1. 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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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!

10. 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

11. 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?

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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

15. 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!

16. 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

17. 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?