Friday, April 17, 2009

What would be a good image to represent the concept of local government in a civics textbook?

The well's running dry... I'm revising a book, and I already have a city hall in another setting, and the current version has only a city skyline, which doesn't do it for me.

This image would begin a chapter on how local government works, so it should actually illustrate local government.

I've been struggling to find an image of a city council meeting I could buy or use for free.


Ancient as Rome an equally applicable to Earth circa 2007 and a bit of a history lesson for you - - - -

You have seen a Horseshoe - - - a U, e well that in itself is an ancient symbol for Government - - - - when discussing issues members of local councils by habit, this actually goes back to aborignies squatting in the dust, people tend to sit in a U with the top space open for the speaker and/or leader... How does this translate into image? U shaped table, do not need faces just suggestion of people sitting staring at speaker standing in the open space of the U ......

There are a few historical precedents for this image my favorite though is to float the U with right lower and left a bit higher with speaker standing to viewers' right, this allows a profile of several sitting at table, the number of which depends on what you wish to fo; anicent number combos of sitters to speaker are 4 plus 1, 6 plus 1, etc but anything beyond 8 plus 1 tends to get crowded....

Peace...............

PS I swear I did not look at other answers before answering but yes the picture sited is evidence that this encient practice is still practiced....

One from Norse mythology shows the warriors kneeling on their shields before their leader.....

Are you looking for something like this?

http://www.ci.farmington-hills.mi.us/images/Pic-Government-MeetingInAction.jpg

I am not sure about the usage of it though.

How about a picture of a zoning hearing but instead of the room being empty except for the developer, have some people act as if they're voicing their opinion.

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