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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.

A rich man notices a huge open field along the highway while he's driving that stretches for over 10 miles and is around 2 miles wide. He decides that he wants a perfect place and community to live and buys the land to make that community.

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?

-It's going to take 3 years to build this beautiful city - 5 years from now there are going to be 1000 people as the population and is now deciding the leaders of the utopia. -In 50 years this is going to be a well established utopia with people trying to get into the utopia everyday. The population is 75,000 and the utopia has expanded to be a lot bigger than before. Now it is 4 times the size. In 500 years this utopia is no longer going to exist because there will be to many people with opinions and want to do things their way so the utopia will split up.

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?

-At first the only people that got in is if they had an invatation. But when they needed more people they let people in the could fit in with the lifestyle really good. You had to pass the interview to be accepted into the utopia.

II. Population and Demographics
A. Please indicate the projected population statistics here: Year one: number of women-350_, men-400_, children-250 Year fifty: number of women-27,500_, men-27,500_, children-20,000_ Year five hundred: no population

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.

-Must speak English -Can't have a disease -No racial boundries -no religous boundries but there is a christian church there -must admit soccer is the best sport ever -Must have a healthy weight -must be healthy -can't have a police record or history with drugs -good sense of humor

C. What are the specific skills, if any, possessed by the first generation of citizens in this Utopia?

-has to play either soccer, hockey, or laccrosse -has to be smart

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?

There aren't any racial boundries to who can get in but if anyone has a problem with a different race then they will get kicked out of the community.

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

Everyone will have to go through technology education so they can all interact with the computer. The childeren will have to go to school 4 times a week until they are 16. They will go to school on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for 4 1/2 hours per day.

2. Curriculum taught and vehicle(s) for curriculum delivery They will learn about what can happen in the future instead of the past and they will only learn about stuff that will help them in the life ahead of them. They will get to school by subway. There will be subway stations everywhere ther's a bus stop.

3. Value placed on the role of Educators ?

B. How will this Utopia address the following issues regarding religion? 1. State sanctioned religion vs. multiple religious traditions ?

a. If a state sanctioned religion, what level of observance will be required? What will enforcement procedures entail? ?

2. Observance of eastern and western religions as they currently exist vs. the creation of a new religion or many new religions? They will be aloud to practice any religion that they and they may also create their own religion but there is a christian church in the utopia.

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.)

For reading there are only goingto be books that you can get a life lesson out and that will make you live a better life. The same for poetry and drama. There is going to be one main library with all the books in it and there will also be a theatre connected to the library.

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

An art studio will be built within the 1st year. In the studio there will be a place for painting, sculpting, and drawing. Peices can only be made if you can get something out of the peice that can make you live a better life.

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

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

No movies will be mad in this utopia but they are going to build a movie theatre within the second year as a place for socialization and to see new movies that are coming out.

5. Sports There's is only 3 sports in this utopia. Soccer, laccrosse, and hockey. Most of the people play soccer and it plays a big part in the utopia as far as socialization and recreation. There are 8 soccer fields. 3 turf fields, 2 grass fields, and 3 indoor fields inside the indoor facility which also has 2 laccrosse fields and 8 hockey rinks. There are also 6 laccrosse fields outside. 3 of them are turf and 3 grass.

6. Value placed on the role of Artists and Athletes

The athletes will be looked very highly on and looked up to while the artists will be looked upon as average people inside the utopia living their normal life.

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?)

The natioanl dish of project 8 is fresh pasta. All the food in this utopia is going to be fresh and healthy because we want everyone to live healthy lives in this utopia. Every night the people in the utopia will be required to have a fresh pasta course before eating anything else because pasta has a lot of carbs that will give ereybody energy to live healthy active lives. The pasta will be supplied by the utopia leaders.

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

Christmas will still be celebrated but of those who choose not to celebrate christmas then they will not be forced to. A thanksgiving dinner will take place on the last day of every month because once a year isn't enough to realize how much everyone has to be thankful for in their life. Every four years when the World Cup takes place the utopia will travel to where it's taking place to see the games and to see how everyone out of the utopia lives. Then after there will be a meeting about if we want to change anything in the utopia or not. That holiday will be called the CUP holiday. Easter will also take place and Good Friday and also New Years Utopia where we will celebrate another year since the utopia started.

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

Groups will be judged differently because it's impossible look at everyone the same way because everyone is different.

3. Notoriety, Celebrity, and Respect The celebritys will be the athletes. Everyone will have to earn their respect it's not going to be give to them.

4. Life goals, Hopes, and Dreams One of the main goals is to live life to its fullest and live everyday like it's your last. Hopes and Dreams are to become sports star and play for a professional team outside of the utopia.

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

There's going to be marriage in this utopia but if the people decide to split up they just have to tell the elders that they are splitting up and that's it.

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

They realte to each other by things thay have in common.

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?

It's mostly a city but, inside the city the are rivers flowing and open meadows with parks and a lot of skyscrapers. It looks like a cutting edge top of the line technology city.

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

The rivers will be filtered and used as drinking water that comes directly from the mountains outside of the utopia.

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

The climate is not suitable for agriculture because for half of the day it will be warm and the other half will be colder so the crops will never survive.

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

The jobs are determined by if the are suitbale for the joba and make the over all production of whatever they are doing better. 25% of the jobs will deal with 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)?

Yes, hey are known for the production of Adidas soccer cleats so many times people will try and get insid ethe utopia to buy the soccer cleats that are made there which are the best in the world.

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

Fresh pasta is imported from Italy once a day. It's picked in the morning and then flown to project 8 by midday.

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

Soccer cleats to England, France, Germany, and other parts of the U.S.

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.