What we did in class today 12-17-10

Today in class we just had a Christmas party. We ate food and just talked. I had to leave early for a Indoor Track meet.

What we did in class today 12-15-10

Today in class we all sent in our reports. We then started a discussion about the problems in India and talked about how we can help to stop them. We also discussed things like why we even bother when its not any of our business. We will continue the discussoin tommorow.

What we did in class today 12/14/10

     Today in class we just worked on our project and we worked in groups. My group is Jordan, Colleen, and Catherine.

What we did in class today. 12-10-10

     Today in class we watched a few videos about India. They had to do with the bad living conditions in India like we saw in Slumdog Millionaire. We saw a building collapse and a video about building the mall of India. We have to be in a group . Im in a group with Colleen Jordan and Catherine. We have to make a discussion about the problems in India.

What we did in class today 12-8-10

     Today in  class we watched more of slumdog millionaire. We dont have any new homework tonight but instead we must revise our old project and make sure its perfect. Its due by Friday morning and is worth twenty points.

What we did in class today. 12-7-10

     Today in class we worked on a project about India and what we have learned so far. It had to be around 500 words and all about what we have learned about India and how they relate to each other. Also we had a shadow.

500 Word Essay on India. 12-7-10

     So far in this unit we have learned about India and its slums. We have learned about things like why India has such bad slums like Dha Ravi, and how it is like to live in these slums. We have learned about human trafficking and how it happens in India with children and adults being traded. We learned they are exploited, used for slavery, prostitution, and forced labor among other things. Finally we learned about Mumbai, Bollywood, and India's poverty.

     We have learned about the bad slums in Dha Ravi. Dha Ravi is a shantytown in Mumbai. It is one of the biggest slums in Asia but not the biggest in the world. Over 18,000 people are forced to live in a acre or two together. Over a million people are living in Dha Ravi and it’s very crowded. Poverty and disease are everywhere and there is a ton of pollution coming from everywhere. Waste is dumped into the river, trash is just dumped in piles, and sludge is dumped into the rivers. The people in these slums still have jobs put are paid very little. Even some of the children get an education so they can read and write. Still Dha Ravi is a horrible slum stricken with disease, crime, and poverty.

     We learned about human trafficking in India. We learned that human trafficking is a big problem in India. Both children and adults alike are forced to do work. They do everything from slavery, to prostitution, to basic forced labor. A lot of the people that are put to work in this crime are poverty stricken people. They are promised legitimate jobs but they are really being trafficked. Most of these organizations that run the human trafficking are gangs. India is on the tier 2 watch list for human trafficking which means that they do comply fully to TVPA's standards but are making strides to. Also India has been accused of not prosecuting offenders good enough and protecting trafficking victims. 

     Also we learned about Bollywood which is the Indian film industry. Its name comes from the mix of Hollywood and Mumbai. This film industry produces any musicals and not as many violent films like Hollywood does. Also Bollywood produces a lot more films than Hollywood. Another difference is that not a lot of films in Bollywood don't have a big budget like Hollywood might. The Indian film industry is very popular also and a lot of people love watching the movies.

      The most important part of all we learned though is that all these things come back to relate to one another. For starters India’s poverty is something that causes shantytowns because the people are so poor that’s where they must live. On the other hand shantytowns make poverty even worse. More people are born into this poverty and can't get out of it. Also they are dragged into human trafficking, my next point. A lot of poor people go into trafficking because they are promised good jobs but they really are not. They are just trafficked for prostitution, labor, and slavery for a few examples. Also the bad life in the slums is driven by poverty. Poor conditions mean disease spreads easily; you can't get water easy due to a lack of a sewage system which pollutes the water. Also living conditions can be crowded. This all means a bad life in the slums.

    Finally this all leads to the fact that the movie Slumdog Millionaire doesn’t show all of India but does represent fairly what it shows. It shows the slums fairly but it doesn't show all of India mainly the good parts like suburbs or upper class city. It only shows the poverty stricken parts. Overall the movie does a good job of representing India in what it shows.

http://www.humantrafficking.org/combat_trafficking
http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2009/123132.htm

Human Trafficking in India.

     Well first of, to make more sense of the situation concerning Human Trafficking and children, I'll talk about how child labor laws work. First off if you are at least 13/14 in most countries you can do light work that doesnt interfere with education, and you can't do any dangerous work until your 18, work that interferes with schoolm or rest, or work that exploits you. This exploiting is happening when involves trafficking you, forced labor, prostitution, unfair pay. All these things make labor illegal child labour and it can also be human trafficking.
     First out of all these ill talk about Indias problem with Child Labour. Child labour poses a big problem for India. The government is trying to stop it but they have a lot of work to make up. Children are forced to work a lot of times due to the fact many are illiterate or not very smart and that they are living in poverty. The government has also concluded that until poverty is erased then they can't completetly abolish child labour. This child labor consists of everything we saw in the movie, prostitution, begging, and forced labor. The government is trying to put a stop to it by first making any child work in hazardous conditoins illegal.. Also the government is trying to alleviate poverty in India. Finally the government is doing raids to try and take down people suspected of this crime.
     The next subject ill cover is Human Trafficking. Human trafficking in India is another problem and a horrible crime. It's a center for internal trafficking and International trafficking. If you dont already know human trafficking is like slavery in a way. It's when humans are bought, sold, and traded and used for labor. These people are forced to do prostitution, begging, factory workers, servants, and forced marriage to name a few. These can be kids or adults. Also India isnt doing much to combat human trafficking. What they could do is do raids or try to help people in poverty, but that is a dream right now. Going on from that, many of these trafficked persons are poor and not very smart. This leads to them being traded. India should try to crack down on this some more but it would be very hard.
     Finally, forced labor in India. Forced labor is basically what is happening with child labor and human trafficking. They are captured, or as we saw in the movie, lured in and forced to work. They could beg, be a prostitute, be a servant or whatever the owner of the people decides. If the victims dont do the work the owners could kill, or torture them. This is why human trafficking happens and is the heart of the problem.  If India can stop this then everything else would get better. Of course like I said its hard due to poverty.
     These three issues all connect and help each other out. They are a big problem with India and very harmful to the victim. We should all be aware of these issues so we can help out too by spreading awareness.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
http://www.unicef.org/rightsite/433_457.htm#to_work
http://labour.nic.in/cwl/ChildLabour.htm

What we did in class today 12-3-10

     Today in class we continued watching slumdog millionaire. We talked some more about human trafficking in india and how it relates to what happened to the kids. Also we had a shadow in class today. Finally we have to write a paragraph for homework about the human trafficking problem in India.

Slumdog millionaire questions 12-2-10

1. What are the names of the three main characters?     The main characters names are Latika, Jamal, and Salim. They also refer themselves to the names of the three musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis.                      http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question3669.html
2. What is a Chai wallah?     A chai wallah is a form of a chai. A chai is someone who performs a specific task whether its pulling a rickshaw, washing clothes, or in this case making tea. Chai is a type of tea and it is made ny these chai wallahs. They can be found many places and make this chai. The chai business is huge and there are many chai wallah in every city. They are each unique in the way they make the chai to keep customers coming back. Chai is a huge business and chai wallahs make it. http://chaipilgrimage.com/2008/11/28/what-is-a-chai-wallah/                                                                                       
3. 5 Taj Mahal facts.    

1. located in Agra along the Yamuna river.
2. over 20000 workers built ithttp://hothottest1.blogspot.com/2009/11/history-of-taj-mahal.html
3. took 22 years to build
4. based on palace gardens of the great nobles
5. Dedicated to Mumtaz Mahal
6. http://www.tajmahal.com
4. American/ Indian film industry comparison.
1. First of all Bollywood is much larger than Hollywood. They film around two a day and film around a thousand a year. About three billion Indians visit movies in three months.   Hollywood movies cost much more to make than Bollywood movies though. Bollywood movies are longer sometimes though up to three hours long. Also Bollywood usually hsa musicals for movies while Hollywood doesnt. Hollywood has been around longer, since around WW1 and Bollywood came about in the 1930's. Also Bollywood movies are generally cleaner. These are some comparisons of the two industries.
2. http://recomparison.com/comparisons/100156/bollywood-vs-hollywood/    http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/bollywood/article1419969.ece                       

Notes 12/2/10

• Bombay riots started with Barbi moque demolition
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Bombay riots.

     The Bombay riots were a series of riots that occurred due to Religious tension between the Muslims and the Hindus. The two religions fought each other to the death because of what the Hindus thought the Muslims did. They killed over 100 people and wounded around 600 people over all. The killing was ferocious with stonings, disembowelment, and burning like we saw in the movie. One reason these occurred were that some Hindus believed that some Muslims stole two of their babies and were going to sacrafice them to ala. These riots happened in 1992-1993 and were every deadly. They were even worse in the slums as these people were terrorized constantly like we saw in the movie. It was a horrible times and many places of worship for each religion were destroyed. This was a horrible time in Mumbais history and tore them apart.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,737421,00.html

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/india/100921/bombay-riots-ayodyha

What we did in class today. 12/1/10

Today in class we talked about our questions for last nights homework. We covered the Mumbai facts and the Amitabh and his afilliation with Slumdog millionaire. We then watched some more of the movie then talked about the Mumbai riots for a little bit. We have to research them for homework.

Slumdog millionaire questions 11-30-10

1. What is Kaun Banega Crorepati? Kaun Banega Crorepati or KBC for short is an Indian game show.It is like Who wants to be a millionarie but with questions an Indian resident would know.It translates to who will be a ten-millionaire.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:Kaun+Banega+Crorepati&sa=X&ei=56P1TKreM4Wclge74930BQ&ved=0CBYQkAE
2. List five facts about Mumbai India.

Bombay was renamed Mumbai in 1996

Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra

The largest metropolitan city in India

Mumbai is a big part of Bollywood and a lot of actors/ artists come here

Population is 18 million and is projected to rise to 28.5 million in 2020

http://www.mumbai.org.uk/

http://mumbai.clickindia.com/general/facts.html

3. What is Dharavi?

Dharavi is a humongous slum in Mumbai. It is a shanti town in Mumbai where over 18,000 people live on one acre of land and there are many more people. It is sometimes referred to as the largest slum in Asia but there are even more shanti towns in Mumbai almost as big as Dharavi. In Mumbai over 12 million people live in this informal housing all over Mumbai. That is more  than half the population of Mumbai. Before Dharavi was a slum it was a swamp that served as a fishing ground. When the swamp filled up with waste from humans, surrounding waste, and trash the fishermen left. Many workers came in after this including potters, textile workers, and tanneries to name a few. This would come to create one of the most diverse slums in Mumbai. It is now a horrible slum in Mumba and very crowded and dirty.

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

4. A shantytown is a slum where poor residents live in crowded conditions in houses made of garbage. They are very dirty and very poorly made. They are also big polluters because they dump all their trash into the rivers.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:shantytown&sa=X&ei=TKn1TJnANYKglAfgm-y4BQ&ved=0CBgQkAE

5. Who is Amitabh Bachchan and what does he have to do with Slumdog millionaire?

Amitabh is a famous Indian actor for bollywood.  He was a guest star in slumdog millionaire posing as himself in the movie. He was also a question on KBC. He bashed the movie though saying he didnt like how it portrayed India as being all slums.

6. What is Bollywood? 

Bollywood is the name for the film industry in India. The term was created by combining the city Bombay( mumbai) and hollywood. The films Bollywood creates are ususally musicals. They also consist of meoldramatic plots. The films attract actors from all over India from the rich, to regular, and poor all hoping to break into the film industry. There is one problem with Bollywood though and thats when people steal films and show them for free. This causes the industry to lose a lot of money. This spells a lot of trouble for bollywood.

http://www.bollywoodworld.com/whatisbollywood/

7. How much is 250,00 rupees( or any amount) in American dollars.

One rupee is equal to .0218 american dollars. This shows that their money is better than ours and in better economic condition in that aspect. so that makes 250,000 rupees worth 5450 dollars a huge difference.

What we did in class today 11-30-10

Today in class we began watching Slumdog millionaire. We then talked about a few things that pertain to the movie like shantytowns, and how bad they are. We then had to answer a few questions but the blogs didnt work at first do we couldnt post them until we got home.

what we did in class today 11-24-10

     Today in class we did a assignment on India. It covers everything from poverty to monsoons. If you didnt finish in class it will be due over the break. Today was also a shortened class due to a half day of school befor break.

10 Indian Questions.

1. What is the current population of India?The population of India is 1,173,108,018 people.
2. What is the total fertility rate in India?The total fertility rate of India is 2.65 children born per woman.
3. What percent of Indias population lives below the poverty line?25 percent of India lives below the poverty line.
4. Briefly Describe two terrorist attacks in India. In New Dehli, India a bakery was attacked by a bomb. Nine people were killed and over 50 people were wounded. The attack has not been linked to any certain terrorist organization yet. The bomb came from an explosion inside a backpack. This came from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/world/asia/14india.html?ref=terrorism. The next attack came from New Dehli also. The day before Indias Republic day celebrations. Two pakastani militants were killed in a shootout in a suburb of New Dehli. They were seupposively hard core pakistan terrorists and were heavilt armed with assault rifles and grenades. this came from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/world/asia/26india.html?ref=terrorism
5. The human development report of the United Nations ranks the countries of the world by poverty. Where is India ranked on this list?India ranked 119th poorest country out of 169 countries.
6. Briefly describe the effects of monsoons on India. Monsoons have deadly effects on India and its people. They kill hundreds of people from floods everytime they strike. They kill even more from disease like cholera that is left in the aftermath of the flooded and dirty streets. Dams are broken and whole cities can be flooded. Monsoons are extremely deadly and a big problem in India.
7. What are some problems India has getting clean water to their people? India has many problems with getting clean water to residents. First off there are so many people in India at times they don't have enough clean water for everyone. This is because most of the water is dirty whihc brings me to my next point. That is most of their water is runined by sludge, sewage, and waste being dumped in the river. This renders a lot of the water undrinkable. Finaly they don't have a good sewage system to get rid of sewage or a good water system to distribute water. These are some reasons why India has difficulty distrubuting clean water.
8. What is the literacy rate in India? The literacy rate in India is 61 percent for the total population.
9. What are the major religions in India? The major religions in India are Hindu, Muslim, Christian, and Sikh.
10. When did India achieve independence and from what country? India achieved independence in 1947 from Britain with help from Ghandi and his nonviolent ideas of achieving freedom.

What we did in class today 11/23/10

Today in class we finished uo one last presentattion for our projects. Then we took notes on chinese and indian populations. We talked about how they are rising and how they may soon become a big power. WE also talked about how poor some parts are.

Notes for 11/23/10

• CHINA INDIA
•    china has a pop of 1.35 billion
• china has two out of every 5 people in the world
• 40 percent of the world lives in India China
• The next largest country is millions behind the two
• eachof their pops is larger than africa all together
• more than europe
• more than entire west hemmisphere
• Life expectancy is 10 years higher than india
•  china 73 to india 64 years
• chinas is much more than india
• china will become mainlt urban
• india will stay rural
• India and china dont like illegal immigrants but dont mind it
• north korea bangladesh are main immigrating countries
• China/ India is rising quick and may soon become a big power in the world
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Links to projects

Coffee Crisis
https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AQ8s_P8TR4g8ZGZxbXZ3NmNfMTdjeHFzODhkZw&hl=en
Lessons in Coffee
https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AQ8s_P8TR4g8ZGZxbXZ3NmNfMGhiZjRjdmRw&hl=en

What we did in class today 11-19-10

      Today in class we presented our projects. I only presented my groups project to 3 people  and Mr. Schick. We still have to finish up on our next class on tuesday. Our project was on the coffee crisis. My group consisted of Colleen, Jordan, Catherine, and me.

What we did in class today 11-16-10

     Today in class we worked on our project in our groups again. We found out it isnt due till friday which is really good. Our group is almost done both of our projects we only have to put togther part two we have all of the research done.

What we did in class today 11-12-10

Today we worked some more on our project. It is a two part project on everyone does and the other part each group gets a certain part. It is due next wednesday.My group has Jordan me colleen and catherine.

What we did in class today 11-11-10

Today in class we talked about our project about the coffee trade. We are doing a two part project in groups. One, all the groups do. The other one is indivisual per group. It is all due next wednesday.

What we did in class today 11-10-10

Today in class we talked about some of the questions we had for homework last night and some of the terms.We then worked on our homework of finding websites to support our answers. This is due before class tomorrow.

Homework for 11-10-10

First of sites for the terms we found

Commodity-http://dictionary.weather.net/dictionary/commodity

Specialty Coffee-http://www.zokacoffee.com/what-is-specialty-coffee.html

Fair Trade Organization-http://fairtradefederation.org/ht/d/sp/i/2733/pid/2733

Globalization-http://www.globalization101.org/What_is_Globalization.html

Organic food- http://nutrition.about.com/od/recipesmenus/a/organic.htm

Next the Questions-

Who produces the most coffee in the world-http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/southamerica/a/CulCoffee.htm

Who consumes the most coffee in the world- http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/foo_cof_con-food-coffee-consumption
How much does fair trade coffee cost-http://www.fairtradecoffee.org/articles/coffee-prices.shtml
Where can the US grow coffee- http://www.ncausa.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=75
How much are coffee farmers paid- http://www.coffeedetective.com/how-much-are-coffee-farmers-paid.html

Questions and terms for fair trade coffee.

Terms
Fair Trade Coffee-Coffee that is bought for a higher of " fair price" by companies directly from the grower.
Globalization- The way which different places have joined together in a network of economies.
Commodity-A good for which there is demand for
Specialty coffee- A coffee indentified by something special like a brand name or certain country, high quality coffee
Organic Certified coffee- Coffee certified to be made without chemicles, organic
Questions
Who imports the most Coffee- The united states
who produces the most coffee- Brazil they produce 1/3 of the worlds beans
where can the US grow coffee effectively at- Hawaii
What are some examples of specialty coffees- starbucks, dunkin donuts, wawa, 711
How much does Fair trade coffee cost- Fair trade coffee costs 1.25 a pound.

What we did in class today 11-9-10

      Today in class we watched a video on youtube about fair trade coffee and about the problems with the specialty coffee industry. We talked about some terms that have to do with that and asked some quesions about coffee and the coffee industry. It was also my birthday and Mr. Schick forgot.

Notes for video.

Coffee is most traded crop in world

Globalizatoin for term

commodity term

smal producers arent paid much( workers in factory)

specialty coffee is a name for higher brand coffee

What country produces most coffee

what country consumes most country

What is a fair trade coffee

What is organic certified coffee

what is sustainable harvest

what are some big brands for coffee

how much coffee is growin un US

how much coffee is consumed in US

what is profit margin

Who exports the most coffee

how is coffee made

what are some hard jobs people must do

what do people working in latin america get paid for making coffee

What we did in class today 11-5-10

     Today in class we finished up on our magazine for our migration project. We had to make a magazine about the different aspects of the lost boys migration. We sent it in to Mr. Schick at the end of class and mine was on celebrities who help out in Sudan.

What we did in class today 11-4-10

Today in class we worked in our magazine more. We went to the TV studio for the first mod and we worked on it there. We worked back in the normal room for the second mod. The magazine is due tomorrow at the end of class.

Missed class today 11-3-10

I missed class today due to a cross country meet.

What we did in class today 11-2-10

Today in class we worked on our magazine project the whole time. We are making a magazine about the lost boys and Sudan as a whole class and putting all our articles together. It is due friday and im working on celebrities who help sudan.

Lost boys notes

Syracuse- john bul,
pittsburg- panther, daniel
lost boys went to ethipoia and kakama kenya
they worked in factory, mcdonals, grocery store, banker,
they went to pitt. community college,
john, panther reunited w/ family
John started a medical clinic
panther made a school
panther got reunited

What we did in class today 10-27-10 and movie

     Today in class we continued watching the Lost Boys movie and finished it up. We also found out we are making a magazine. The magazine will be a colloboration of all the classmates articles. We will work together in groups to do this project.
     In the movie we see two men, john and panther, get reunited with their family while daniel cant find an family. Panther also gets married and we see that they all have started orginizations except daniel. Panther and john both have college degrees also.
    

What we did in class today 10-26-10/HMWK

     Today we talked about how the lost boys had a hard time adapting to America and a new culture. We also talked about how they had a hard time forgetting their bad past in Sudan. They were tramatized by the death of all their family and friends. One of the lost boys even went crazy because of this. Also we talked about how war affects war veterans in their daily lives. In the movie we see the lost boys get deeper into their time in America and they also found some of there family lost in the war. they start sending them money to support them so they need more jobs so their life gets miuch harder.

What we watched in the movie.

     We watched the lost boys finally moving to America. One group moved to Syracuse and the other to Pittsburg. They got jobs at a factory and a McDonalds. They have to pay back the airfare for the flight there to the government. They also have to support themselves now and pay for the apartment. They feel bad for their friends back home and want to support them.

Homework 10-22-10 part 2: Civil War

     The Civil war in Sudan was caused by a power struggle between the North and South parts of Sudan. This started because when Sudan merged into one country a lot of the power was given to the North. The South felt resentful and fought back. This created the conflict that made the lost boys run away. Also a drought in the North caused more want for the land in the South increasing tensions. The conflict first started in 1983 and lasted 22 years. About 2 million were killed and 4 million deprived of their homes. This was an ugly war due to the casualties and the people it left homeless like the lost boys.
http://www.insightonconflict.org/conflicts/sudan/conflict-profile/

Homework 10-22-10 Weekend Part 1: terms

     For part one of the homework i will do all the terms.

In-Migration= To move into a region or community especially as part of a large scale movement.

http://mw1.m-w.com/dictionary/in-migration

Out-Migration= To leave a country or region especially as part of a large scale movement.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out-migration

Forced Migration= The forced Movement of a person/ persons away from a region.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_migration

net internal migration=  The ratio of people who migrate within their own country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_migration

Movers from Abroad= People that come and move into a country from abroad

Internally Displaced Person= Someone who is forced to run away from their home but stays in their country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internally_displaced_person

Homework 10-21-10

     The lost boys came from the African Country of Sudan. They were forces to run away from their home due to civil war. If they were to stay they would have been killed. The boys were all from 5-10+ in age and had to travel over 1000 miles on their own.
     The first place the lost boys settled was in Ethiopia. Here they lived in a refuge camp for a few years. Then once again the government toppled in Ethiopia just like in Sudan. Ethiopia could not care for the lost boys anymore so they had to send them off to somewhere else. Once again the lost boys were stuck wandering through the desert.
     Finally the lost boys arrived in Kenya to end their journey. Here they settled in yet another refugee camp. Life in the camps wasn't too good compared to how we live but was still better than wandering through the desert. Food supplies always seemed to be low and they didn't have much of a future. They still had more food than than in the desert and they got an education. Finally they got safety from all the dangers that hurt them all throughout their life.

What we did in class today 10-21-10

     Today we watched a movie called god grew tired of us. It was about the lost boys of sudan who had to leave their homeland to travel away after a civil war. So far it has been a pretty interesting movie. We have only seen a part of it. We also had a shadow today.

What we did in class today 10-20-10

All we did today was go over the test. We also had a shadow. We not only answered the question but also answered why. I did good on the test and got a 100. We also got deeper into the terms in the test and dicussed them. This was worth 100 points,\.

What we did in class today 10-19-10

     Today in class we read some peoples family history reports out loud. Some people just told facts from theirs. I found out that most people have ancestors in europe. Most people come from Germany or England/ Ireland. We then put our family history on a map. Then we played with google street view for a while.

Blog on my Past.

My family is half from South America and the other half of my family is from Germany but most born in the U.S. My dad’s of the family is the side who came from South America. They all came from Ecuador a country near Colombia in South America. My mother’s side of my family has most of our ancestors in Germany.

                My mother’s side of the family has a lot of ancestors from Germany. Most of the people from my mom’s side were born in America.  My mom and grandparents were all born in America. A lot of my Aunts and Uncles were born in the U.S. also.

                My dad’s side of the family has almost all of their ancestors in Ecuador, a small country in South America. My grandparents moved to America from Ecuador. They lived in the capital of Ecuador, Quito, before moving to America. When they moved my dad was born here in America. A lot of my family still lives there like my great grandparents. My uncle also was born here in America. My grandparents actually now own a business that helps people immigrate to America. My grandparents came to America in 1965 after they were married.

                My family has lived in Maryland our entire lives. Actually we have lived in or around Harford County for most of our lives. My mom grew up in Kenwood and then moved to our house in Abingdon. My dad moved to our house at the same time because he was married to my mom already. My dad actually lived near Bel Air and went to John Carroll for High School and so did my Uncle.

                So basically my family comes from Germany and Ecuador. Most of my close relatives have more ancestors in Ecuador. None of my family members are directly German but they have ancestors in Germany. So most of my ancestors are form South America and Europe.

Blog on my Future.

There are a lot of places I would like to move when i get older. To find which places are my top two I have to look at what pull forces are most important to me and what push forces would be the most problematic to moving to that area.

    Some pull forces that would make me want to move somewhere have to do with my job, family, and things to do. A good pull force would be living near my family. I would want to visit my family and the closer I lived to them the easier that would be. Also a good job that i actually like to do would be important. Basically that place would have to have a good job for me. Finally things to do to stay healthy are important. I wouldn’t like to live in a city because staying healthy would be hard since it’d be harder to run and bike.

     Now the push forces would pretty much be the opposites of the pull forces. I wouldn’t want to live to far away from my family in Maryland that it’s too much of a problem to see them. I wouldn’t want to live in a place where my job wouldn’t be good. Finally a place where it’s hard to exercise would not be a place where I want to live.

   One place I would like to live at is near Denver, Colorado. I would like to live here because I love Colorado and the mountains. This area would be my dream place to live at. I would love going to the mountains to bike, and ski all year. I would also like to own my own shop that could feed off the major tourism this area gets. It would probably be something to do with outdoors things like biking. One big problem is distance between me and my family. Visiting my family would be very hard due to how far away they are and not being at my own business. Overall the positives of things I like and the tourism for business balances out the negatives so I would like to move here.

    Another place I would like to move is to a seaside town. I would like to do this because of a few reasons. I like the seaside and things like fishing and boating. I also like the beach. I would like to be a fisherman if I moved to one of these towns. Some pull factors of moving to a seaside factors are the jobs available. During the summer these seaside towns attract a lot of tourism which could rake in a lot of money for any tourism business. Also fishing is a big industry if you move to a town known for certain fish. Also seaside towns are just relaxing places to live and it would be enjoyable. Some push factors are the dangers of hurricanes or flooding. These could cause a lot of damage to you or even be fatal to you. Another push factor is the total offseason for the tourism and fishing. During the winter there is barely any tourism in the seaside towns so the economy drops. The good and bad are about equal here so its average.

     Overall I’d rather move to the mountains for better economy and lifestyle. A seaside town would be nice but it’s not my number one. 

What we did in class 10/12/10

Today we took a quiz and it was pretty easy. We could use the internet to find answers with our blog and sites like wikipedia or cia factbook. It was worth a test though. We also learned we had a two part project to do over our long weekend about our future and our past.

Notes For Quiz.

1.Life Expectancy-Noun, The probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically affected by factors such as heredity, physical condition, nutrition and occupation.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/life+expectancy?fromAsk=true&o=100074


2.Crude Birthrate-Crude Birth Rate is the Nativity or childbirths per 1000 people per year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_rate

3.Crude Death Rate- The number of deaths per 1000 people every year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortality_rate

4.RNI- RNI is the Crude Birth Rate minus the Crude Death Rate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate_of_natural_increase

5.TFR-  The number of children born to  a woman over her lifetime.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_fertility_rate

6.Net Migration Rate- The difference between immigrants and emigrants in a period of time per 1000 people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_migration_rate

7.Population Pyramid- A graph that shows the distribution of different age grColes Human Geography Blogoups in human population.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_pyramid

Demographic Transistion used to represent change from high birth/ death rates to the opposoite
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_transition

What we did in class today 10-7-10

 Today we had a shadow. We went over things like population pyramid and why it is different in different countries. We talked about the baby boo and why it occured. We once again went over RNI and TFR and why they occur in different countries.

What we did in class today. 10-6-10

   Today we went over the blog assignment on different statistics. We went over things like crude birth/death rate. RNI TFR and why they occur. It turns out to even out the population the TFR must be 2.1. We also found out that a lot of human trafficking goes on in Africa.

What we did in class today 10/5/10

     Today in class we went over the test. We didnt do too good as a class but i did good. TUrns out Mr.Schick got a sex change.

Population Studies.( Late because I had no computer access) Part 2

Life Expecrancy
Japan-83.12 Years ranked 3rd
Cuba- 77.45 years rank 55
Afghanistan- 44.4 years 219
France- 80.98 years, rank 9
Kenya- 57.86 years, rank 189
United States- 78.11 Years, rank 49

RNI
Japan-  -1.9
Kenya- 26.91
US- 5.45


Crude Birthrate
Japan-7.64 births/1000 people, rank 222
Kenya-36.64 births/ 1000 people, rank 29
Ethiopia-43.66 births/1000 people, rank 7
United States- 13.83 years/ 1000 people, rank 154
Germany- 8.18 births/ 1000 people, rank 220


Crude Deathrate
Kenya- 9.72 deaths/ 1000 people, rank 67
Afghanistan- 17.83 deaths/1000 people, rank 7
United States- 8.38 deaths/ 1000 people, rank 99
Japan- 9.54 deaths/ 1000 people, rank 69
Mexico- 4.8 deaths/ 1000 people, rank 192

TFR
Niger-7.68 children born, rank 1
Afghanistan-5.5 children born, rank 13
Japan- 1.2 children born, rank 218
United States- 2.06 children born, rank 126
Germany-1.42 children born, rank 196

Net Migration Rate
Mexico- -3.61 migrants/ 1000 people, rank 153
United States- 4.32 migrants/ 1000 people, rank 25
United Arab Emirates- 22.98 migrants/ 1000 people, rank 1
Argentina- 0 migrants 1000 people, rank 73
Saudi Arabia-  -7.6 migrants/ 1000 people, rank 171
Uganda-  -8.83 migrants/ 1000 people, rank 173

Population Studies.( Late because I had no computer access) Defs

   First ill give defintions.
1.Life Expectancy-Noun, The probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically affected by factors such as heredity, physical condition, nutrition and occupation.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/life+expectancy?fromAsk=true&o=100074


2.Crude Birthrate-Crude Birth Rate is the Nativity or childbirths per 1000 people per year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_rate

3.Crude Death Rate- The number of deaths per 1000 people every year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortality_rate

4.RNI- RNI is the Crude Birth Rate minus the Crude Death Rate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate_of_natural_increase

5.TFR-  The number of children born to  a woman over her lifetime.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_fertility_rate

6.Net Migration Rate- The difference between immigrants and emigrants in a period of time per 1000 people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_migration_rate

7.Population Pyramid- A graph that shows the distribution of different age groups in human population.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_pyramid

What i did instead of class on Friday.

On Friday I was at a Cross Country meet in Pennsylvania for the cross country team. It was more fun than school.

What we did in class

  Today we took a test. The test was on religions, the Middle East, and 9/11. I think i did pretty average on the test. It was fairly difficult.

What we did in class today 9/28/10

    Today we talked about what was on the test Wednesday. We talked about what Iran would do if they built a bomb. We also talked about what would happen next if Israel were attacked. We concluded World War 3. The things on the test were 911, the Middle East, and three religions. We discussed what we should do about Irans bomb. We talked about the problems that could arise if we attacked Iran. We also talked about who attacked us on 911 and how many people believe that Iraq attacked us. We finished off by talking about the religions.

What we did in class today. 9/24/10

   Today we watched prezi and slideshows.We learned about Islamic, Christianity, and Judaism. We watched prezis from 3 groups and one slideshow. We only did that.

Prezi

http://prezi.com/presentation/albacol14@jcpatriot.org/cu4uwxv/

What we did in class today 9/23/10

    Today in class we worked on our prezi presentations about religions. I found out that Christianity has over 2 billion followers. I found out that the holy book for the Islamic is the Qua'ran. I found that the god for the Muslims is Alah. i found out that the jewish poeple believe in yahweh. The report is due tommorow and should be done on prezi.

What we did in class today 9/21/10

   Today we listened to several presentations about several Middle East countries. We also talked about why English is many countries secondary language. We talked about why countries have better or worse life lengths and how American culture is spreading. We talked about how France eats and that they drink wine responsibly a lot. Also we found out that Saudi Arabia has been named as a country who sponsors terrorism. We talked about how Israel is not friendly with other Middle East countries and how a war could easily start.

What we did in class. 9/17/10

   Today we all looked up information on a country on CIA factbook. We worked in groups of three. My grouo looked up information about Egypt. We also listened to music while we worked a did a oral presentation of it at the end.

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/Europe
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
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/as.htm
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&expIds=17259,24416,25900,26446,26512&sugexp=ldymls&tok=5PzajHjpfE8KqsM_4xEYmA&xhr=t&q=tibet&cp=3&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

What we did in class on 9/15/10.

   We learned about CIA factbook first. We looked up some facts on different countries like population, government, and unemployment rate. We also learned about how the draft worked for the U.S. We learned about the Chinese Military. We learned how to use CIA factbook without typing. We learned what GDP means.  We also learned about what is wrong with Africa and safe sex.

What we did in Class Today. 9/14/10

   Today we spent most of our time ironing out technical issues about Google Docs. A lot of people ad trouble using G docs. So this class we didnt get much done other than fixing technical problems. Mr.Schick extended the deadline for the paper until 4:00 today. We were also reminded to post a blog every day about what we did in class. Also Mr.Schick forgot to take attendance. We also had a shadow in class.

9/11 paper

https://docs1.google.com/document/edit?id=1h-LzaiCm7xtBirjUN14KVACugq6DMOIWyyuR-SZK3XA&hl=en#

Works Cited

https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1iuOeZ3FCgRxoUl9k5wCu24RL4rK-kvcSu5KiheuxbLs&hl=en

What we did in class today 9/9/10

     We learned a few things about the September 11th attacks. We learned when the first planes hit and w\how many planes were hijacked. We also learned about Flight 93 and how the passengers knew to fight back against the terrorists. We learned how to use links in Wikipedia to find important information. We got to see some front covers from newspapers the day after 9/11. We saw some things about the effects of 9/11 and how it affected the airline industry. I found out that if planes didn't land they would be shot down. We also learned how to use easybib for citing our paper.

What we did in class today. 9/8/10

Today we learned about our paper we have to write about 9/11. We went over the instructions and how to use Google docs. We also learned about what happened at JC on 9/11 and what kind of effect it had on the school.

Cole's Unique Profile

Cole’s Profile

My name is Cole Alban and I am a thirteen year old freshman in High School. I went to Middle School at St. Pauls Lutheran in Kingsville. I Run track and Cross Country for sports. I have two other siblings. One brother who goes to John Carroll already and a little sister in fifth grade.  This year in High School I want to keep good grades and do well in sports.  Finally I also enjoy playing guitar, and running on trails.

What we did in class. 9/7/10

    Today we went over some of the vocab words and learned some more about them. We also learned how to tell a reputable site from one that could be fake. Finally we learned what globalization is and how it can make things we wear cheaper to make by making them in other countries.

Definitions and Populations.

 First are the definitions.
1.Geography- The science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earths surface as shown as the arrangement, character, and interrelations over the world of such elements such as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries or states and of the unit areas formed by the complex use of these elements.( took from dictionary.com)
2. Globalization- The expanding to all other parts of the world, making worldwide.( took from dictionary.com)
3.Population-The total number of people inhabiting a country, city, or area.( took from dictionary.com)
4.Immigration-The moving to a country that isn't Native.( took from dictionary.com)
5.Industrialization-The introducing of industry to an area on a large scale( took from dictionary.com)
6.Culture-The quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellence in arts, letters, manners, scholary pursuits etc.( took from dictionary.com)
7.Religion-A set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature and purpose of the universe especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies usually involving devotional and ritual observances and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
( took from dictionary.com)

Next is the population of the world
The population of the world is 6,866,910,540 billion people( from census.gov population clock)
The population of the five most populous countries in the world are
1.China. 1,324,655,000 billion ( from geography.com)
2.India. 1,187,210,000 billion ( from wikipedia)
3.United States.310,169,000 million ( from wikipedia)
4.Indonesia. 237,556,363 million 9( from wikipedia)
5.Brazil. 193,462,000 million ( from wikipedia)

The five largest religions in the world are
1.Christianity ( from adherents.com)
2. Islamic ( from adherents.com)
3.Hinduism (from adherents.com)
4.Chinese Traditional religion. ( from adherents.com)
5.Buddhism ( from adherents.com)

Did You Know. 3.0

    This video showed me a lot of things I never knew. For example I never knew India had more Honor Students than America has kids, or that over 100 babies a minute are born in some places. The whole idea of over 100 babies being born in a minute in  a lot of countries shows how rapidly the world is expanding. Sure many people die along with the births but growing populations show more are born than those who pass away. This means to me my country, my world is expanding rapidly in many ways including population.
The next fact is that we now have 540,000 words in the English language. 5x more than Shakespeare had!  This means to me that communication has advanced rapidly due to technology. In Shakespeares time there was not really a way for new words to come about due to communication. Words couldnt be passed around like they are on the internet now. For example without internet Google woldnt even be a website, let alone a word. This just goes to show how technology is helping the world expand to be bigger, and smarter.

6 Word Description of Me

I like to run Cross Country

Test Post

Today we learned how to follow Mr.Schicks blog.