Cultural Diversity

Try your hand at being the boss in a newsroom with a mission of embracing cultural diversity:

http://mije.org/diversitygame?gclid=COj12fvhqaICFRBx5QodNH1JSQ

Extra Credit - Eliminate Child Labor

Visit this site: http://borntobefree.worldvision.org.nz/EliminateChildLabour.aspx?menu=6

Look at the world of child labor in a game simulation in which you are a social worker.

Comment on your experience after the simulation.

Extra Credit - 3rd World Farmer

Visit the following website and experience the life of a 3rd world farmer:
http://3rdworldfarmer.com/
Comment on any insights you may have after playing the role.

Extra Credit - Environmental Games

Visit this website: http://ecogamer.org/environmental-games/

After playing each game, comment on the environmental theme and what you learned.

Extra Credit - Preventing Disasters Game

Visit the following website and after trying the game, comment on what you learned:
http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html

A disaster simulation game from the UN/ISDR. The core audience for this game is 9-16 year olds, but anyone can play and enjoy the game, and everyone will learn more about preventing disasters. Each scenario takes between 10 and 20 minutes to play, depending on the disaster you are trying to prevent and your skill level. There are five scenarios to play, and each can be played on easy, medium or hard difficulty levels.

Extra Credit - Play the sustainability Game

Visit the following website to play the sustainability game and build a sustainable house. http://www.mysusthouse.org/game.html Comment on what you learned.

Extra Credit - Bring up Your Grade!

Visit the following website: http://www.globalsolutions.org/multimedia/games

Play the games and comment on what game you played and the global issue theme it depicted.

U.S. Military Aid

Read the following article about U.S. military aid:
http://www.globalissues.org/article/785/military-aid

What are the pros and cons of military aid? Comment on one peer's posting.

Arizona Immigration Law

Read the following article about the new Arizona immigration law.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/politics/24immig.html

Why do you think there are widespread protests against the Arizona law? Which, if any, do you agree with and why? Which do you disagree with and why? Answer these 3 questions and comment on one peer's posting.

Your own humanitarian company

Imagine you become a billionaire like Bill Gates; he is one of the world's most generous philanthropists. Read about his foundation here:
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/Pages/foundation-fact-sheet.aspx

If you had that kind of money to spare, what kind of a foundation would you create? What would be the guiding principles of your organization?

Explain what you would like to do here and comment on one peer's posting.

current events

Search the world news on the Internet and post the story that you feel may have a global impact. Explain the story, what you think the impact may be, and why. Comment on one peer's posting.

Week 18 - Ramifications of the Oil Spill in the Gulf

What are the ramifications of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?

Visit the following websites and post 2.

http://environment.about.com/

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2010/05/07/5527

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2010/04/27/5392

Comment on one peer's posting.

Week 17 Mini Project

Choose one of the countries you are looking up on the CIA world factbook. Create a Glog about the country using the rubric handed out to you.

You will need pictures and facts about the country.

You will need a user name and password to access your glog. Make sure you put your real name on your glog.

Week 15 Afghanistan

Since many of our troops are stationed in Afghanistan or will be stationed in Afghanistan, maybe we should know something about it.

Please visit the following National Geographic Website: http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/afghanistan-guide/

Take the quiz on Afghanistan.

Explore the website and list 5 facts that you learn about the country.

Comment on one peer's posting.

Week 14 - Antibiotic resistant germs and Pandemics

What are some theories about the human caused increase in antibiotic resistant "super germs"

Post your comment with the source website.

Comment on at least one peer's posting.

Week 13 Human Trafficking

Using Internet research, find out 3 unique facts about the current situation of human trafficking.

Comment on another student's posting.

Post the website where you found the information.

Week 12 - Sweatshops

3 Definitions of sweatshops

A sweatshop is a working environment with conditions that are considered by many people of industrialized nations to be difficult or dangerous ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweatshops

sweatshop - factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

sweatshop - a factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sweatshop

Illegal conditions can include child labor, sub-minimum wages, and near slave-like treatment of human beings.

Using Internet research, find out at least 2 companies that use sweatshop produced goods.

Comment on at least one peers posting.

Week 11: State of the Earth

After watching National Geographic's State of the Earth videos: Air, Climate Change, Final Report, and Land, what is your biggest area of concern? What can be done about it? Comment on one peer's posting.

Week 10 Terrorism

Select one of the following groups and do some research online. Write 2-3 sentences describing what you learned and paste the name of the website where you got your information. Remember to carefully look at the source of information to ensure the website is reliable.
Consider the following....
Question 1: Who is the author?
Question 2: Is the information accurate?
Question 3: Is there bias?
Question 4: When was the website made?

Comment on the reliability of one of your peer's postings.

􀂊 Aum Shinrikyo
􀂊 Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso)
􀂊 Irish Republican Army (IRA)
􀂊 Falun Gong
􀂊 Basque Fatherland and Liberty
(Euskadi Ta Askatasuna --ETA)
􀂊 Kurds (Kurdish Workers Party--PKK)
􀂊 Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
􀂊 Hezbollah
􀂊 Sikh Separatists
􀂊 Tamil Tigers
(Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam--LTTE)
􀂊 Zapatista National Liberation Army
(Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional--EZLN)
􀂊 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
(Fuerzas Armadas Rvolucionarias de Colombia--
FARC)
􀂊 Abu Sayyaf
􀂊 Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
􀂊 Al Qaeda

List taken from: http://future.state.gov/educators/lessons/43401.htm

Extra Credit - King Corn

After watching the documentary "King Corn", how do you think the corn industry is related to the following trends in obesity.

United States Obesity Rate: 30.6%
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity

The number of obese and overweight children has now climbed to 30% in 30 states
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/hscout/2009/07/01/hscout628636.html

Extra Credit - Factory Farming

Warning: If you are squeamish, you may not want to read about this.

Visit the following humane society website and write about what you learned about factory farming - 3 sentences. Try to make your comments unique. Comment on one other student's posting.

http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/campaigns/factory_farming/

Extra Credit - Flow Movie - March 10

Please post your thoughts after watching the movie "Flow".

Week 9 Climate Challenge

Play this game

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/climate_challenge/

In 2-3 sentences, what did you learn about climate change?

Week 8 Darfur is Dying

Play the game Darfur is Dying: http://www.darfurisdying.com/

Write 3 sentences about what you learned from playing this game. Comment on a peer's posting

Week 7 - Life as a Refugee

Play Against All Odds, an interactive online game that teaches you about what it is like to be a refugee:

http://www.playagainstallodds.com/

Post a comment about what you learned or how you felt about Against All Odds. Comment on one peers posting.

Week 6 - Country Spreadsheet

As you gather information about global issues in different countries for your spreadsheet, share something interesting and unique about one country and comment on a peer's posting. Pay special attention to how countries compare to the U.S.

Week 5 - Life in Haiti - Hunger and Poverty

Play this game for at least 15 minutes and discuss what you learned about Haiti. (This game was created before the earthquake). Write at least 3 sentences and comment on one peer's posting.

http://www.ampgames.com/frame/YXlpdGkubmV3emNyZXcub3JnL2F5aXRpdW5pY2VmLw==/n/.html

Week 4: Child Soldiers

After creating a website and doing some research about child soldiers, what did you learn that surprised you? Make a statement of your own and comment on one other person's posting.

Week 3: Possible Solutions

Visit the following websites:
http://www.thp.org/
http://www.bread.org/learn/links.html

What are some things that we can do individually to help those in extreme poverty? What could we do as a group to help end hunger? Please brainstorm 2 original ideas and comment on at least 1 peer's idea. Be creative.

Week 2: Hunger and Poverty

Visit the following websites to learn about hunger and Poverty

http://www.poverty.com/
http://www.globalissues.org/issue/6/world-hunger-and-poverty

Please post 2 unique facts that you have discovered about hunger and poverty. Also post a comment relating to two of your peers postings. You should have 2 postings by the end of the week.

Week 1: Welcome to Global Issues

Please introduce yourself - Full name and period you are taking the class

What global issues are you interested in? 3 sentences