Afghan girls learning to read the Koran in the mosque in Kabul
A monk in Bangkok looking for shelter after the devastating flood that caused many to lose their homes.
Focus Picture
Two men crying over the loss of friends and family that the 7.2 earthquake has caused them. This photo can really show the effect of the people that it directly influences first hand. Also it shows in the background all the workers disparately looking for any survivors that the might be able to save, while those two men stand by anxiously. Reflection This week in class we split up into groups and did a cultural assignment. Each group shared information using google documents about certain country's in the world, sharing things like their popular music and clothing. Also sharing the popular foods from that country with the whole class by bringing in samples for everyone to eat.
The RENA ship spilling oil close to the coast of New Zealand. Crews trying their hardest to stop the spill before storms come.
Greek riot police getting paint and rocks thrown at them by a march of Greek protesters.
People walking on one side of a flooded highway in the suburbs of Bangkok, Thailand, the country's worst floods in half a century. The country battled to protect Bangkok for rising waters
Focus Picture
Ashes reaming from a house in Texas due to the wildfires throughout the state. This fire covers a large area of people and causing forced migration due to all the houses being burned to ashes.
LEARNING REFLECTION
This week we learned about Cultural Geography. First we looked at a diagram of the United States about what percent of people call a frizzly beverage, soda or pop and where the people who answered are from, showing how culture can affect the way you talk. Also we learned about cultural traits, like Language, Ethnic Heritage, and Religion. Also about Spatial Divisions, which is how we divide the livable space found on the earth by establishing social, economic, and political control, and the reasons for that. These cultural divisions can be found all over the world in every continent
Article 1: "Nobel Peace Prize Shared Between 3 Women" on PRI the world.
This article is about 3 women from Yemen who were all awarded the Nobel peace prize due to their “non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.” The Norweigian Nobel Comity hopes that giving these awards to these women will suppress the mistreatment of women in 3rd world countries.
Article 2: "Remembering Steve Jobs – Apple’s Impact in Africa" on PRI the world.
This article is about how the impact of Steve Jobs will not only affect people in the western world but also in Africa, and how they were affected by the influence of the apple company too.
Article 3: "Islamist Cleric Killed in Yemen" on PRI the world.
This article is about the two american citizens killed from a drone strike in Yemen this past week. Obama is proud that they killed him even though they are technically american citizens from this quote,"killing of American-born cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki is a major blow to al-Qaeda".
Article 4: "Single mother of four, grandmother, and company commander in Afghanistan" on MSNBC
This article is about a girl group leader in Afghanistan who controls over 4,000 soldiers and the effect of her being a high leader in the army.
FOCUS ARTICLE
Article 5: "Back to School in Libya, and Struggling to Adjust" on NYTimes
This article is about Libya's push to get more kids back in school. Libya is making a huge stand in the government to make their future generation smarter, instead of just forcing them to join the army. This is a major move in the country of Libya because having the future generations smarter, Libya can move forward as a country. Some city's in Libya are having trouble with these changes, but soon all the city's in Libya will get used to this new push for knowledge. This can hugely effect Human Geography because if Libya becomes a smarter country, they might become one of the world powers, and might change the standings of countries which would effect farming and goods production.
LEARNING REFLECTION: This week in Human Geography we watched a video about population growth/decrease and how this generations choices to not have kids in certain countries will greatly affect the future generations because it will be so small in countries like Japan and Russia. We looked at Population Pyramids and saw how some countries are very offset then what they should be, like India had too many kids and Japan had too little kids, and how Americas was almost perfect. Also we learned about Human Migration and and the 5 reasons why someone would migrate from one countries to another or by force IDP or refugee.
