Whosville: Make your own local government
Group Leader:______
Government Leader:______
Education Leader:______
Communication Leader:______
Transportation Leader:______
Recreation Leader:______
Directions:
Each Person is in charge of their OWN work, if you have a question ask a member of the group. If your group has a question, send a leader to come ask the teacher. As a group come up with an answer to each question:
Group Leader: In charge of answering any questions and give determining decision of the group. Make sure the other students agree.
Government Leader: Makes the final decision about Government questions.
Education Leader: Makes the final decision about Education questions.
Communication Leader: Makes the final decision about Communication questions.
Transportation Leader: Makes the final decision about Communication questions.
Recreation Leader: Makes the final decision about Recreation questions.
Government: Design a flag using Paint on the computer.
Name of City:______
Where is it?Major Cityor Suburbor Rural
Population: 100,000or1 millionor5 million
Type of Local Government (circle one):
Council ManagerMayor-Council Commission Town Meeting Representative-Town Meeting
Who’s in charge of the government?______
What are they in charge of?______
Who makes the rules? ______
Who gets to vote? ______
Will we have a judicial court for cases (circle one)?YesNo
Who will be in charge of the court (circle one)? Judge Sheriff Board
What is the local tax (circle one): 0.65%0.75%0.95%
Education:
How many schools are there?
5 Elementary Schools
2 Middle Schools
1 High School
3 Elementary Schools
1 Middle School
1 High School
36 Elementary Schools
12Middle Schools
3 High Schools
How many teachers do you need (circle one)? 1601001020
How much will you pay each teacher?______
How much will you pay each principal?______
Who will be in charge of the school board? ______
How much will you pay the school board?______
How many buses will you need(circle one)? 1531545
How much will you pay the bus drivers?______
Will you have lunches catered or have the school make their own?______
How much will you pay the caters or lunch ladies?______
Will you have big school buildings or small school buildings (circle one)?
Transportation: Make a map using the Map of the City in Paint and put in the roads.
How many police stations will you have (circle one)? 1312
How many police cars will you need (circle one)?1545180
Will you have a sheriff or chief of Police? ______
Will you manage your own highways or have highway patrol?______
How many fire stations will you need (circle one)? 1636
How many fire trucks will you have (circle one)? 21272
Will you have railroads? If so how many railroad stations will you have?______
How many Mailman will you have?1238142
How many Mail cars will you have?320100
Communication: Check the math on the City Tax Form.
Who will do your electricity(circle one)?TXUReliant Energy
Will you provide the Internet everywhere or will people have to pay? If
so how much? ______
What will be the name of your newspaper?______
Will you have your own television network? If so what will be the name of your television network?______
Will you have a place for visitors to go to? If so what will be the
name of the center?______
Check all the ways you will communicate with your citizens:
__ Send monthly newsletters
__ Have Meetings every other month
__ Have a Recreational Center give town meetings a week
__ Put up posters
__Send Mail
__ Meet personally with each head of the house hold
Recreation: Use all maps made of the city to make a map of the parks in the city.
How many parks will you have (circle one)? 110100
Who will be in charge of the park(s)?______
How much will you pay to have the parks built?______
What kind of park will you have? Kid’s playground? Football Field? Soccer Field? Baseball Fields? Amusement Parks? Other (give name)?______
Will you have your own Football Team? If so what is their name?______
Will you have your own Baseball Field? If so what will be their name?______
Will you have your own Soccer Team? If so what will be their name?______
What is the name of your Amusement Park?______
Will you have a Recreational Center (circle one)? YesNo
City Tax Form
Population:______Tax%:______
$ for Teachers=______x # of Teachers______=______
$for Principals=______x# of schools______=______
$ for School Board=______
$ for bus drivers=______x# of Bus Drivers______=______
Caters + 5000or Lunch Ladies +1000=______
Big School Buildings +10000/Small School Buildings+5000=______
# of Police Stations ______x 1000=______
# of Police Cars______x 30=______
Sheriff + 3000 orChief of Police + 5000=______
# of Fire Stations =______x1200=______
# of Fire Trucks =______x 100=______
# of Railroads stations=______x 500=______
# of Mail Cars= ______x 100=______
# of Mail Man=______x 300=______
TXU + 15000 Reliant + 13000=______
Internet = $25,000 – (people pay)______=______TV Network? If yes + $30,000 =______
# of Sports Teams=______x $200,000 =______
$ for Parks to be built=______
Total=______
TOTAL=______
/ Population=______
= ______(Homeowners TAX)