You are a dictator of a small country and need to maintain control.
Complete the following on a separate sheet of paper.
1) Name of Country and Capital
Make a name for your country and the name of the capital city.
2) Pledge of Allegiance and Flag
Create a short pledge of allegiance that children will say at school and workers will say at the beginning of the work day. Create a flag for your country. Draw a small version of it.
3) 10 Rules/Beliefs
Create a list of 10 Rules/Beliefs that all citizens must obey, believe in, and memorize.
4) Education/Indoctrination
What will be the mandatory classes students will have to take at school? What topics will students have to learn and be indoctrinated in? What will the school day look like?
What will be a 3 step process that will happen to non-compliant students?
(example: 1st incident this will happen…, 2nd incident this will happen…, 3rd incident this will happen….)
5) Youth Groups
What will your mandatory youth group be called? What types of extracurricular activities, hobbies, and/or sports will all young people have to learn and be involved with?
6) Words, Symbols, & Censorship
What words, symbols, and phrases will not be allowed and will be censored? What type of art, songs, pictures, movies, websites, etc. will be censored and why? What words and symbols will you promote?
7) Propaganda, Mass Media, & the Internet
What kind of propaganda will you create and on what media formats (think of at least one slogan)? What will radio, television, movies, and the internet be like in your country? What websites will you create that people will have access to? What apps will you create that everyone needs to use/follow?
8) Surveillance
How will you monitor your citizens? (Think of all the possible technology and government workers that can assist in monitoring citizens)
9) Loyalty
How will you ensure that citizens are loyal to you? How will you make sure government workers, politicians under you, military officials, and police are loyal to you? How will you create a personality cult around you?
10) Enemies of the State/ Enemies of the People
Who will you call enemies of the state/people? Think of at least 5 different groups of people. What will happen to these people? Think of enemies within and enemies without (foreign countries or groups).