Period+6

= Period 6 ﻿Welcome to a Wiki! Here, you will have the chance to share your group's thoughts with the other groups, other classes, and with me. You will also get to see what others are thinking! To add to this page, click on the Edit button in the top right corner. The outside edges of the page will fade, and you will be able to type your responses in the appropriate spots.

Here is your second Wiki assignment: ﻿In your discussion basket is a folder. Inside the folder are seven images. It is up to your group to explain the significance of the images in relation to the story. Click on the link below and a word document will open. Each of the gray boxes is a place for you to fill in information or an answer. Make sure you list all the group members where it tells you. With your group, fill in the document and then PRINT IT OUT! You will NOT be saving this document.

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Here is your first Wiki assignment: ﻿Think about the chapters you have read so far. (Chapters 1-12, for those of you who have read ahead!) The society that Jonas lives in has solved some of the major problems in the world. In the table below, explain how the Community has solved each issue. Make sure you put your answer in YOUR GROUP's spots! Don't worry - the table will automatically get bigger to fit your answers! =
 * || Unemployment || Overpopulation || Divorce ||
 * Group 1 || Unemployment is solved in the community very simply. The Committee of Elders observes how each member of the community spends their volunteer hours and free time. Keeping this in mind, they discuss with each other what job would be perfect for each individual. Then, they give every Eleven an Assignment when they become a Twelve. In the end, no one is left without a job. || Overpopulation is solved in the community with an easy solution. There is a special Assignment for women called a Birthmother. They are the only people in the community that have newchildren. Each Birthmother only has 3 births in their career. Then, the newchildren are assigned to family units. Each family unit is only allowed to have 2 children; one boy and one girl. This limits the population in Jonas's community. || Divorce in Jonas's community is solved easily. First, The Committee of Elders observes every adult's behavior and intelligence. Then, the adults have to apply for a spouse if they want one. Finally, the Elders match up two adults with personalities that keep each other in check. There are no feelings of love or attraction, so this makes sure that a loss of love can't happen and cause the adults to want to divorce their partners. Each pair is perfectly matched up. This prevents the need for divorce in the community. ||
 * Group 2 || The Elders assign the people to their jobs based on their observations. || The Birthmothers are only allowed to give three births during their job and families are only assigned two children in total (one male and one female) if they apply for them. They aren't allowed to have their own children and the Elders assign them to a couple. || The adults apply for a spouse and the Elders match them with their characteristics even the others characteristics out so they are a perfect match. ||
 * Group 3 || Jonas's community eleminates unemployment in several ways. The Edlers analyze the children's actions and see what their likes and dislikes are. Based on their observations they assign everyone a job that best fits them. || Jonas's community eleminates overpopulation in serveral ways. The Elders assign Birthmother as a job and they have three kids. The families can only apply for two kids: one boy and one girl. || Jonas's community eleminates divorce in several ways. The citizens first apply for a spouse and then the Elders moniter them and find them a perfect match. They look at thier attidudes and personalities and then find a match. ||
 * Group 4 || They got rid of unemployment by them all getting a job based their intrests and where they did their volunteer hours. || They have family units that can only have two children, a boy and a girl, and two parents. Birthmothers have three children that are assigned to family units after they are one year old. || They have to apply to get a spouse, the Elders match the people together based on their personalities therefore there is no need to get a divorce. ||
 * Group 5 || At every ceremony of the 12's every person turning 12 is given an assignment that will be their future job. If they don't do their job they are released from the community, and if they are too old to work they are sent to The House of Old. || Every single family unit is only allowed to have four members of the family. A mom, a dad, and two children. One boy and one girl. The birthmothers are the only people to give birth in the community and they only have three years of birth. || When someone is ready to get married they have to send in an application and the Elders review the applications and look for compatible mates. Personalities must balance each other out. They are not physically attractive towards one another. ||
 * Group 6 || Jonas's community solved the issue of unemployment by assigning jobs after careful consideration of a person's skills and interests as chosen by the elders. You must work until you enter the house of the old. You must work in the job you have been assigned, and there are no layoffs, or quiting. || The control the birthrate, by allowing the Birthmothers only one birth per year, for only three years. They only allow two children, one female and one male, to a family unit. They also release the old, and if anything is done wrong by a citizen, or if there is something wrong with a child. || The elders in the community choose a spouse for all the citizens that apply for a marriage. They match up a couple based on there likes and personalities. ||