Webercise lesson for Lord of the Flies

1. Lord of the Flies: Webercise Lesson
Surviving on a Deserted
Island
When you click on this website,
you will be taken to instructions for
performing a simulation of being
stranded on a deserted island with a
group of your peers. Follow the
instructions and work alongside a
group of four to decide the best
actions to take to survive on a
deserted island. Answer the

2. questions below after you complete
this interactive exercise to help you
analyze what you learned from it.
http://www.sitesalive.com/oil/tg/pri
vate/oiltgsurvival.html
What items did you choose to bring
with you to use on the island to
help ensure your survival? Why did
you think they would be the most
important and useful?
How challenging was it to make
group decisions? What differences
in opinion came about and how did
you reach a resolution on how to
proceed?
Why do you think it can be
challenging to making a group run
smoothly when isolated from the
rest of civilization and in dire
circumstances?
Based on your experiences with
this simulation, what does being
isolated from society and in dire
circumstances with a group of
people show us about human nature
and what we have achieved with
modern civilized society?
Was your group able to survive and
escape the island? Why or why

3. not? What skills did you learn by
having to work alongside others
and trying to survive in dire
circumstances in contrast to how
you usually live your day-to-day
life?
Characteristics of a Society
and the significance of a
Society
Click on these two articles from
these websites and read them
thoroughly. Then answer the
questions below based on the
content within the articles and your
own analysis of the articles.
http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/
society/6-basic-elements-or-
characteristics-which-constitutes-
society-927-words/8506
What is unique about humanity compared to
most other animals?
How do you think humanity as a whole would
fare and function without interacting with one
another?
What are the six foundational characteristics of
a society? Which of these do you think are the
most important? Explain your reasoning.
Why do you think conflict and differences are
so important for a society to function well?
Does this seem contradictory?
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/S
ociety
What are some of the different ways that this
site defines society?

4. How would you describe the different types of
societies given by this website? Which type of
society do you think works best today and
why?
Describe each of the three main characteristics
of a society that this website provides. What
role do they play in helping a society to
function properly and effectively?
What does this website claim that societies do
for the individuals within them? How would
these services make a society better?
What is the significance of values, norms, and
rules in a society?
Based on what you have learned through the
exploration of these sites, how would you
define what a society is and what it's
significance is to human beings?
Create your own Society Go to this website to play a digital
interactive in which you can create
your own nation and attempt to run
it successfully. To begin, click on
where it says "new nation" at the
top of the screen and follow the
instructions. You will first take a
questionnaire that will help you
figure out what type of government
you will use to run your nation and
then you will be allowed to pass
laws and solve issues that face your
nation.
https://www.nationstates.net/

5. Were you surprised at some of the questions
and answers you provided for the
questionnaire? Were the results what you
expected? How did the results affect how you
view the importance of a society?
Which of the issues was the most difficult to
find an effective solution? Why?
Were there any times you found yourself
abusing power as you attempted to run your
nation? What is it about power and personal
views and desires that make it difficult to
always think about the interests of others?
What did you notice about meeting the needs of
the people versus how you thought your nation
should be run?
How did your nation fare over the course of the
time you engaged with this digital interactive?
Is there anything you would do differently to
ensure the success of your nation or do you
stand by your decisions?
Conclusion Activity: Group
analysis in Preparation for
Final Unit Project
Once you have completed these
learning activities, break up into
groups of four and discuss how you
each answered these questions and
what you learned from these
activities. What should a society do
for its people and what is the best
way it should be run? Why is being
a part of a society or helping to run
a society so important to our
existence as a species?
Additionally, discuss how these
activities connect to what we have
learned so far about human nature
and civilized society in the nine

6. chapters of Lord of the Flies we
have read so far. Come to an
agreement about how you think an
ideal society should be run and
what kinds of things you would
like to see in an ideal society. Write
down your ideas for your ideal
society as well as what roles each
group member would play in this
society and how your society
would resolve disagreements and
issues. Your responses and
discussion will help prepare you for
your final project for this unit
following our completion of the
novel Lord of the Flies.