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