Creating A Model Factory Town

Name of the town:

St. Charles

Company Name:

Charles’ Cotton

Resources available:

Cotton and trees

Elements of the town:

Body of water that they used as a source of energy, flat with no hills or mountains and is rich in soil

Population:

378

Explanation / Brief History:

Founded by a ruthless British explorer in 1846. His name is David Charles. Mr. Charles and his crew built the town with all the trees in the area. Making houses, factories, and mills. Mr. Charles is mostly known for being a brutal oversee of the workers in the town. He did not care about their life or how they were treated, he only cared about himself and making money.

Media Fluency Reflection

How was the ease of access in building the town, despite this being a very super basic software?

I really liked how simple it was to do everything. Resizing the objects are were simple and moving them around was easy.

Were you able to apply the skills you learned in the planning stages appropriately to a digital environment?

A little bit. I found it hard to make trees but doing everything else was easy.

What were the sources you researched that made this an “authentic make-believe” town?

The sources I used and researched were from the book Lyddie, worksheets we did in class and the notes I have taken.

Is there other software online that could have done the job better? Explain. I think there are better software options because I thought it was too simple and I could not draw anything in my town. Besides that, it was good and fun.