For class today you are going to be a survivor from another time period who is cast away into a previous period in history.
You will draw on your personal knowledge, and the knowledge of the people in your group, to survive, and a create a sustainable society until you are rescued, or until you life out your remaining years

1. Pick which time period you will "survive" in

1. pre-history, time of neanderthals and other sub-hominoid groups
2. time of the pyramids 2000 B.C.
3. ancient Rome and Greece 500 B.C. to 500 A.D.
4. ancient Central America, time of the Mayans, Incas and Aztecs
5. Dark Ages in Europe 500 A.D. to 1400 A.D

2. Pick a maximum of 5 technologies you would use 
(write down what they are, eg. chemical engineering technologies -for making plastic raincoats !)

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• create shelter
• obtain sustainable food
• order and organize people
• travel
• war
• ... other (list some more purposes and uses)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

3. how would you use these technologies and what role would you play in society to protect and sustain yourself to survive

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4. What are the different skills and knowledge of the people in your group. What will each person do to help you survive as a group
 

• Person 1
  
  
  
• Person 2
  
  
  
• Person 3
  
  
  
• Person 4
  
  

The purpose of this exercise is to see how much you may, or may not already know about history of technology and gain a feel for what certain technologies mean to individuals trying to survive and thrive in history