city. Think of all the essentials a city has. What must a city have to survive and prosper? Add these things to your drawing!

Task #7 Scoring Paved roads: 50 points Industry: 50 points Single family housing: 60 points Multiple family dwellings (apts.): 70 points Hospitals/firehouse/police: 80 points Entertainment/sports: 90 points Retail/market place: 100 points

Tally your scores!!! What things stayed the same as your village developed? What things changed? How do your scores compare to other groups within the class?