創造你自己的世界

 We will introduce the class and class expectations and discuss the golden rules of world building: 1) Have fun! and 2) Build with a purpose. The teacher will also share the presentation template for the final class. Students will then discuss and decide on what types of stories they would like to tell in their world. Finally, we will discuss the importance of world building for the world as a whole, for the region where stories are set, and for the locality where stories are set. 

 Students will develop the backdrop for their world as a whole. This includes deciding on the name that people in the world use for the world, how the physical laws in their world might be different from the physical laws in our world, whether the world has any large empires or other groups that affect people everywhere, how interconnected different parts of the world are, and whether any global events have happened recently. 

 Students will develop the region of their world where their stories will be set. Students will decide on a name for their region, develop the region's geography, decide on important nations or groups for the region, identify the major beliefs and philosophies of the people in the region, and make a rough map of the region. 

 Students will begin to develop the locality where their stories will be set. The locality could be a kingdom, town, school, or other primary setting for stories. Students will decide on the name of their locality, important historical events for their locality, how their locality relates to the region around it, how words and languages sound in their locality, and on how their locality is governed.