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.