12/17/10

Today in class we had a Christmas party.

12/16/10

Today in class we finished our discussion.

12/15/10

Today in class we had a discussion about India.

12/13/10

Today in class we worked on our projects.

12/10/10

Today in class we started our new project.

12/9/10

Today in class we finished the movie.

12/8/10

Today in class we waited fro Matt and Eric to send the email, and we watched 15 minutes of Slum dog Millionaire.

India Facts

Life in the slums of Mumbai is a rough life for the people who live there. They live in huts made from scratch. Some materials they use are plywood, pieces of aluminum, metal towels blankets and other things of that nature. They wash their clothes and bathe in pools of filthy water. They have little food so the people are thin. The way people earn money is to beg, make people pay to use the toilet, or they have a job that has little pay. Children will be begging in the streets trying to get some money for their parents.

Human trafficking in India is also a big problem.  They traffic men, woman and even children. They are trafficked for forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation and forced marriage. They traffic women for them to be prostitutes. The forced labor consists of working on brick kilns, rice mills, agricultural, and embroidery factories. Children are trafficked for factory workers, domestic servants, beggars, and agriculture workers, and they have been used in the army by some terrorist and insurgent groups. The children are used by people to make them do hard labor for no pay. They do the hard jobs that no one wants to do. One example of a job is working in the stone breaking industry. Children have to walk in a river to find and collect big stones to use for construction. Each stone they collect they have to carry the stones to shore where they are then broken up and construction companies come and collect them.

            I think our movie is an accurate representation to real life in India. I think it would be too complicated for someone to try to make up how bad life is in India. I think the person who wrote the movie spent time in India observing how life in the slums is like to try to make his movie as accurate and realistic as possible. The scenes in the movie may be a little over exaggerated so that it makes it more interesting. But I think most of the scenes of life in India are realistic.

            India has people living in the slums because it is so over populated. The current population of India is 1,173,108,018. The TFR is 2.65 children/per woman. Women try to have as many children as they can because the life expectancy is so low. The life expectancy is 66.46 years. The infant mortality rate is 49.13 deaths to 1,000 births.

            India is having trouble with poverty. It is ranked 119^th on the poverty line. 25 percent of its population lives below the poverty line. That is 46,924,320.72 people live in poverty. It is sad that that many people live in poverty in India.

            

India's Problems

A big issue in India is the trafficking of human beings. They traffic men, woman and even children. They are trafficked for forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation and forced marriage. They traffic women for them to be prostitutes. The forced labor consists of working on brick kilns, rice mills, agricultural, and embroidery factories. Children are trafficked for factory workers, domestic servants, beggars, and agriculture workers, and they have been used in the army by some terrorist and insurgent groups. The children are used by people to make them do hard labor for no pay. They do the hard jobs that no one wants to do. One example of a job is working in the stone breaking industry. Children have to walk in a river to find and collect big stones to use for construction. Each stone they collect they have to carry the stones to shore where they are then broken up and construction companies come and collect them. Anuradha Koirala,the CNN hero of the year is trying to put an end to human trafficking and child exploitation. She started an orphanage to help women and young girls get over what has happened to them and get medicine for any sexual transmitted diseases.  When she takes in a woman or a girl she doesn’t bother them. She says she waits for the ladies to get comfortable with their new surroundings. Science 1993 Anuradha Koirala has helped rescue more than 12,000 women and girls. This is my paragraph on India’s problems, and who is helping them.

www.cia.gov

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/09/13/kara.nepal.stone.breaking.labor/index.html?iref=allsearch

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/11/21/cnnheroes.hero.of.year/index.html?iref=allsearch

12/3/10

Today in class we continued Slum Dog Millionaire.

Slum dog millionaire

The three main characters are Jamal, Salimi, and Lateca. A chai wallah is someone who sells tea. Bollywood and Hollywood signed a corporation pact to try to improve the movie industry. It helps provide safety of content distribution.  CNN.com.Bollywood is leading Hollywood in the number of movies produced. The Taj Mahal is located in Agra, India. It was starting to be built in 1632 and was finished in 1653. It was built by Shah Jahan. It was built to remember his wife. The building stands for eternal love.

Bombay riots

The riots are between Muslims and Hindu. It started in December of 1992 ant the second one was in January of 1993. 900 people died in the first riot.

Homework

Bombay is the capital of a state in India. It is the most populated place in India. 14 million people populate it. It is the second most populated place in the world. It is the commercial and entertainment capital of India. Wikipedia.

Dharavi is an administrative ward. It is 0.67 square miles. It is located between Mahim and Sion. (In India) Wikipedia.

Sunfield  Township, Michigan is a shaytown. 2,177 people populated it during the 2000 census. Wikipedia.

Amitabh Bachchan

He is an an Indian actor and producer. He won many Major awards. He became famous in the early 1970's.

Kaun Banega Crorepatia

It is a popular reality game show in India. It is similar to UK's game show "Who wants to be a millionaire." The title translates to "Who wants to be a ten-millionaire." It is host by Amitabh Bachchan. 

India

Today in class we answered these questions:

1.      The current population of India is 1,173,108,018. CIA fact book.

2.      The Total fertility of India is 2.65 children/per woman. CIA fact book.

3.      25% of India’s population lives below the poverty line. CIA fact book.

4.      February 14, 2010 Pakistan detonated a bomb in a bakery in India. On January 17, 2010 there was a car bombing in Kashmir. New York Times.

5.   India is ranked 119th on the poverty line. New York Times.

6.      There was a monsoon that hit Surat India. It raised the water level of the dam by 350ft. the dam workers released the gates and it swept into Surat. It killed 120 people in three days.  4,000 animal carcasses were found. New York Times.

7.    India is having trouble get water to its people because the water is contaminated. It has sewage flowing into it has trash and other junk in it. The water cleaning places can’t produce enough clean water to give to is people. New York Times.

8.      The literacy rate for men is 73.4% and for women it is 48.7%. CIA fact book.

9.      Hindu is the biggest religion in India with 80.5% of the population.  Then it is Muslim with 13.4%. CIA fact book.

10.   India achieved its impendence on August 15, 1947 from the UK. CIA fact bok.

11/22/10

Today in class I presented my project to the whole class.

11/19/10

Today in class we started to present our projects to our classmates.

11/18/10

Today in class we fixed up our projects for tomorrow.

11/15/10

Today in class we worked on our coffee projects. I am almost complete.

11/12/10

Today in class we continued to work on our coffee projects.

11/11/10

Today in class we started our coffee project.

Websites

www.starbucks.com

www.cnbc.com/id/23507101

typesofcoffee.com

www.folgers.com

www.dunkindonuts.com

Coffee

What is the most traded crop in the world? Coffee is the heavily traded crop in the world. 

Where is coffee mainly grown? In South America.

How is coffee loaded into trucks? By people carrying it.

Where is coffee grown in the united States? Hawaii.

Which country imports the most coffee? The United States.


Fair trade- is an organized social movement and market-based approach that aims to help producers in developing countries obtain better trading conditions.
Globalization-  describes the process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a global network.
Certified organic coffee- means that the organic coffee is produced by farmers who emphasize the use of renewable resources and the conservation of soil. 
Relationship coffee- is an alternative to the traditional coffee supply chain.
Roasters- a harsh or humorous critic. 

11/5/10

Today in class we finished up our magazine page.

11/4/10

Today and yesterday in class we worked on our magizine page.

10/29/10

Today in class we took a test on "The Lost Boys."

10/28/10

Today in class we worked on our magazine pages.

10/27/10

Today in class we finshed up "God Grew Tired of Us". I think it is the best movie I have seen in school.

10/25/10

Today in class we watched more of the movie and went over the weekend home work.

Civil War in Sudan

In-migration: To move to a different part of the same community or territory.

Out-migration: To move out of a community, region, or country to go to some wear else.

Forced migration: Being forced to move out of a place.

Net internal migration:  The difference between immigration and emigration in a certain area during a specific time.

Movers from abroad: Is number of people who moved into a certain area.

Internally displaced person: Is someone who is forcefully taken from their home and sent somewhere else.

                                                 

     The civil war in Sudan started in 1983 when Sudan’s president said that all non-Muslimism people should be put to death. Their president’s name is Nimeiri. He wants Sudan to be a one religion country instead of multiple religions.  People have to flee the country so they don’t get killed. Some go to cities others flee into the desert where they can’t grow food. The war is still going on today although they are trying to get the president to sign a peace treaty.

    

     The part of the movie was about the men getting to America. The men were learning about how to use the lights, how to shower, what a refrigerator is used for and other simple tasks. They had to learn how to buy things at the grocery store and what was and wasn’t for sale. They had to get jobs so they could pay the government back for getting them to America.

Sites used:

Wikianswers

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/sudan.htm

10/22/10

Today in class we watched more of the movie.

Lost Boys of Sudan

1. The lost boys had to run away from their homes because civil war broke out in Sudan that drove the boys to Ethiopia. they had to walk over 1,000 miles to get to a refugee camp in Kenya.

2. They had to leave because Ethiopia's goverment collapsed. 

3. Life in the refugee camp was hard for them because some days they would not have any food to eat. They had no electricity. Some days they could not have any fires.

10/20/10

Today in class we went over our tests. I got an 88%.

10/18/10

Today in class we read about my families history. We also plotted on a map our families migration route.

Weekend HW part 2

I was born and I live in Maryland. Both of my parents were born in Maryland. My mom was born in Baltimore and so was my dad. My mom’s parents were both born in Pennsylvania. On my grandmother’s side, her parents were both also from Pennsylvania. My great-great grandmother was born in Italy and she moved to Pennsylvania. My great-great grandfather was born in Italy. On my grandfather’s side his parents are from Pennsylvania and Italy. His mom was from Pennsylvania and his father was from Gualtieri, Italy. He came to the United States on February 28, 1906. On my grandfather’s fathers side both of his parents came from Italy. His great-great grand parents came from Italy also.

            On my dad’s side both of his parents are from Maryland. My great grandparents on my dad’s mom’s side were both from Pennsylvania. My great-great grandparents on my dad’s side were from PA and Whales. My great-great grandmother was from PA and my great-great grandfather was from Whales. My great grandparents on my dad’s father’s side were both from MD. My great-great grandparents on my dad’s side were both from Germany.

            I thought looking at my family’s history was a cool project to do. I learned some facts that no one has ever told me before. I thought it was neat that I had family members that lived in Whales and Germany and Italy. I didn’t know that I had so many family members that lived in PA. I think one day in class we should go to some website and look at our family trees and do a little project on seeing where everyone has family members from. We can also see if anyone is related to someone famous. We could look and see if anyone had a relative in any famous war. it would be fun to do in class together.

Part 1 of weekend HW

When I graduate collage I want to be a sharpshooter in the coastguard or be a sharpshooter for the SWAT team. I want to live somewhere in Maryland because I like it here. If I couldn’t live in Maryland I would move to Canada or I would move to Colorado.

I would move to Canada because if the United States economy crashes Canada may have a better one. I would also like to live in Canada for the bear hunting and the pretty landscape. Also if the United States was being attacked I would live in Canada to be away from the war zone. Also if the unemployment rate drops so much that it is almost impossible to get a new job I would go to Canada and be a guide for hunters.

The reason I would move to Colorado is for the elk hunting and the way the landscape is. I would like to Colorado because I think it would be fun to live by the mountains or in a house in a small town. It would be fun to ride ATVs on the different types of trails. It would be nice to raise kids in the fresh air of a small town than raise them up in a polluted city. My job in Colorado would to be a sharpshooter in their SWAT team. 

The reason I want to be in the coast guard is because I love being around the water. I love to go swimming. I also like shooting guns. I think it would be cool to shoot across the bows of boats with a machine gun. I also think it would be awesome to own your own fifty caliber. The reason I would want to be in the SWAT team is because I would like to help innocent hostages from a mentally insane criminal. Or do a big drug bust and save thousands of people from buying drugs.  

10/11/10

Today in class we took a test.

10/8/10

Today in class we read the power point on the population power point.

Notes on life expectancy

Today in class we went over this:

Life expectancy is how long a person a person is going to live. Birth rate how many birth per thousand. Death rate is how many deaths out of 1,000. RNI is the birth rate minus the death rate. The population of the planet has grown a lot over the last 50 years.  TFR is the average number of kids being born to a woman. The TFR for a country needs to maintain 2.1 for the population to stay the same.  Migration rate is the number of people entering or leaving your country, measured by 1,000. why do people migrate? push and pull factors. population pyramid is the number of how many people in different age groups.

10/4/10

Today in class we went over the tests. We got to write in the correct answer. I thought my grade was good but it needs to be a little higer. I have to study more.

10/1/10

I left for soccer.

population studies: defining our terms

today in class we looked up rates of different countries. The facts are on joes blog.

9/29/10

Today in class we took a test.

Things on Test

Saudi Arabia oil

Arable land is scarce

Iran is making nukes hit Israel

Christianity, Islam, Judaism

Islam is huge in the Middle East

Islam 5 pillars

Judaism leaders are rabbi, imam is religious leaders, priests are christen leaders

9/11: Was Osama bin laden that attacked us on 9/11 extremist Islamic group.

3 Religions

Christianity:

Jerusalem is the holy city for Christianity. The leader of the Catholic Church is the Pope. Christians  worship in a church. Have priests

                                                                                                                                                    

Judaism:

Abraham is the father of the Jewish religion.  3500 year old religion. Monotheistic.  14 million Jews worldwide.  Have rabis

Islam:

Mecca is their holy city. Their holy book is the Qu’ran.   The 5 pillars. They have daily prayers. Giving alms. Fasting during Ramadan. They have to go to mecca. Testimony of faith. Forbid abortion. Have imam. 

9/23/10

Today in class we worked on our prezi. I learned more about Christanity, Islam, and Judaism.

Prezi

htpp://prezi.com/jq5rjsk4kc5g/christanity-jewdism-and-islam/

our prezi.

9/22/10

Today in class we searched about different religions in the middle east. They are Christanity, Judiaism, Islam.

classs today

Today in class we recived information about these:

Israel:

97% literacy rate, religions 75% Jewish, Hebrew is the official language.

Iraqi:

Literacy rate is 84.1%, women are 65%, Muslim is the official religion, and USA was in war with them for a long time.

Egypt:

Their population is over 78million, rank 16 in the world, literacy rate for men are 83% for men and 78% for women, and their infant mortality is 81 in the world, 90% of their religion is Muslim, they have compulsory service, their republic, their unemployment rate is 9.7%.

9/17

Today in class we used the CIA factbook to search a Middle Eastern countries. The country my group looked up was Iran.

Class work today 9/17

Saudi Arabia:

100% Muslim, men 84.7%, female 70% literacy rate, life expect for male and female 74%. 11.57% die before they turn 1. Oil production is 2 in the world, exports is 1. Unemployment rate 11.7%.

9/16/10

Today in class we worked on answering questions about what countries were on each continent. I thought it was a good thing to learn.

Identifying Countries

1.  United States: North America
2.  France: Europe
3.  Iraq: Asia
4.  China: Asia
5.  Saudi Arabia: Asia
6.  Haiti: North America
7.  India: Asia
8.  Japan: Asia
9.  Venezuela: South America
10. Iran: Asia
11. Russia: Europe and Asia
12. The United Kingdom: Europe
13. Israel: Asia
14. Germany: Europe
15. Tibet: Asia
16. Afghanistan: Asia
17. Brazil: South America
18. North Korea: Asia
19. Egypt: African
20. Kenya: African
21. Pakistan: Asia
22. Vietnam: Asia
23. Mexico: South America
24. Cuba: North America
http://www.wikianswers.com/

Class Today

Today in class we went on CIA.gov and learmed how to use the website. We were asked questions and we had to answer them by using the website.

9/11

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1dXcaHXawceyk24pHHP9XTkeI6CKNuxe_xACX_QvPnvY

Class today

today we worked on our essays on 9/11

end of week one

Geography: the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the eatth's surface.
Globlalization: to extend to other parts of the world, or to make world wide.
Popluaion: the total number of people in an area.
Immigration: the movement of non-native people moving to somewhere they are not from
Industrialization: to intruduce industry to an area
Culture: the ulaty of a person or soceity that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts.
Religion: a set of beliefs concerning the causes, nature, and purpose of the universe.

World population: 6,768,181,146

Five largest population countries:
China: 1,338,621,968
Indina: 1,156,897,7666
United States: 307,212,123
Indonesia: 240,271,522
Brazil: 191,739,269

Five Largest religions:
1: Christiantianity
2: Islam
3: Secular/Agnostic/Athesist
4: Hinduism
5: Chinese traditional religion


http://www.dictionary.com/
http://www.wikianseres.com/
http://www.cia.gov/

Movie blog

I thought it was weird that India has more honor students then America has kids. That is also scary because they can get better jobs. I thought it was crazy that facebook took two years to reach 50million users. I thought it was cool that the ipod took three years to reach 50million buyers.

6 word memoir

older brother, new school, new life

6 word memoir

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