Kristine'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.// My utopia came into being when the government in my town decided that they wanted to live in a perfect world. The old town was filled with people who were very negative, mean and unhappy people, the government decided that they were sick and tired of having to deal with the people of the town and they made a uptopia. It took about ten years to create the utopia, eight years to build it and two years to make the rules on what kinds of people could live in the utopia.

//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?// If I began building my utopia tomorrow, in five years it will still be in the production phase, the design will be done and the homes will just be getting started. In fifty years my utopia will be up and running, the people will all be happily living together and there will not have been any complaints on how the utopia is being run. In the 110th year of my utopia's existance one of the members of the society will have complained about how the utopia was being run and he decided that he was going to protest about the government and he forced the utopia to find a new government, but besdies that, in 500 years the utopia will still be running smoothley.

//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?// People found out about my utopia through people telling the story and from state meetings that have been held. Every year one of the members of the utopia will go to the meeting and encourage more people to apply and then they will be able to be chosen for living in the utopia.

II. Population and Demographics
//A. Please indicate the projected population statistics here:// Year one: number of women 0, men 0, children 0 Year fifty: number of women 500, men 500, children 350 Year five hundred: number of women 1000, men 1000, children 700

//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.// Criteria: -**lanuguage** spoken: English -**education**: people who are the ages of 5 to 18 can get educated -**jobs**: people are only allowed to have one job (it must be approved by the government) jobs are only allowed for people who have graduated and are over 18 years old -no discrimination

//C. What are the specific skills, if any, possessed by the first generation of citizens in this Utopia?// The first generation of citizens in my utopia are going to be good at all different things. My utopia is not going to be very big, so there is not a need for a lot of people, but there needs to be a few people that are good at each job so the town can run properly. Also, the jobs that the citizens do need to be jobs that they love, because I don't want my citizens to hate living in the utopia, if they don't like what they are doing, then the people who aren't in the utopia will have no desire to want to join the utopia.

//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?// My utopia allows all types of races to live there, in the beginning the people got along and there was no racism and the people of the utopia get along very well.

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// The children ages 5 to 18 are the only ones who will be allowed to be educated. If you are not educated and you are over the age of 18, then you are not allowed into the utopia. The students have to go to school a total of 25 hours a week, they can choose to complete these hours as quickly as they can. If the students don't complete all 25 hours they have to make up the hours that the missed in the following week.

//2. Curriculum taught and vehicle(s) for curriculum delivery// The children are taught basic math, reading, writing, social studies and science until they are eight years old. At that time, they have to choose the job that they want to do in the utopia and research the skills so they can perfrom that job well until they graduate at age 18. The students learn on computers, they can choose to do their learning at home or where ever they have a computer. There is a video of the day's lesson that the teacher makes on the computer, so the students can watch it. They take notes, do their homework, and get ready for quizzes all from the video that the teacher prepares.

//3. Value placed on the role of Educators// Educators are not very valued in my utopia, this is because they only have to create a video and then they don't have anything else to do for the rest of the day.

//B. How will this Utopia address the following issues regarding religion? 1. State sanctioned religion vs. multiple religious traditions// There will be a state sanctioned religion, the religion will be Catholic.

//a. If a state sanctioned religion, what level of observance will be required? What will enforcement procedures entail?// The people of the utopia will be required to go to Church at least once a month. If they don't attend church then the family will be fined fifty dollars.

//2. Observance of eastern and western religions as they currently exist vs. the creation of a new religion or many new religions?// The religion will be the same as the eastern and western religions as they currently exist.

//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.)// The people of the utopia can read or write different kinds of literature. They have the choice to use literature as a job or a hobby.

//2. Fine arts (painting, sculpture, drawing, acting, dance, etc.)// Art is allowed, although are such as painting, sculpture and drawing is not popular, the people are still allowed to do it. Acting and dancing are very popular in the utopia.

//3. Music (instrumental - classic, instrumental - contemporary, vocal, etc.)// My utopia does not have any rules about what kinds of music people listen to, but this can only be a hobby for people. If they have musical talents, then they can do whatever they want, they just have to have another real job.

//4. Film (documentary, animation, fiction, etc.)// Film is something that people are allowed to have either as a hobby that they like to do or a job. However, if they choose to have a job in film, it can only be a documentary or non-fiction about something else that they are interested in because if they did animation it would not be very constructive.

//5. Sports// Sports are only allowed to be a hobby for people, they can't be a professional athlet. This is because of the reason that the children at the age of eight have to chose a career to study, there is not much to study in sports.

//6. Value placed on the role of Artists and Athletes// The value placed on the role of artists will not be very high because art is a very popular thing to do. It is not paid well. The value placed on athletes is nothing because they are not allowed to become professionals, they can have sports teams, but it can not be someone's job.

//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 utopia will have a national dish of steak and macaroni and cheese. The people in the utopia do not think of foods as a nexessary evil, they think of it as a daily joy. Fast food is not allowed in the utopia, all foods must be prepared, by hand to keep people more healthy. Also to keep people healthy there is a specific amount of food that people are allowed to eat to avoid obesity.

//E. How has your Utopia dealt with the following isues of social customs: 1. New vs. Old Holidays// Old Catholic holidays will be celebrated, along with birthdays. If someone wants to add another holiday that they think is necessary, then they must visit the government and then the government will vote on if it will become a holiday or not.

//2. Social Classes (Are different groups of people viewed differently?)// People are viewed in the same way, all of the people make the same amount of money, so there won't be a problem with people being richer then the next person. The only people who make more money then the others are people who are part of the government.

//3. Notoriety, Celebrity, and Respect// All people are treated with the same amount of respect, if everyone isn't treated the same way, then they will be fined. There are celebrities because they were in some people's films, but they don't get paid extra, so it doesn't matter.

//4. Life goals, Hopes, and Dreams// Everyone is allowed to have their own life goals, hopes and dreams, they will not be discriminated against for haveing different dreams then someone else.

//F. How are families structured in your Utopia? (Is there a concept of marriage? How do children interact with their elders?)// Every family is allowed to have a maximum of three children, if they do not choose to have any children, that is fine, but the won't be able to attended family night every Monday. If someone chooses to get married, then they must do it by the age of 25 and if they choose to have children, then they must have the children before the age of 32. Children live with their parents, until they graduate at the age of 18, then they go out and live on their own. Families are very close with one another, there is family night every Monday where families get together and they play games and have fun.

//G. How do men and women relate to one another?// Men and women are treated equally, neither one is treated with or respect, nor is one better then the other.

//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?// My utopian place is very peaceful, people come and live there if they want to live a stress-free life. There are a couple small, rolling hills and there are many plants and trees planted all around the utopia. In the center of the town there is a community lake where people who have a house on the lake can boat and swim. There are many large homes, and near the center of the utopia there are two restaurants, a clothing store, beauty salon, grocery store, a town farm and the town hall. Families are allowed one SUV (in case they have three children), which are parked in a garage in the back of the house, so you cannot see the garage from the street and it looks cleaner. There is also a river running through the town, where fish live so you can watch them swim.

//B. What natural resources, if any, are available? How will they be used?// There are no natural resources in the utopia, they get the gasoline for the cars, and the oil, water and other things, from towns and states around them.

//C. Is the climate suitable for agriculture? If so, what crops will be cultivated? Please make reference to population statistics for feasibility calculation.// There is a farm in the utopia where the citizens can grow their own crops if they choose to. There will be all kinds of vegetables and fruit grown in the farm. The climate is warm from February to September to help grow more crops and the fall/winter months are October through January.

//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 whatever job the citizens are interested in, although if there is not enough of people who like to farm or do other jobs, then those jobs will be assigned to people who can't decide.

//E. Is this Utopia notable for any particular crop (e.g. silk, kiwi fruit) or industry (e.g. postage stamps, fine furniture)?// The utopia is notable for the delicious cantalope and watermelon that they grow, it is shipped all over the world. They are also known for their fine arcitecture that people would love to see.

//F. What, if anything, is imported? From whom?// Resources, such as gasoline and oil are imported from the middle east (there isn't a war so it is cheap).

//G. What, if anything, is exported? To whom?// The delicious cantalope and watermelon that the utopia grows is exported all over the world, especially to Central America.

//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.//