The Flimibuff project is an interdisciplinary project a friend and I designed 
when we were student teaching . When I started teaching the English 9H class,
I incorporated it into the Lord of the Flies  unit. Although I think other 
students would enjoy the project and some classes could be organized enough 
to complete it successfully, I limit it to the honors class because they love
it and like that it’s “theirs.” 

Every year, the former freshman honors students ask when I’m doing Flimibuff.
It’s become almost like a secret handshake: anyone who knows about Flimibuff
is a legitimate graduate.

The results are different every year, depending on the interests and talents 
of the class. One class made dresses out of green plastic garbage bags, another
class based their entire society (map, currency, etc.) on Hershey’s kisses. 
Last year’s class used the computer lab to draw maps. The year before, a 
group used Sim Earth and Sim City on the computer. 

Through the project, the students learn about teamwork and responsibility while
considering the concept of utopia. They also see how difficult it is to agree 
about the characteristics of a perfect world. Because they write a constitution,
draw a map and flag, write and perform a song, and create an educational system,
justice system, and other elements of society, they use skills in a variety of
educational disciplines.

Flimibuff is 29 years old and going strong.