12/17 class

today we had a party. some people brought in food and other people brought in Indian foods.

December 16th

in class we finished our discussion about different things in India.

December 15th

today, we put our chairs in a big circle and talked about India. we talked about the problems in India and how we could possibly help. after that we talked about India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, and how he is worth about $30 billion and how he lives in a twenty-seven story house.

12/14

i wasn't in class today; i was sick.

December 9th

today we finished the movie Slumdog Millionaire. It was also mr. schick's birthday

12/8

today we started watching Slumdog Millionaire again.

life in India

                I have learned that life in India isn’t always easy.  Some parts of the country are really poor, and people will do almost anything to make some money.  Some people will make children work for them, basically like a slave.  Other children might find jobs for themselves.  They might work in carpet-making factories, or even on plantations.  In the movie Slumdog Millionaire, one of the boys stands outside of one of their only outhouses and collects money when someone comes to use it.  Some people don’t even use the outhouse. Maybe this is because there are very little of them.  One in a thousand people actually do use the outhouses.

India is a very poor country with a very large population of 1.21 billion people.  This country has the second largest population in the world.  It is also one of the poorest.  Forty to eighty percent of the population is below the poverty line.  People have to try to make money in any way that they can, sometimes they even sell their family members to work for someone.  Because of its population and amount of poverty, most of the population lives in slums.  Slums are groups of houses in a very bad condition with really poor sanitation.  Life in the slums is probably very crowded because over one million people live in Dharavi, which is the largest slum in Asia.  Eighteen thousand people are crowded into one acre of this slum.

India has a major problem with human trafficking.  Human trafficking is forcing people from their homes and making those people work for them.  Today, about 2.5 million people around the world are forced into slavery.  People trying to make money will get children to work for them so they can make money without actually working.  In India, there are 11.2 million children working in India, whether they’re being forced to work or not.  Children anywhere from ages five to fourteen are currently working.

In India, they have a Hindi film industry.  This industry produces over two thousand films a year.  In America, we only make about one thousand films or less a year.  They call their film industry Bollywood.  They came up with this name by combining Hollywood and Bombay.  Their films are a major source of entertainment with an audience of over three billion people.  Hindi, Urdu, and English are the most commonly used languages in the Hindi film industry.

I think that the movie Slumdog Millionaire did accurately show how life in India really is today.  It showed what people have to do in order to make some money and how they continue to live their lives every day.  I think that, like the boy in the movie, people growing up in India could learn a lot of things without having to go to school.  According to the movie, the children living there encounter a lot of experiences in their lives every day that teaches them important things along the way of their everyday lives.  They might not think some of the things they face are important, but maybe someday they will be.

studying India

                Every year, India faces problems with human trafficking. Human trafficking is basically taking people by force and making them work, like a slave. This is considered a crime against humanity. This act deprives people of their rights when they are taken because of the right of free will. Today, an estimated 2.5 million people are forced into slavery. Some of the women that are taken are forced into marriage. India is known for trafficking people, but they don’t have any evidence for the increase in this act. India has the second largest population in the world. However, India is also one of the poorest countries. Some people even sell their own family members just so they can make some money.

Child exploitation is also something that happens in India. People kidnap, or even sell other people, to someone who chooses to exploit the child or abuse them. There are approximately three hundred thousand to five hundred thousand child prostitutes in India. Some men believe that being with a virgin will cure their diseases so they find a young girl, no matter the age, and sleep with them in belief that they will be cured.

Millions of children are also exposed to forced labor. Based on estimations, 11.2 million children, from ages five to fourteen, are working somewhere in India. With its large population, India has the most children workers in the world. Some places that children have jobs at are in carpet making factories, in glass blowing places, different things on plantations, in someone’s house, or even making fireworks.

http://theresurgence.com/2010/02/22/what-is-human-trafficking

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/jun2006/indi-j08.shtml

http://www.childlabor.in/child-labour-in-india.htm

http://www.lisaling.com/childtrafficindia

http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/india.htm

http://www.indianchild.com/child_labor_india.htm

12/3 class

today we reviewed the homework from last night. then we continued watching Slumdog Millionaire.

12/2 notes and hw

• millions of people were killed in the Bombay riots.
• damage- 3.6 billion
• reason for riots- religions were different. Hindu's became convinced that the Muslims kidnapped 2-3 babies that they were going to be sacrificed to Allah.
• they were about religious tension that "exploded."
• they each burned the others' places of worship.

hw:

• India has the largest major motion picture industry in the world and produces more than 2,000 films a year. America makes less than 1,000 films a year.
• the main characters (the "three musketeers" names) are Jamal, Latika, and Salim.
• a chai wallah is a person who provides tea (by selling or bringing it).

http://www.thecolorsofindia.com/interesting-facts/cinema/index.html

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_movies_are_made_each_year

http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question3669.html

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1010048/faq#.2.1.28

The Taj Mahal

1. one of the eight wonders of the world.
2. beautiful monument built by the Mughals (Muslim rulers of India).
3. made completely out of white marble.
4. was built in marble to seem like an illusion of a dream.
5. took twenty-two years to build by 20,000 workers.

http://www.islamicity.com/culture/taj/default.htm

December 1st

i wasn't in class today. i left early for a dentist appointment.

11/30- facts

Mumbai

• literacy rate is 85.6%.
• first post office was opened in 1832.
• its income is Rs 48,954.
• first church was built in 1718.
• was originally a cluster of seven islands.

http://www.mumbaiproperties.com/Mumbai_-_Fact_File/page_748140.html

Dharavi

• it is the largest slum in Asia.
• one million people live in this slum.
• 18,000 people or more cover on acre of the slum.
• this slum is in the middle of Mumbai.
• only a few people have water hook ups.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/05/dharavi-mumbai-slum/jacobson-text

Bollywood

• the prime center of Hindi film industry.
• produces about 1,000 films every year.
• got its name from combining Bombay and Hollywood.
• Hindi, Urdu, and English are commonly used in Bollywood.
• major source of entertainment- audience of 3.6 billion people.

http://www.mumbai.org.uk/mumbai-bollywood.html

other notes:

• Kaun Banega Crorepati is the Indian version of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire.
• Shantytowns are towns or sections of towns consisting mainly of shacks. Approximately 100 million people live in them worldwide.
• Amitabh Bachchan is the man who started Kaun Banega Crorepati.
• 250,000 rupees is equal to $5,300 American dollars.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000821/bio
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/shantytown
http://www.share-international.org/archives/homelessness/hl-mlaroof.htm
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Rupees_250000_equals_US_dollars

questions about India

1. What is the current population of India? 1.21 billion people.
2. What is the total fertility rate in India? the total fertility rate is 2.65.
3. What percentage of the Indian population lives below the poverty line? 37.2%-77% of the population.
4. Briefly describe two terrorist attacks inside India. In February, 18 people were killed because of suicide bombers. There was a bomb that was set off in February 2010 and it may have been set by terrorists.
5. The Human Development Report of the United Nations ranks the counties of the world by poverty.  Where does India rank on this list? India ranked 119 out of 169 countries.
6. Briefly describe the effects of the monsoons on India. Killed 120 people and 4000 animals.
7. What are some of the problems India has getting clean water to its people? the population has increased and there is not enough clean water for everyone to drink.
8. What is the literacy rate in India? ages 15 and over can read and write (total population- 61%).
9. What are the major religions in India? Hindu (80.5%), Muslim (13.4%), and Christian (2.3%).
10. When did India achieve independence, and from what country? In 1947 from England.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/world/asia/19iht-letter.html?ref=india
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/india/terrorism/index.html?offset=25&s=newest
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/world/asia/01india.html
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2006/09/28/world/1194817098866/part-1-water-woes-in-india.html

11/23

today we watched the last group's coffee project. then we learned about India and China.

notes:

• China has 1.35 billion people.
• India has 1.21 billion people.
• 40% of the world population live in China and India.
• India has more people than Europe or Africa.
• the life expectancy in China is 73 years.
• India's life expectancy is 64 years.
• both countries don't like illegal immigration, but they can ignore it because of their large populations.

11/19

today we started sharing our coffee projects. we didn't finish presenting to all the other groups yet.

november 16th

in class we worked more on our coffee projects.

11/12

in class we got together in our groups and worked on our coffee project.

11/11 class

we went over our God Grew Tired With Us test. then we started another project.

websites/question answers

websites:
http://www.coffeeresearch.org/agriculture/harvesting.htm
http://www.coffeeresearch.org/politics/fairtrade.htm
http://www.coffeeresearch.org/politics/organic.htm
http://www.allbusiness.com/manufacturing/food-manufacturing-food-coffee-tea/431070-1.html
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Coffee_Shop_Manager/Salary
http://www.duke.edu/web/soc142/team8/InternationalExporters.htm
http://www.coffeedetective.com/top-coffee.html

question answers:
1. a succeeding business owner makes about $24,000-$38,000 a year.
2. the beans have to be hand-picked because they ripen at different times.
3. the plants can grow anywhere from 8-32 feet high. they will produce beans for 15 years.
4.  the major exporting countries are Brazil, Germany, Columbia, Vietnam, Guatemala, Indonesia, Mexico.
5. the country that produces the best coffee is Brazil.

11/9 notes- coffee

notes:

• coffee is the most heavily traded crop in the world.
• it fuels the economies around the world.
• coffee buyers have to travel to different countries to look for a good quality coffee.
• producing coffee is a difficult job.

terms:

• fair trade coffee- coffee that is purchased directly from the coffee growers; equal exchange coffee.
• organic certified- grown by farmers without chemical use.
• high quality coffee- depends on where it is grown.
• source counties- places where something is purchased.
• fair trade prices- direct price of coffee.

questions:

• how much to do the store owners make?
• when do you harvest coffee beans?
• how big do coffee plants get?
• who are the major exporters?
• what country grows the best coffee?

11/5

today we finished up our papers and we turned them in.

11/4 class

in class we worked on our papers some more.

11/3 class

we worked more on our paper which are due at the end of class on friday.

todays class

today we got together with our partners and continued to find information and work on the design. the final paper is due on friday at the end of class.

10/29

today we took a quiz on the movie about the lost boys of Sudan.

10/27 class

we finished the movie about the lost boys of sudan. john bul dau was reunited with his mother. pather went to africa, got married, and decided to start a school there. daniel was still working and he wasnt reunited with his family.

10/26

today we watched more of the movie. then we talked about war and how people would try to get out of going when they found out they had been drafted.

continuing with God Grew Tired of Us

definitions:
in-migration-migration into a place.
out-migration- migration from a place.
forced migration- coerced movement of a person(s) away from their home or home region.
net internal migration- the net rate of people moving in or out of a country.
movers from abroad- someone moving out of their home country.
internally displaced person (IDP)- someone who is forced to flee their home but who, unlike a refugee, remains within their country's borders.

the war:
the war in sudan has been torn apart again and again. over two million people living in the country have died because of the war. many people have ran away from sudan trying to get away from the war so they can save their lives.
http://www.crimesofwar.org/sudan-mag/sudan-in-discuss.html

in class:
on friday, we continued watching the video. we saw some of the people who got to go to america try to learn how to turn on lamps and light switches, explore the refrigerator, and eat different kinds of food. then they had to get a job in order to start paying the bills and to pay for the plane ticket. they said they liked working because they could make money to buy whatever they would like. and even though they are in america, they still didn't forget about their family back in sudan.

lost boys of sudan

1. they had to run away because people came to sudan to kill all the boys.
2. they couldn't stay in ethiopia because the refugee camp basically kicked them out because their government collapsed and they felt like the boys weren't their problem anymore because they couldn't take care of them.
3. life in the refugee camp was really hard. they had barely anything to eat and sometimes they didn't eat for a couple days.

map of the route of the lost boys of sudan:

10/20

in class we got back and reviewed our population quizzes.

10/19

today in class we read about some peoples ancestors. then we went on a map and drew a line from where our ancestors came from to where they arrived in america.

migration project: part two

            Many people immigrate to different countries. They just decide where they want to go, and find a way to get there. Everyone has their own reason for doing this. Maybe their looking for something or maybe they just want to start over. Many people decided to come to the United States way back when. They just packed up what they had and found a way to get over to the United States from wherever it is that they were previously living. However, some people may have come just a few years ago. Other families could have been living in this country for a couple hundred years. Maybe some were here even longer than that.

Some families could have been here for fifty years or less. Others could have been here for countless years. Maybe some people will never know where their family originally came from, or if they do, when they came to America. Still others could have migrated to the United States after years of being in another country. My mom and my dad were both born in the United States. To be more specific, they said they both were born in Maryland. On my dad’s side, both my grandmother and my grandfather were born in America. Both of my great-grandparents were born here, also on my dad’s side. My grandmother and my grandfather on my mom’s side were both born in the United States. My other great-grandparents on my mom’s side were born in America as well.

As far as my family knows, the first person with the family name came here from England. They migrated over to the United States sometime in the mid 1600’s. We think they decided to come over to America because they wanted to find better farmland. My family has now been citizens of the United States for over three hundred years.

migration project: part one

            In eight years or maybe even less I may be out of college. It definitely feels like that will be a really long time before then, but I know that’s only what it seems like now. It’s probably going to seem like it was just yesterday when I first started high school. I honestly can’t wait to be out of college and done with school. I can start my career and hopefully make a fair enough living so I can move to different places. For example, one place I would want to move to is Rome, an old city in Italy. I would love to see all the old buildings and coliseums. The downside of moving to Rome would be that it is so far away from home and everything I’m used to. I would have to cross the Atlantic Ocean just to visit home. Everything would probably be different there. However, the there are some pull forces for moving to there. Rome is a beautiful city and it’s also very old and has a lot of history.

            Another place I would want to move to is Ocean City, Maryland. It’s not old and doesn’t have a lot of stories about it, but the people who go there definitely have some stories to take home. Whenever I go there, I always have a great time. One of the main reasons I would want to move there is because I love the beach. It would be great if I only had to drive five or ten minutes to see the ocean. It’s only about three hours from my home, so it wouldn’t be that long of a drive for visits every now and then. It may seem longer when I actually have to drive back and forth probably within a few days.

10/12

today we took a quiz on the population terms and population pyramids.

10/8

today we learned about population pyramids and looked up some from different countries.

10/7 class

today we discussed birthrate, death rate, TFR, immigration/emigration, net migration rate, and pull/push factors.
notes from class:
1.8 people die per second.
there are over 6 billion people in the world.
US birthrate is 14 births per 1000 people.
US death rate- 8 per 1000 people.
TFR- average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime.
if the TFR is 2.1 then the population will stay the same.
immigration/emigration can change the population.
US net migration rate is 4.32.
Canada's net migration rate is 5.63.
Mexico's net migration rate is -3.61 (more people leave than enter).
pull factor- makes you want to come to a country (example: freedom of speech, political freedom).
push factor- something that makes you want to leave the country (example: bad health care).

10/6

today in class we went over the population studies: defining our terms and discussed life expectancy, crude birthrate, RNI, TFR, and net migration rate.

10/5

in class we got back our first test and we went over the answers together.

population studies: defining our terms

1. life expectancy- the expected number of years of life remaining at a given age. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy
Japan- 82.12 years (3)
France- 80.98 years (8)
 Kenya- 57.86 years (189)
Cuba- 77.45 years (55)
United States- 78.11 years (49)
Afghanistan- 44.4 years (219)

2. crude birthrate- the childbirths per 1,000 people per year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crude_birth_rate
Japan- 7.64 births (222)
Kenya- 36.64 births (67)
Ethiopia- 43.66 births (7)
United States- 13.83 births (154)
Germany- 8.18 births (220)

3. crude death rate- total number of deaths per year per 1,000 people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crude_death_rate
Afghanistan- 17.83 deaths (7)
Kenya- 9.72 deaths (67)
United States- 8.38 deaths (99)
Japan- 9.54 deaths (69)
Mexico- 4.8 deaths (192)

4. RNI (rate of natural increase) crude birthrate minus the crude death rate of a population. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate_of_natural_increase

5. TFR (total fertility rate)- the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_fertility_rate
Niger- 7.68 children (1)
Afghanistan- 5.5 children (13)
Japan- 1.2 children (218)
United States- 2.06 children (126)
Germany- 1.42 children (196)

6. net migration rate- the difference of immigrants and emigrants of an area of a period of time, usually divided per 1,000 inhabitants. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_migration_rate
Mexico- -3.61 migrants (153)
United Sates- 4.32 migrants (25)
United Arab Emirates- 22.98 migrants (1)
Argentina- 0 migrants (73)
Saudi Arabia- -7.6 migrants (171)
Uganda- -8.83 migrants (173)

7. population pyramid- a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a human population. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_pyramid

9/29 class

today we took our first test. i know i didn't get 100% but i hope i did okay.

9/28

today we reviewed for our test tomorrow. it will be on the events and effects of 9/11, definitions, the middle east, and the three religions we researched for our prezi's.

9/24

in class today we presented our prezi's.

9/23 class

today we continued researching different religions in our groups and started working on the prezi.

9/22 class

today we learned a little about Prezi. then we got into groups and started researching the different religions.

9/21 class

today in class we continued to share interesting facts about the countries we researched. some facts were:

• Israel- government is a parliament democracy. Population is 7 million+. Capital is Jerusalem. Mandatory military service- men 36 months, women 21 months. Country is 75% Jewish.

• Iran- theocratic republic. 98% Muslim. Shia- Shiite, Sunni- 11%. 77% are educated. 5.4% of people live to 67  or older. Iran has been named a state sponsor of terrorism.

9/17 class

today in class we got in small groups and researched interesting facts about that country. when everyone was done, we stared sharing. i found out that 2.9% of Egypt will grow crops. They are known for their high quality cotton. Saudi Arabia's population is 28,686,683. it is #2 in oil productions and #1 in oil imports. they are 100% Muslim. Riyadh is the capital. theyre language is Arabic.

9/16 class

in class, we looked up some countries and found out what continent they are located on. then we played a game that donates grains of rice to people.

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- 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- Africa
20. Kenya- Africa
21. Pakistan- Asia
22. Vietnam- Asia
23. Mexico- North America
24. Cuba- North America

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/il.htm
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1826326
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070612144513AAATpP0
http://www.kgbanswers.com/what-continent-is-tibet-on/4438420
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/kp.htm

9/15 class

Today we got on the CIA world factbook site and explored a litte. we had to find out different things about some countries, like the country with the greatest area population or which country imported the most oil.

9-14-10 class

Today we worked on our 9/11 essays. only 8 people in the class uploaded their papers right. then those people helped whoever needed assistance saving their essays to googledocs and posting it on their blog.

first paper of the year

https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1mNRQcEaNPaD-sGYSnNuh9ZNxSGI7FRSv-jGCKY5cA4w&hl=en&pli=1#

definitions

in class, we reviewed the definitions and questions we answered for homework on friday.

the end of week one

geography- the study of earth and its features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity.
globalization- to make global or worldwide in scope or application.
population- all of the people inhabiting a specified area.
immigration- the one-way inward movement of individuals or their disseminules into a population or population area.
industrialization- process of converting to a socioeconomic order in which industry is dominant.
culture- the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought.
religion- belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers reguarded as creator and governor of the universe.
(definitions from answers.com)

world population- 6,790,062,216 in 2009
largest counties/population- China-1,330,044,544. India- 1,147,995,904. United States- 303,824,640. Indonesia- 237,512,352. Brazil- 196,342,592.

5 largest religions in the world- Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh.
(answers from about.com)

did you know?

people spend about seven hours a month on facebook

6 word description

love to horseback ride and swim.