For the remainder of the class, you were split into 3 groups and given one of the following activities:
- You are on the cruise ship Conquest going to a great vacation spot. You have been informed that due to massive terrorist attacks, you will have to divert to a nearby uninhabited set of islands. The ship does not have enough fuel to return you safely anywhere and all means of communication has been disabled. In other words, you are stuck with each other on the islands for the foreseeable future. The task before you is to write a pact or contract of sorts that sets out an agreement that you will all live by as to how you will get along and govern yourselves. There are 3400 passengers.
- You are on the cruise ship Black Prince going to a great vacation spot. You have been informed that due to massive terrorist attacks, you will have to divert to a nearby uninhabited set of islands. The ship does not have enough fuel to return you safely anywhere and all means of communication has been disabled. In other words, you are stuck with each other on the islands for the foreseeable future. The task before you is to write a pact or contract of sorts that sets out an agreement that you will all live by as to how you will get along and govern yourselves. There are 480 passengers.
- You are sick and tired of life in Canada the way it is. You want a different form of government more than just a different government. You have joined with a group of people who have invested significantly to move away to a small un-owned island for the purposes of starting over again. You are meeting to set the rules for how the new place will function. The task before you is to write a pact or contract of sorts that sets out an agreement that you will all live by as to how you will get along and govern yourselves. There are 5000 residents.
We will discuss this activity on Wednesday after we discuss the Alamo article from the "Bias? What Bias?" post.
