Collect answers and display on a chart. See The West Coast Communities for some ideas. The teacher has to play a role that is an important link to the island and the mainland. The teacher will be an official, appointed from the Government to set up this new community. By having this role the teacher can relinquish power by letting the Mayor and community councillors take the meetings but still have a guiding hand in the proceedings.
Students brainstorm a range of occupations and ages of people who live in the community.
Record on a chart. Discuss with the class and allow time to decide who they will be for the duration of the unit. A fourth island has been discovered off the West Coast of New Zealand. It is a substantial size and could be populated by approximately 10,000 people. But before the Government will allow us to inhabit the island, there must be certain changes from the New Zealand that has evolved so that we don't spoil this new untouched paradise.