Rebecca's+Utopia

=Utopia Proposal= Official Name of Utopia Proposed:

Directions: Please complete all sections of the proposal. You may do this one one page or many connected pages. You may use media to enhance your ideas, but all media must be cited correctly and used with the permission of the creator. You may weave these answers into a story or you may answer them all directly. Please copy this page onto a new one (labeling it with your first name or blog user name only) and start from there.

I. Origins
A. How will this Utopia come into being? Be very specific about deliberate creation versus accidental creation. -In the world today there are many people that may feel that they are not wanted, beacuse there are people who discrinat against them! I plan to create a place were people who many feel different and people who many feel like they have every felt different will be able to come and live. Some people in the world today don't like othere people just beacuse of there skin color, religon. and the things that they may feel are right and wrong. There is going to be a place where people don't need to put on a front and they can act how they want to and do what they want.

B. What is the time line for the creation and development of this Utopia? If you began building tomorrow, where will your society be in 5 years? In 50 years? In 500 years? - Once there are some base rules and morals then I think the building could get under way. Of corse the Utopia isn't going to be thins massive plot of land wit toms of people and a lots of building right away! it will have to grow with the people that are living within the Utopia. It will need to grow to fit the people.

C. How do people find out about your Utopia? Do people accidentally stumble across it through exploration? Is a member of the society telling the story of the utopia? - When all the wars stared and there was confilct in the world there were people that didn't like that at all and that is when the word of the Utopia got out. The people wanted a place where they could go and there would be no conflit and no fighting. They wanted to feel safe and be in a place where they could then be able to act the way that they wanted and not get in troube for their actions!

A. Please indicate the projected population statistics here: Year one: number of women 20, men 20, children 25 Year fifty: number of women 500, men 500, children 550 Year five hundred: number of women, men, children, I think that it would be rather impossibal to estmate the amout of people that could be living in the Utopia in fivr hundred years. For all we know it could be so big it may be it's own little state. Or it won't work after a while and it wom' be around for another five hundred years.
 * II. Population and Demographics**

B. Does this Utopia have specific criteria for entry? If so, please list the criteria here. (Do not forget to list language(s) spoken.) If not, please proceed to the next section. 1. Be Yourself! 2. You can not discriminate against other people! Under any circumstace! 3. If you not Staright don't think that your not welcome! There may be some people that feel it is the worse thing to be Gay.... but none of thoes people will be in this Utopia. 4. You can speak any language.

C. What are the specific skills, if any, possessed by the first generation of citizens in this Utopia? - Builders, Farmers, Teachers, working class type people that are going to be able to do every day things. We will need to start off with a good base to get big.

D. How does your Utopia deal with the concept of race, especially in its incecption (beginning)? Does it have only one race? Does it allow mixed race bonds to be formed? - You can be any race at all, yes of corse there will be a wall in a way that will divied people of different races if they can't speak a certant languge but through time the wall will be broken!

III. Culture, Social Customs, and Family Structure
A. Education of citizens is an important aspect in most civilizations. How will this Utopia respond to the following issues: 1. Access to education -There will be teachers in the Utopia that will teach the younger kids. The Utopia will stay conected with the newer ways of learning and it will have new way to learn (computers, text books, etc...)

2. Curriculum taught and vehicle(s) for curriculum delivery ???? Don't Understand

3. Value placed on the role of Educators - It will be very important that the kids/teens living inside of this Utopia will get great education so the teachers will have alot to do and alot on there hands.

B. How will this Utopia address the following issues regarding religion? 1. State sanctioned religion vs. multiple religious traditions - People of all religons will be able to enter the Utopia there will have to be different Churchs, Tempules, etc... for people of each religon to be able to go to on a regular basis.

a. If a state sanctioned religion, what level of observance will be required? What will enforcement procedures entail? - Yeas of corse it will there will need to be people that can keep true to a certant religon.

2. Observance of eastern and western religions as they currently exist vs. the creation of a new religion or many new religions? ?? Don't Understand ??

C. Arts and Entertainment: Most great societies encourage the flourishing of the full range of human talents. (Note: do not address censorship in this section; see the Government section) How will this Utopia accommodate the following activities: 1. Literature (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, etc.)

2. Fine arts (painting, sculpture, drawing, acting, dance, etc.)

3. Music (instrumental - classic, instrumental - contemporary, vocal, etc.)

4. Film (documentary, animation, fiction, etc.)

5. Sports

6. Value placed on the role of Artists and Athletes

D. Food: Will this Utopia have a national dish? What will be the prevailing cultural attitude toward food? (For example, necessary evil or daily joy?)

E. How has your Utopia dealt with the following isues of social customs: 1. New vs. Old Holidays

2. Social Classes (Are different groups of people viewed differently?)

3. Notoriety, Celebrity, and Respect

4. Life goals, Hopes, and Dreams

F. How are families structured in your Utopia? (Is there a concept of marriage? How do children interact with their elders?)

G. How do men and women relate to one another?

IV. Industry, Agricultre, and Geography
A. What is the geography of this utopian place? What are the major geographical features (bodies of water, mountains, canyons, etc.)? What does this place look like?

B. What natural resources, if any, are available? How will they be used?

C. Is the climate suitable for agriculture? If so, what crops will be cultivated? Please make reference to population statistics for feasibility calculation.

D. How are jobs determined? What percentage of the workforce is dedicated to the survival and growth of the Utopia?

E. Is this Utopia notable for any particular crop (e.g. silk, kiwi fruit) or industry (e.g. postage stamps, fine furniture)?

F. What, if anything, is imported? From whom?

G. What, if anything, is exported? To whom?

V. Government
A. Describe and, if possible, name the informing political philosophy of this Utopia.

C. Describe the level of participation in the following governmental activities: 1. Choosing/removing leaders

2. Creating/changing laws

D. What are the “checks” on governmental power, if any?

E. How does this government support or suppress the expression of individual ideas?

F. What are the methods and means of law enforcement and military operations (both peace keeping and war making): 1. At the local level?

2. At the national level?

3. At the international (or global) level?

G. What type, if any, of diplomacy will this Utopia use?

H. What type, if any, currency will this Utopia use?

VI. Infrastructure
A. Community services 1. Health Care/Hospitals

2. Libraries

3. Fire protection

4. Other

B. Urban planning 1. Types of homes (single-family, multiple-family, apartment complexes, long houses, etc.

2. Zoning for industrial and warehouse areas

3. Recreation centers

C. Funding

1. Taxes

2. Contributions from industry

VII: Reaction to Society and Other Utopias (You may want to wait until you have finished your reaction novel in order to complete this section)
A. How is your Utopia a reaction to the utopia that you read about in your independent novel?

B. What historical precedents (or from other works of fiction) have influenced your Utopian ideas?

C. How is your Utopia a reaction to the society that you are living in?

IX. Unique Features of this Utopia
Please use this section to elaborate on special aspects of your Utopia which did not fit any category on the proposal form.