Design Your Own Universe

 The Grade Two's had a great time creating their own universe at the Challenge Centre!  We designed our own language, and flag, and we created our own passport so that we could visit other countries.

 We learned about cultural symbols, and geography, and government, and trade.  

 Many students created their own island community.

 It was nice seeing them put their ideas together in a cohesive manner, thinking about how a civilization could exist.

The best book to use, when thinking about creating a new universe is one of my favourite books, Weslandia by Paul Fleischman.   

In Weslandia, Wesley is an outcast in his community because he is different.  For his summer project, he grows his own staple crop and begins to live off the land - eating food, creating his own language, designing his own clothes, and using his own staple crop as a source of inspiration for himself.  Soon, the kids who had been bullying him are interested in his project, and Welsey has a new fan club!

 The most fun was sharing of projects and getting our passport stamped.

Great work, grade two's!