Population pyramids video

Today in class we watched the video clip population pyramids again and we had a class discussion about the population around the world. One thing that surprised me as we were watching the video was that in many parts of Africa people my age(14-15) are having kids. We also learned the Three stages are Pre- industrialization, Industrialization, and Post- industrialization. The united States is at stage three.

day 14

I was not in class today on 9/26/14 because I was driving to North Carolina to visit my sister at college.

First Test

Today we got back our tests and reviewed them. I got an 89 on the test, i think i did pretty good. I could have made one of my short answers more detailed but other than that i think i did good. I liked that we could use our blogs for our first test, i think it helped a lot of people if they took good notes in class. That's another thing i could take more time to do, is take more notes to make my short answer responses more detailed.

population and Settlement day 2

Today in class we took some more time to review population and Settlement, we also moved on to talking about measuring population around the world. Some important terms that we learned are..

Crude Expectancy: the average number of births per 1000 of the population.
Crude death rate: number of deaths per 1000 of the population.
RNI: (rate of natural increases) Subtract death rate from birth rate
Net immigration rate: the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during a year.
-immigration=entering
-emigration= leaving

Some interesting facts i learned while looking at the CIA world factbook
-In Akrotiri there are approximately 15,700 people living there
-The languages spoken there are English and Greek
- They use the euro

Population and Settlement

Today we started talking about Population and Settlement. We talked about the tremendous growth in population in that past few years. Over 7 billion people are living on the planet right now and is increasing by over 73 million per year. In the next few years the population will still be increasing and we will start to get overcrowded in some part, there wont be enough supply to support all of these people. There is not even enough now to help people in Chad that don't have clean water or shelter. 90% of this population growth takes place in the developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia and Latin America. We also talked about the term Life Expectancy, life expectancy mean the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year. One thing that surprised me was that the United States is very low in this. People in the United States are dying younger cause of drugs and alcohol, bad diets, no/little exercise.  

1st test

Today we took our first test in Human Geography, We got to use our blogs which helped. The test was pretty good, i think i did good on it, the only thing i would change is to take better notes in class and include them into my blogs to make them better. On today's test i felt that i had most of the information i needed except on like two questions. I think it was a good test to start out the year.

Day 8

Today was used as a review day in class, we talked about the four topics we have covered so far this unit which are, "A message to Garcia", Ancient Greece, Globalization, and the  "Did You Know 3.0" video clip. We came up with some good test questions as we talked about all our topics. Then we talked about the future, and how much is going to change in the next few years of our lives. The main thing we talked about was the new Apple watch which is going to be like a wallet. You will no longer need cash nor credit cards or I'D's, everything will be on your watch.  

Globalization

Globalization is the connection of different parts of the world, the results in expansion of international culture, economic, and political activities. Globalization has been happening for as long as we could remember, People traded products on the silk road. Now Globalization has is happening at a much faster rate, American company's are spreading throughout the world, for instants McDonald's and KFC are American owned company's and they are being spread to China. The logo's are the same but the style of the buildings are their architectural style. We also learned that BCE is Before Common Era, and BC is Before Christ.      

Day 6

Today in class we talked more about the facts in the video from yesterday. Most of these facts surprised us all. Then we talked about how English is being spoken more in China and other countries because they can communicate with the U.S better and the can get jobs. One thing that i learned today was that the word "Okay" is used world wide,everyone understand the word "Okay". Lastly we talked about where most of our products are made. mostly all products used to be made in the U.S but now China is producing mostly all of them, because its so much cheaper to have products made there, the people work for less than Americans do.    

"Did You Know?"

As i watched the "Did You Know?" video today i learned a lot of interesting facts that surprised me. The first thing that shocked me was that if Facebook were a country it would be the third largest. Facebook started off small and grew tremendously throughout a few years, knowing that, that many people are on Facebook even today surprises me because less people our age use it. The second fact is that Facebook is now available in 70 different languages. This shows how much Facebook has grown, more and more countries are using it, which shows all the different types  of people that are using just one social media. The last fact is that there are 31 billion searches on Google every month, people use Google for everything. When people have a question they go right to Google, because they usually have the answer. All of these are because of technology. Technology has become a big part of our lives, we use it everyday in school, we don't know any different. These changes effect us, its showing us how much technology has become a part of our lives but its also shown me that's its kind of taken over our lives too, in a good and bad way. Throughout the video there were many facts but these were the three that stood out the most to me.    

Revised Terms

Terms

Agora: A gathering place in the ancient Greek city states, the Agora was the center of artistic, athletic, spiritual, and political life of the city.

Arete: Moral virtue: the act of living up to ones full potential(doing your best) making up a goo character.

Polis: Center Urban area Greek city-state, citizens.

508 BC: The Birth of Democracy

Socrate: An Athens philosopher, was born in 470 BC.

The Death of Socrates: Accused guilty and punishment was death by Hemlock, He defended himself in his trial. Accused of corrupting the young of Athens, and disrespecting the Gods. A painting was created by a french painter Jacques-Louis David in 1787 of Socrates holding the poison, getting ready to drink it.

The Socratic Method: A form of inquiry and discussion between individuals, based on asking and answering questions.

An idiot (Greek): Someone who was characterized by self-centeralized and concerned almost exclusively with private.

Terms

Agora: A popular political assembly, originally a marketplace or public square.
Arete: The aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up a good character.
Polis: An ancient Greek city-state.
The year of 508 BC: A year of the Pre-Julian Roman calendar.
Socrates: An Athens philosopher
The death of Socrates: 1787 oil on canvas painting, by a French painter Jacques-Louis David.
The Socratic method: A form of inquiry and discussion between individuals, based on asking and answering questions.
An idiot (Greek): An idiot was someone who was characterized by self-centralized and concerned almost exclusively with private.
http://en.wikipedia.org/, Dictionary.com

Day 5

Today in class we talked about "A message to Garcia" for a little while. We talked about how Rowan was in all the newspapers (written by Elbert Hubbard) and that ever boss wanted a worker like Rowan. They wanted people who didn't complain, worked hard, and did what they were told the first time. People now aren't looking for jobs or don't feel like going to work. "A message to Garcia" really knowledge's us about how it used to be. The second half of class we talked about Voting for election. The United States has the least amount of people voting (53%), compared to Peru(86%), Iran(75%), and Rwanda(89%). This shows that people aren't getting up and going to vote, like people in their 20's-30's, and people that are in their 70's-80's are the ones going to vote. 

day 2

Today in human geo everyone sent their bogs in for the first half of class. Then we saw the syllabus for this course and we went over it. I learned that there is no extra credit given out during the course. Also Mr. Schick’s room is in the fine arts wing room 112, and if we ever have any questions to report to that room.

Day 4

Today in class we spent most of the time fixing our blogs. We learned more how to set up our links and how to fix our title for our pages. After we fixed our blogs we talked about the schedule for the year and where we can find it, along with the syllabus for the course, and the website for "A message to Garcia".

John Carroll

Five ways I can succeed at John Carroll are to stay organized, study, participate in class, ask questions, and be involved in school activities and sports. Staying organized will help me keep track of all assignments that are due and keep me motivated knowing that I have a system that works for me. Participating in class will help my grade and help me understand what I'm learning better if I'm engaged in class discussions. Asking Question when I'm confused will help understand what I'm learning better, so I can do better on tests and homework. Lastly, being involved in school activities and sports will help me meet new people and I can see all the school has to offer. If I can concentrate on the five things then I know I can succeed at John Carroll.