A plane out of Winnipeg has miraculously escaped a conflagration which has destroyed all life in the southern parts of the province and perhaps elsewhere. Fortunately, the plane’s damages are such tha

Instructions

The plane’s wings have been destroyed, as well as the propeller; the plane is not repairable. The pilot has died, although you all are uninjured. You find the plane has enough food and supplies to ration for one month. The seats of the plane can be detached and used as floatation devices and insulation and wiring may be used for various things.

Your group represents a “survival unit” and will form the basis of a new "fictional" society. Be sure to select a nearly equal number of males and females for your society (at least a ratio of 2:4). Remember, this lab is hypothetical, fictional, and a construction; it is not real. Each member of your group has brought with them a backpack containing items (clothing, food, tools, etc.) collected in their home prior to boarding the plane (you each had 5 minutes to gather things; and only thing you know would readily at hand in your home in July). You also have access to equipment and materials on the plane.

The first section (1 page typed, double spaced text) on “Economy” is worth a maximum of 20 points. The first ¾ of the page should summarize your society’s short-term (aka, 1-2 generations) modes of production, consumption, and exchange, as well as labour relations, land-use, animals trapped/hunted, etc. The remaining ¼ of page should summarize how you will change your mode of production should you society grow in size (through births).

The remaining six sections (each section, 1/2 page typed, double spaced text) should describe the short-term kindship system/reproduction, religion, etc. of your society. You will be graded on each of these sections. Each section is worth a maximum of 10 points.

Please include a section label (i.e., Economy, Kinship/Reproduction) before answering each of the sections. The answers to these section 1-7 questions should provide enough detail to explain how your society will provide for specific cultural institutions (i.e., kinship, politics, etc.). You will not have enough time or space in your lab write-up to provide precise details on every aspect of living in your new society. Use more general terms and discussions, and rely on terminologies and concepts that you have learned in class to illustrate and explain your answers.