Operation Civilization Challenge Centre

Using their imagination, students created their own unique country.  The criteria was to create a new country on Earth, with a flag, constitution, government, language, cultural symbols, economy, and inhabitants.

Above is a sample passport; students created a passport for their nation, and they got their passport stamped when they went and visited other countries. 

Above:  a flag of a country

Above:  a map of a nation, with type of government, population, currency, national day, products, exports, language, and motto.

Above:  cultural symbols of the nation

Students presented their countries on poster board

Students went around the room visiting other projects and having their passport stamped.

It was a tremendous success!  This is a challenge centre that can be done in a classroom.  I used the book "How to Build Your Own Country" by Valerie Wyatt and I broke the book down into teachable components and designed each day around various themes:  language, government, constitution, cultural symbols, national anthem, trade and natural resources, taxation, education system, and diplomacy and international relations.


With an older group of students, one could take this further and have mock elections, or use current events to drive some of the discussion. With the group I worked with, we started generally discussing current events and talked about the three types of government.


Thank you grade 3 and 4 students.  You are ever inspiring!