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