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.