DBQ - Citizenship for a Lunar Colony
The United States is planning to establish a colony on the moon, requiring a diverse group of settlers with various skills. Your task is to decide on the right mix of citizens for this lunar colony, considering personally responsible, participatory, and justice oriented individuals. Use the provided information to support your decisions.
Group 1
Write a 5 paragraph expository essay on the citizens needed to start a lunar colony. Use the information provided to decide on the right mix of citizens: personally responsible, participatory, and justice oriented. Explain your choices and reasoning in your essay.
Here is your task for this Mini-Q. The United States is planning to create a colony on the moon. This lunar colony requires a group of people with the skills to handle many different scientific, technical, and social skills. NASA (the US space agency) feels pretty confident about the technology and science skills, and they have selected a very impressive pool of candidates. However, the government has asked you to serve on a special panel to decide the right mix of citizens.
A total of one thousand settlers will be chosen for this first colonization. You must decide on the right mix of citizens – personally responsible, participatory, and justice oriented. How many of each will you choose? The government needs your recommendation. After deciding on your numbers (and they must add up to 1,000), explain why you picked the number of each kind of citizen. Use the three citizen types featured in the documents to help make your arguments.
Question 1a
In your essay, introduce the task of selecting citizens for a lunar colony. Describe the importance of having a diverse group of settlers with different skills.
Question 1b
Discuss the role of personally responsible citizens in the lunar colony. How many would you choose and why?
Question 1c
Explain the importance of participatory citizens in the colony. How many would you choose and why?
Question 1d
Describe the need for justice oriented citizens in the lunar colony. How many would you choose and why?
Question 1e
Conclude your essay by summarizing your choices and explaining how this mix of citizens will help the lunar colony succeed.
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