Create a Civilization
Now that we know the characteristics of a civilization, it’s
time to create our very own civilizations. Your group is
going to create your own civilization from the ground up.
Requirements:
★ Population-
○ How many people live in your civilization?
○ Be careful not to overcrowd your island (population density
★ Geography- Explain these two things about the location of your island:
■ How will this location sustain crops and livestock?
■ How will this location be advantageous for defense against attacks?
★ Map- After you have chosen your territory for your civilization, then you need to map out your
territory. This should be similar to a Road Map
○ You should draw an aerial map of your civilization that
shows where the following things are:
■ 1. Market
■ 2. temple
■ 3. town square
■ 4. villages (houses)
■ 5. farmland (see stable food supply for
specifics)
■ 6. roads
■ 7. government buildings (palace, court, capital)
★ Name- Come up with a name for your civilization. Is it different than the name of your island?
★ Flag- Design a flag that your civilization could carry into battle.
○ Your flag can be drawn on paper or you could choose to make it from cloth.
★ Characteristics of a civilization
○ Stable food supply-
■ name at least 3 crops you are going to grow
■ Name at least 2 animals that you are going to raise.
★ Specialization of labor-
○ Describe at least 5 jobs that people would need to do in your civilization.
■ Include the job title (scribe, farmhand, canal digger),
■ job description (what will the person be expected to do in this job?)
■ salary (what will they receive for their work? $ or Goods?)
★ System of government-
○ Decide what type of government your civilization will be using. You have 4 choices:
■ 1. Monarchy-government in which a royal family rules the nation (King-Queen)
■ 2. Oligarchy-government in which a small group of “important” people rule
■ 3. Democracy-government in which people make important decisions for their
own nation; this is usually done through representatives
■ 4. Theocracy-government in which a God or gods rule through people because
the whole country shares the same religion; this is usually done through priests.
○ After choosing a form of government answer these questions:
■ 1. Why did you choose this type of government?
■ 2. How will the government-run in a manner that helps civilization?
★ Social Levels/Classes-
○ Create a flowchart that illustrates the social classes of
your civilization. You can divide it up by jobs, age, or any
other way society might be subdivided.
■ You need at least 3 different tiers in your flow
chart.
■ Your flow chart will also explain why you put each
group in their position.
★ Develop a sophisticated culture:
○ Choose one option
■ Art-
● Create a clay sculpture or another piece of artwork that shows something
important about your civilization.
■ Music-
● Write a song about your civilization.
● Include some of these topics in your song:
○ name of civilization
○ population -geography
○ names of some crops
○ names of some animals
○ type of government—important people -names of gods
■ Laws- Come up with at least 10 laws that your society will have to follow.
● Make sure you include a punishment to match each law.
● Devise a plan to inform every person about the laws (tablets, statue)
Grading
Points How to earn points
___/5 Population- Choose appropriate population (between 500-10,000)
___/10 Geography- answer 2 questions and Label location name on your map
___/10 Map Label and draw an aerial map of 7 items listed in requirements
___/10 Name and Flag- Find a creative name and draw and color a flag for civilization
___/10 Food supply List the 3 crops and 2 animals raised
___/10 The government chose a type of government and answer the 2 questions
___/15 Social class 5 points for naming each class and 10 for explaining the class’s position in
society
___/15 Culture- Create a sculpture, write a song, or make at least 10 laws (including delivery
and punishments)
___/15 Time on Task in class, You will start with 15 points and each time you are off task, and
need to be spoken to, you will lose 1 point.
___/100
