What is Society? Imagine you are on a jumbo jet. There are 380 people on board - a mixture of men, women and children of various races, nationalities, and religions. Some children are traveling without their parents, and some adults without their partners. Most, however, speak some English. I The jet gets into difficulties and is forced to land on a remote island. Extensive search operations fail to discover the plane; it is given up as lost and the search is called off. Meanwhile, the passengers and crew that have survived realize they need to build some sort of cohesive society. There is some food and water that you pulled from the plane, but it is limited. There is luggage that contains extra clothing, etc, but you are in a remote location and there is no cell service and you cannot recharge your phone anyway Your assignment is to create a one page document that addresses the following issues. You are free to use pictures to augment your assignment, just make sure you cite the sources for those. Now, decide how the marooned people will make their new society. Here are some of the main problems facing the survivors: 1) How to survive-what is needed? 2) How the various survival tasks and everyday work will be organized-who will do what? Why? 3) How decisions are going to be made - will there be a leader, if so, who? Will everyone have an equal say? What if they cannot agree? 4) How the children are going to be looked after - including any new babies that might be born? 5) How family life and relationships will be organized? 6) How to share the things that people need and want - equal shares or will some people get more than others? If so, who and why? 7) Do you think that people will be able to get on with each other? Which groups might come into conflict? How would you deal with this? 8) How to deal with people who break the rules?
