10/28 Class
We started talking about the newspaper that we are going to do in class. It is due not this Friday but next Friday. My group that I am with have the Sudan independence.
10/26 Class
Today we had continued to watch the movies in class. We found out that John Bul recieved a letter from his family saying that his mother and sibilings are sick. So he decided that he would wire them money. All of the boys in America are going through with their promise that they would give their money that they make to their friends back at the camp.
Lost Boys of Sudan (Continued)
PART ONE: TERMS
In February 1953, the UK and Egypt made an agreement providing for Sudanese self-government and self-determination. With the consent of the British and Egyptian Governments, Sudan achieved independence on January 1, 1956.
The British failure to ensure equity for both the north and the south would have lasting effects. The Arab-led Khartoum government went back on their promises to southerners and created a federal system, which led to a rebellion by Southern troops in the Equatoria Province. Feeling cheated, these separatist Southerners began an initially low-intensity civil war aimed at establishing an independent South. This war would last seventeen years, from 1955 to 1972.
For 17 years, the southern region experienced civil strife. This constant state of rebellion within a group against the central government was suspended in 1972 after the signing of the Addis Ababa Accords granting southern Sudan wide regional self-governing community on internal matters. This led to a period of ten years of hiatus in the civil war.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/sudan-civil-war1.htm
PART THREE: WHAT WE WATCHED IN CLASS
In class we continued to watch the movie "God Grew Tired Of Us". America had allowed for some of the Lost Boys to come to America. The government arranged for them to come to America by flight and live in an apartment. In the three months of grace period they had to go to their job and make money and live on their own. After the three months the boys had to pay back the government for the plane ride to America which is pretty expensive.
- In-migration: to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory
- Out-migration: to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or territory
- Forced Migration: refers to the coerced movement of a person or persons away from their home or home region
- Net Internal Migration: any change of residence across the borders of the United States
- Movers from Abroad: people that come and move from abroad
- Internally Displaced Person(IDP): people forced to flee their homes but who, unlike refugees, remain within their country's boarders
In February 1953, the UK and Egypt made an agreement providing for Sudanese self-government and self-determination. With the consent of the British and Egyptian Governments, Sudan achieved independence on January 1, 1956.
The British failure to ensure equity for both the north and the south would have lasting effects. The Arab-led Khartoum government went back on their promises to southerners and created a federal system, which led to a rebellion by Southern troops in the Equatoria Province. Feeling cheated, these separatist Southerners began an initially low-intensity civil war aimed at establishing an independent South. This war would last seventeen years, from 1955 to 1972.
For 17 years, the southern region experienced civil strife. This constant state of rebellion within a group against the central government was suspended in 1972 after the signing of the Addis Ababa Accords granting southern Sudan wide regional self-governing community on internal matters. This led to a period of ten years of hiatus in the civil war.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/sudan-civil-war1.htm
PART THREE: WHAT WE WATCHED IN CLASS
In class we continued to watch the movie "God Grew Tired Of Us". America had allowed for some of the Lost Boys to come to America. The government arranged for them to come to America by flight and live in an apartment. In the three months of grace period they had to go to their job and make money and live on their own. After the three months the boys had to pay back the government for the plane ride to America which is pretty expensive.
Lost Boys of Sudan
The Lost Boys had to run away from their home because a civil war broke out in their villages. Then they walked to Ethiopia because the government had their own problems and it wasn't safe for those boys. In the refugee camp the Lost Boys were supplied with a safe place, a ration of food, and donated clothes.
10/20 Class
Today we went over our test that we had taken last week. I know now that I need to study the population pyramids more because I had trouble on that part of the test.
10/19 Class
Today we read some blogs about peoples' past and how they ended up here in Maryland. Then Mr. Schick showed us how we plot where we came from on a goole map that he started with his history.
Blo About My Past
My dad's grandparents were born in Pennsylvania and lived there their whole life. Only until my dad's parents did they live in New Jersey and then ended back up in Pennsylvania. My dad was born in Pennsylvania and then moved to Maryland.
My mom's great grandmother, nicknamed Bertie, was born in Switzerland and then came to the United States in Salisbury when she was in her 20's. Her last husband, Jimmy, was married to in her 70's and he was shangai when he was a young boy. He had no idea where he was born. Eventually he ended up in Philadelphia. My mom's grandmother was born in Salisbury. Her last husband was from Philadelphia, where they met, they together ended up in Salisbury. My mother's mom born in Salisbury to Harve de Grace where she met my grandfather. He was born in Havre de Grace and stayed there. This is all my mom's mom side of the family. Then my mom was born in Havre de Grace and met my father in Aberdeen at the proving ground.
My mom's great grandfather came from Ireland and had 18 kids. One of the 18 kids had gone ice skating on a river and fell through the ice and died. Her grandmother and grandfather were born in Havre de Grace. Mom's grandfather was a fisherman then sold what they caught to restaurants in New York. He also owned a tavern. My moms father was a Thoroughbred race horse official and was born in Havre de Grace. Mom's mom, called Abu, born in Salisbury then came to Havre de Grace. She worked as a teleograher which is how she was sent to Havre de Grace. This is all my mom's dad side of the family.
My dad was born in Sellersville, Pennsylvania. My mom was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland. I was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
My mom's great grandmother, nicknamed Bertie, was born in Switzerland and then came to the United States in Salisbury when she was in her 20's. Her last husband, Jimmy, was married to in her 70's and he was shangai when he was a young boy. He had no idea where he was born. Eventually he ended up in Philadelphia. My mom's grandmother was born in Salisbury. Her last husband was from Philadelphia, where they met, they together ended up in Salisbury. My mother's mom born in Salisbury to Harve de Grace where she met my grandfather. He was born in Havre de Grace and stayed there. This is all my mom's mom side of the family. Then my mom was born in Havre de Grace and met my father in Aberdeen at the proving ground.
My mom's great grandfather came from Ireland and had 18 kids. One of the 18 kids had gone ice skating on a river and fell through the ice and died. Her grandmother and grandfather were born in Havre de Grace. Mom's grandfather was a fisherman then sold what they caught to restaurants in New York. He also owned a tavern. My moms father was a Thoroughbred race horse official and was born in Havre de Grace. Mom's mom, called Abu, born in Salisbury then came to Havre de Grace. She worked as a teleograher which is how she was sent to Havre de Grace. This is all my mom's dad side of the family.
My dad was born in Sellersville, Pennsylvania. My mom was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland. I was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
Blog on My Future
In about eight years I will have graduated high school and college and be able to make important decisions on my own. Such as living where I want to live. There are so many different places that I would want to live when I am older. I would either want to live in Puerto Rico or in Orlando, Florida.
Some of the pull factors that would attract me to Puerto Rico are the weather, the language, and/or the cultures and traditions. The weather is a pull factor to me because I love being in a warm climate. Their language that people generally speak in Puerto Rico is Spanish. I have been taking Spanish since kindergarten and have been around it my whole life. I have been around the language of Spanish my whole life because my uncle and his children and grand children main language is Spanish. Those people are a major part in my life and family. Another factor that could be a pull is the specific and unique culture/traditions of the Puerto Ricans. Holiday traditions are common in a typicall Puerto Rican household.
The push forces are the opposite of pull forces. For Puerto Rico a push force for me would be that it consists mostly of mountains. However Puerto Rico does have sandy beaches on the coast and that is a plus for me. Other than that which is not a necessarily a big problem for me there are no push forces that would make me not wantto live there.
Some of the pull factors that would draw me towards Orlando, Florida are the weather, living close to part of my family, and of course Disney World and amusement parks. It is also very warm in Orlando which as I have said before that I like, a lot. Some of my family lives in Orlando and I think that it would be a bonus to live near some family members. Of course who wouldn't want to live in the same city as Disney World and major amusement parks.
A push force for me would be that the entire state is mostly covered by water and it is easy to get a hurricane come up the coast. Other than a huricane I can not think of anything that would make me want to not consider living in Orlando.
Some of the pull factors that would attract me to Puerto Rico are the weather, the language, and/or the cultures and traditions. The weather is a pull factor to me because I love being in a warm climate. Their language that people generally speak in Puerto Rico is Spanish. I have been taking Spanish since kindergarten and have been around it my whole life. I have been around the language of Spanish my whole life because my uncle and his children and grand children main language is Spanish. Those people are a major part in my life and family. Another factor that could be a pull is the specific and unique culture/traditions of the Puerto Ricans. Holiday traditions are common in a typicall Puerto Rican household.
The push forces are the opposite of pull forces. For Puerto Rico a push force for me would be that it consists mostly of mountains. However Puerto Rico does have sandy beaches on the coast and that is a plus for me. Other than that which is not a necessarily a big problem for me there are no push forces that would make me not wantto live there.
Some of the pull factors that would draw me towards Orlando, Florida are the weather, living close to part of my family, and of course Disney World and amusement parks. It is also very warm in Orlando which as I have said before that I like, a lot. Some of my family lives in Orlando and I think that it would be a bonus to live near some family members. Of course who wouldn't want to live in the same city as Disney World and major amusement parks.
A push force for me would be that the entire state is mostly covered by water and it is easy to get a hurricane come up the coast. Other than a huricane I can not think of anything that would make me want to not consider living in Orlando.
10/8/10 Class
More people than ever!
- men have more dangerous jobs (eg. lumberjack)
- women go to the doctor more than men
Measuring Population
push forces
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
- over 6.8 billion people on the planet right now
- increaasing by over 80 million per year
- 14,000 births per year
- we are going to get 7 billion sometime in 2011
- the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year
- High: Japan
- #38: US
- Low: Swaziland
- men have more dangerous jobs (eg. lumberjack)
- women go to the doctor more than men
Measuring Population
- crude birth rate: number of births per 1000 of the population
- crude death rate: number of deaths per 1,000 of the population
- net migration rate: the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year
- an excess of persons entering the country is net immigration
- -> written as a positive number
- an excess of persons entering the country is net emigration
- -> written as a negative number
push forces
- civil war
- enviromental degradation
- unemployment
- religious or ethnic persecution
- better economic oppurtunity
- better health services
- religious freedom
- political freedom
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
- average number of children born per woman
- for a population to remain the same, the TFR must be 2.1
- higher than 2.1: population rises
- lower than 2.1: population fails
- World TFR: 2.54
- US TFR: 2.05
- Europe's TFR: 1.45
- Africa's TFR: 5.14
10/7/10 Class
Today we talked about the remaining terms that we did not finish discussing yesterday. We also talked about pyramid population for a while. While looking at the United States population pyramid we noticed that it didn't really make a pyramid shape. That was because of the "baby boomers" right after World War II and the Korean War. "Baby boomers" were around the late 40's and 50's.
10/6/10 Class
Lately we have been going over our test and the answers. From looking at my test, I see that I need to study a little bit harder. Since I could do better with my grade. Today we went over the terms that we had to define for homework on Friday.
Population Studies: Defining Our Terms
1. Life Expectancy- is the expected (in the statistical sense) number of years of life remaining at a given age
2. Crude Birthrate- is the nativity or childbirths per 1,000 people per year (in estimation review points)
3. Crude Death Rate- the total number of deaths per year per 1000 people
4. Rate of Natural Increase is the crude birthrate minus the crude deathrate of a population
5. Total Fertality Rate- of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime
6. Net Migration Rate- is the difference of immigrants and emigrants of an area in a period of time
7. Population Pyramid is a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a human population
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
LIFE EXPECTANCY:
Japan- 82.12 years; 3
France- 80.98 years; 8
Kenya- 57.86 years; 189
Cuba- 77.45 years; 55
United States- 78.11 years; 49
Afganistan- 44.4 years; 219
CRUDE BIRTHRATE:
Japan- 7.64 births/1,000 population; 222
Kenya- 36.64 births/1,000 population; 29
Ethiopia- 43.66 births/1,000 population; 7
United States- 13.83 births/1,000 population; 154
Germany- 8.18 births/1,000 population; 220
CRUDE DEATH RATE:
Afghanistan- 17.83 deaths/1,000 population; 7
Kenya- 9.72 deaths/1,000 population; 67
United States- 8.38 deaths/1,000 population; 99
Japan- 9.54 deaths/1,000 population; 69
Mexico- 4.8 deaths/1,000 population; 192
TOTAL FERTILITY RATE:
Niger- 7.68 children born/woman; 1
Afghanistan- 5.5 children born/woman; 13
Japan- 1.2 children born/woman; 218
United States- 2.06 children born/woman; 126
Germany- 1.42 children born/woman; 196
NET MIGRATION RATE:
Mexico- (-)3.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 153
United States- 4.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 25
United Arab Emirates- 22.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 1
Argentina- 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 73
Saudi Arabia- (-)7.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 171
Uganda- (-)8.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 173
2. Crude Birthrate- is the nativity or childbirths per 1,000 people per year (in estimation review points)
3. Crude Death Rate- the total number of deaths per year per 1000 people
4. Rate of Natural Increase is the crude birthrate minus the crude deathrate of a population
5. Total Fertality Rate- of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime
6. Net Migration Rate- is the difference of immigrants and emigrants of an area in a period of time
7. Population Pyramid is a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a human population
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
LIFE EXPECTANCY:
Japan- 82.12 years; 3
France- 80.98 years; 8
Kenya- 57.86 years; 189
Cuba- 77.45 years; 55
United States- 78.11 years; 49
Afganistan- 44.4 years; 219
CRUDE BIRTHRATE:
Japan- 7.64 births/1,000 population; 222
Kenya- 36.64 births/1,000 population; 29
Ethiopia- 43.66 births/1,000 population; 7
United States- 13.83 births/1,000 population; 154
Germany- 8.18 births/1,000 population; 220
CRUDE DEATH RATE:
Afghanistan- 17.83 deaths/1,000 population; 7
Kenya- 9.72 deaths/1,000 population; 67
United States- 8.38 deaths/1,000 population; 99
Japan- 9.54 deaths/1,000 population; 69
Mexico- 4.8 deaths/1,000 population; 192
TOTAL FERTILITY RATE:
Niger- 7.68 children born/woman; 1
Afghanistan- 5.5 children born/woman; 13
Japan- 1.2 children born/woman; 218
United States- 2.06 children born/woman; 126
Germany- 1.42 children born/woman; 196
NET MIGRATION RATE:
Mexico- (-)3.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 153
United States- 4.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 25
United Arab Emirates- 22.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 1
Argentina- 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 73
Saudi Arabia- (-)7.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 171
Uganda- (-)8.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 173
10/1/10 Class
Today we did an assignment where we looked up terms such as life expectancy, crude birthrate, crude death rate, RNI, TFR, net migration rate, and population pyramid. Then we had to find the rates of those terms for certain countries. Some were Japan, Kenya, and United States.
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