Project

This is my project on Sub-Saharan Africa.


Nigeria: developing
- Pop- 149,229,090
- TFR- 4.91 children
- Birth rate- 36.65 births/1000
- Death rate- 16.56 deaths / 1000
- Life exp. - 46.94
- Infant mort.- 94.35/1000
- Independence - October 1st. From U.K











Ethiopia: developing
- Pop- 85,237,338
- TFR- 6.12 children
- Birth rate- 43.66/ 1000
- Death rate- 11.55/ 1000
- Life expectancy- 55.41
- Infant mort. - 80.8/1000
- Independence- 2000 years of independence











Sudan: developing
- Pop- 41,087,825
- TFR- 4.48 children
- Birth- 33.74/ 1000
- Death- 12.94/1000
- Life- 51.42
- Infant mort.- 82.43/1000
- Independence- Jan 1, 1956 from Egypt and U.K.












Kenya: Developing
- Pop- 39,002,772
- TFR- 4.56 children
- Birth- 36.64/1000
- Death- 9.72/1000
- Life- 57.86
- Infant mort.- 54.7/1000
- Independence- Dec. 12 , 1963 from UK











South Africa: Developing
- Pop- 49,052,489
- TFR- 2.38
- Birth- 19.93/1000
- Death- 16.99/1000
- Life- 48.98
- Infant mort.- 44.42/1000
- Independence- may 31, 1910, Union of South Africa











America: Developed
- Pop- 307,212,123
- TFR- 2.05
- Birth- 13.82/1000
- Death- 8.38/1000
- Life- 78.11
- Infant mort. - 6.26/1000
- Independence- July 4 1776 from Great Britain

New project

Today we handed in our research project and learned that we have a new one. We worked on this small project for the remainder of the class. These are the directions for the 3 day research project:

Gather the following background information for these sub-Saharan nations (plus our fine country) in your OneNote.

After you have completed your research, post it on your blog. This is due Friday, December 18.

50 points.



NIGERIA, ETHIOPIA, SUDAN, KENYA, SOUTH AFRICA (and, for comparison purposes, the USA)



1. What is the Total Population of each of these nations?

2. What is the TFR?

3. What is the Crude Birth Rate?

4. What is the Crude Death Rate?

5. What is the overall Life Expectancy?

6. What is the infant mortality rate?

7. What is their colonial experience? Who did they gain their independence from, and when?


Find and copy a map of each country, along with the country's flag.


Find and copy a population pyramid for each nation.


Would you consider each of these nations a developed country or a developing country? Why?

Paper and Quiz

Today in class we took the "God Grew Tired of Us" quiz and then we could do what we wanted. Most of us worked on our Latin American paper.

Latin America paper

On Friday the class peer edited our Latin American papers and we got to work on them. we also finished the video and here are some of my notes:

- 2 million people killed
- Civil war started in 1983
- Get kicked out of refugee camp
- Kakuma Refugee camp- run by U.N.
- Muslims and Christians and animists
- 5 years to get safe
- Sometimes went days or months without food
- Went to school and then wait for a better future
- They didn’t know what to do
- Daniel and panther live together in Pittsburgh
- Bull lives in New York
- 17 years of separation
- Panther gets married - bachelors degree- Pittsburgh
- Daniel- community college- couldn’t find family
- John Bul- Foundation- working on bachelors degree-medical clinic

Video questions

these are the questions and answers from the video.

1. What Academy Award winning actress narrates the documentary?
- Nicole Kidman

2. In what countries does the film take place?
- Ethiopia and Kenya

3. List the main characters of the film.
- Panther Bior, John Bul Boehn, and Daniel Abul Pach

4. Define refugee
- Someone who flees their country to save their lives

5. Define IDP
- Internationally displaced person

6. The film centers around a group of boys. What are they called?
- The lost boys of Sudan

7. Track the movement of the boys after they leave their homes in their original country (the
answer to number 2).
- They went to Ethiopia and then Kenya

8. What are some major differences between the lives of the boys and your own life,
specifically when they are living in the refugee camps?
- They sometimes can't have food for days and they live in bad conditions.

9. What are some of the difficulties that they boys must deal with when they arrive in the United States? How are their lives different in the United States in comparison to their home countries?
- They don’t know what some things are or what to do with them. Their lives are different because they now have indoor plumbing and modern things. The boys are lonely because they used to live with a group of people everyday.

10. Answer the following question only after you conclude the viewing of the film:
The title of the film, "God Grew Tired of Us", seems to be somewhat ironic after hearing the account of the boys first hand. Explain why the title is ironic using specific examples from the film. Do the boys really believe that God had abandoned them? Or is their faith stronger than ever? Why? Give examples.
- The boys felt that God abandoned them when fleeing Sudan but now their faith is stronger. It is because they have been put in a better place. Panther says that back in the camp everyone celebrated the birth of Jesus so they are very faithful.

Video

Today we continued watching the video "God Grew Tired of us." here are my notes:
- 2 million people killed
- Civil war started in 1983
- Get kicked out of refugee camp
- Kakuma Refugee camp- run by U.N.
- Muslims and Christians and animists
- 5 years to get safe
- Sometimes went days or months without food
- Went to school and then wait for a better future
- They didn’t know what to do
- Daniel and panther live together in Pittsburgh
- Bull lives in New York

Latin America

Today in class we researched for our Latin American paper.
here are my notes:

- "The impact of drug abuse and drug-related violence in U.S. communities is devastating. Government estimates put the total cost at more than US$110 billion a year. Drug production and trafficking are also a serious threat to Latin American countries, eroding governments and institutions through corruption, fueling political violence and common crime, and distorting local economies."
- Colombia has been in civil conflict for 40 years
- Political violence is an effect of drug trafficking
- The U.S. has interest in Colombia, economic interest
- Many Americans have different ideas to stop the Drug trafficking in America
- Drugs are coming into America
- This could create a war which is debated on if that is the best method to stop the drugs coming in
- For many years the coca plant has provided income for the peasants in the Andean countries- governments need to work on alternatives to the drug trafficking.
- The U.S. is paying the Peruvian airforce to look for drug trafficking planes and to let the U.S know of any
- Millions of dollars are going to the Latin American drug problem.
- The United States is the world's leading consumer of illicit drugs
- Trafficking in Colombia is causing political violence, common crime, government corruption, distorting local economies
- 20 politically killings in one day in Colombia
- Only peace within Colombia can help solve the drug problem
- Colombian President Andres Pastrana has agreed to seek a peaceful solution to the problem
- He has met with representatives of the large and well-trained anti-government guerrilla organization, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, usually called FARC) and created a demilitarized zone for peace negotiations in southern Colombia. To date, FARC guerrillas have not taken advantage of this opening by moving forward on peace talks. It is clear that the peace process will be long and arduous.
- Possible solution- the use of herbicides to eradicate coca and poppy crops

Citation:
Amatangelo, Gina. "The Expanded U.S. Drug War in Latin America: A Downed Missionary Plane Places the Spotlight on the Andean Initiative." History Behind the Headlines: The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide. Ed. Sonia G. Benson. Vol. 4. Detroit: Gale Group, 2002. Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. John Carrol School. 1 Dec. 2009 .