Think like a sociologist

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Think like a sociologist

• Creating a Colony on Mars

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TASK Design a Colony on Mars

• Using what we know about colonization and what we
  know about Mars, your group will design a space
  station that will support a colony on Mars.
• Provide for the basic human needs for survival.
• Keep a journal that describes decisions that your
  group makes
• Create a three dimensional model.
• Create a diagram of your space station with the
  parts labeled according to their function
• Create laws for the colony.

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Describe Mars

• Create a description of Mars with your group.

Use the following websitess to do
research http//www.nasa.gov/worldbook/mars_world
book.html http//www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/i
mages/ http//www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/main
/index.html
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What is life like on the Interational Space
Station?
http//www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/ind
ex.html
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Primary Source Of Plymouth Plantation by
William Bradford

• The journal is the history of the first 30 years
  of Plymouth Colony, handwritten by William
  Bradford. It is known as "Of Plymouth Plantation"
  from the heading on the first page. The Bradford
  journal is the single most complete authority for
  the story of the Pilgrims and the early years of
  the Colony they founded.

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Why did they go?
Bacon's Landing of the Pilgrims
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Reasons to go

• From the journal of William Bradford...The
  Pilgrims decide to emigrate to America despite
  the perils and dangers "all great honourable
  actions are accompanied with great difficulties,
  and must be both enterprised and overcome with
  answerable courages. It was granted ye dangers
  were great, but not desperate the difficulties
  were many, but not invincible. For though their
  were many of them likely, yet they were not
  cartaine it might be sundrie of ye things feared
  might never befale others by providente care
  ye use of good means, might in a great measure be
  prevented and all of them, through ye help of
  God, by fortitude and patience, might either be
  borne, or overcome. True it was, that such
  atempts were not to be made and undertaken
  without good ground reason not rashly or
  lightly as many have done for curiositie or hope
  of gaine, c. But their condition was not
  ordinarie their ends were good honourable
  their calling lawfull, urgente and therfore
  they might expecte ye blessing of god in their
  proceding. Yea, though they should loose their
  lives in this action, yet might they have
  comforte in the same, and their endeavors would
  be honourable. They lived hear but as men in
  exile, in a poore condition and as great
  miseries might possibly befale them in this
  place, for ye 12. years of truce the truce
  between Holland and Spain were now out, ther
  was nothing but beating of drumes, and preparing
  for warr, the events wherof are allway
  uncertaine."

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SUBTASK 1

• Why are you leaving your safe home and loving
  family to go to a new place with many dangers and
  uncertainties to begin a new colony?
• SUBTASK 1 Discuss and record in your journal

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Problems

• The Separatists knew they would face many
  problems in the New World. With your group,
  create a chart of problems that they faced.

• The Mayflower at Sea by Margeson
• "Now all being compact together in one ship, they
  put to sea again with a prosperous wind.
  William Bradford

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• From the journal of William Bradford...A
  description of the hard circumstances of the
  winter of 1621
• "In these hard difficulte beginings they found
  some discontents murmurings arise amongst some,
  and mutinous speeches carriags in other but
  they were soone quelled overcome by ye wisdome,
  patience, and just equall carrage of things by
  ye Govr and better part, wch clave faithfully
  togeather in ye maine. But that which was most
  sadd lamentable was, that in 2. or 3. moneths
  time halfe of their company dyed, espetialy in
  Jan February, being ye depth of winter, and
  wanting houses other comforts being infected
  with ye scurvie other diseases, which this long
  vioage their inacomodate condition had brought
  upon them so as ther dyed some times 2. or 3. of
  a day, in ye foresaid time that of 100. odd
  persons, scarce 50. remained. And of these in ye
  time of most distres, ther was but 6. or 7. sound
  persons, who, to their great comendations be it
  spoken, spared no pains, night nor day, but with
  abundance of toyle and hazard of their owne
  health, fetched them woode, made them fires,
  drest them meat, made their beads, washed their
  lothsome cloaths, cloathed uncloathed them in
  a word, did all ye homly necessarie offices for
  them wch dainty quesie stomacks cannot endure
  to hear named and all this willingly
  cherfully, without any grudging in ye least,
  shewing herein their true love unto their friends
  bretheren. A rare example worthy to be
  remembred. Two of these 7. were Mr. William
  Brewster, ther reverend Elder, Myles Standish,
  ther Captein military comander, unto whom my
  selfe, many others, were much beholden in our
  low sicke condition."

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SUBTASK 2

• With your colony group members, make a list of
  anticipated problems that you might face on the
  new Mars Colony. Rank them in terms of
  importance. What criteria did you choose to rank
  them. Did the Pilgrims share any of the same
  problems?
• SUBTASK 2 Discuss and record in your journal

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Writing Assignment

• Write a persuasive letter to your family
  convincing them that you should be allowed to be
  on the first American colonists on Mars.

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Who will sponsor you?

• This is the First Peirce Patent and the text
  does not survive. We assume, however, that it
  followed the pattern set down by other patents
  for particular plantations, which gave permission
  to attempt a settlement within the jurisdiction
  of Jamestown.

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Who will sponsor you?

• Joint stock companies
• The cost of maintaining a colony in the New World
  could cost as much as 20,000. So to pay for
  these expeditions, people created joint stock
  companies. People who bought shares in the joint
  stock company would get a share of the profits.
  The Separatists had an agreement with a group of
  London investors. The colonists were supposed to
  pay off the price of the trip and earn their
  shares by working entirely for the company. The
  company promised to send over food and supplies.

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Discussion and journal prompt

• Who will sponsor the establishment of your colony
  on Mars? How will you pay them back so that they
  can make a profit from your colony?

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SUBTASK 3 Writing assignment

• Write a letter to your sponsor.
• What exactly are you going to ask them for?
• What will be the contract conditions? (what will
  they do and what will you do in return?)
• How long will you take to repay them?
• How will you repay them?

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What can you tell by looking at these artifacts?
Standish Razor Case.
Standish Cooking Pot.
Spectacles with case.
Beaver Hat.
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Winslow Mortar and Pestle
Burl Bowl.Material Burl maple.Possibly
Wampanoag, 1630-1750.
Salt
Blown Glass Bottles.
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Writing Cabinet Material Pine with mother of
pearl inlay and iron hinges.According to
tradition, this cabinet was brought on the
Mayflower in 1620 by Pilgrim William White.
The Geneva Bible used by Mayflower Pilgrim
William Bradford, published in 1592.
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SUBTASK 4 What provisions will you take?

• What will you and the members of your group take
  with you to the new colony. Space is very limited
  on your spaceship and each of you may take 15
  items. Be sure to discuss with each other what
  you are taking and provide a reason that you
  choose that item. Rank them in order from most to
  least important.
• TASK 4 Discuss and record in your journal

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Compare your list to the Pilgrims (Separatists)

• Check the recommended supply list given to people
  heading to the New World. Do you have any items
  in common with the supply list of 1630?

A Catalog of such needefull things as every
Planter doth or ought to provide to go to
New-England
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SUBTASK 5 DISCUSSION

• What people should you take with you to begin a
  new colony on Mars?
• Choose 10 important occupations, not particular
  names (example teacher, not Mrs. Woodfin
  important to educate the colonists on Mars)
• Write your choices in your journal.

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Writing Assignment

• Write a persuasive newspaper advertisement to
  convince someone to join your new colony on Mars.

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What is happening in this famous painting?
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Mayflower Compact

• Having undertaken a voyage to plant the first
  colony in the northern parts of Virginia do
  solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God,
  and one of another, covenant and combine our
  selves together into a civil body politic, for
  our better ordering and preservation

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SUBTASK 6 Write your own Mayflower Compact

• We the students of

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SUBTASK 7Write a constitution for your colony

• Who will be in charge?
• How will this person be chosen?
• Who can choose?
• Who can hold this office?
• How long can they hold this office?
• What are the powers that go with this office?
• How are they limited?

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Build your own colony!!!!

• Decide 4 basic needs/problems that your colony
  will meet in your groups.
• Each building that is created must serve a
  fucntion.
• Create a blueprint (diagram/plan) for your
  colony.
• Create a list of materials that you will use
• You will substitute art materials for real
  materials.
• Connect your pieces at the end and it must fit on
  one desk.
• You will have two class periods to complete this
  segment of the project.
• Present your colony to the class.

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Acknowledgments and Sources

• This unit was modeled after a project presented
  by Mrs. Linda Kidd, National Board Certified
  Teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District.
• www.pilgrimhall.org
• http//www.nasa.gov/home/index.html