12-15-14 class

Today in Human Geo we did exam review. He posted to his blog very small details about the exam. So he went through the blog explaining the portion of the test is worth. The multiple choice is 2/3 of the exam and the essay portion is 1/3 of the test. He answered any questions that we had about the exam. Also, on the blog post gave us the essay choices for the exam tom. He said there are three essay options and that we have to do two of them. Another thing he explained was the effect the exam grade will do to are current grade. He said it might be a good idea to decide which essay questions we will do tonight and write out what we would write for the exam tom to get an idea of what we should write tom. Today, I left early during class to go get prepared for the Christmas concert for the student body.

12-12-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we had a Christmas Party. There were a few people who had brought in food for the Christmas Party. I brought in chocolate chip cookies for the party. So once we got to class and got organized we set up the food on tables and then we could get up and hang out. For the party, we had a lot of cookies. While we ate we also put on some Christmas music. We had are part for the first 45 minutes of class. After that, Mr. Schick went over the political geography test with us. I got a total of 17 questions wrong. On the test, I got a 43% on the test. So, he told the class that if we wanted to get our grade on the test up to a possible score of 70% that we could come Monday after school to the TV Studio and re take it. After we finished that the class was over so we packed up the food and went to the advisory. The extra food that I brought in, I took to advisory with me.

12-11-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we went over the quiz that we had. When we came into to class we waited for Mr. Schick to get there. Once he came in he told us that we would be going over the quiz today. But, before we did this Gabby made the announcement about are Christmas party tom. Next, Mr. Schick gave back the question sheets and the answer documents. So then he went around the room and each person read the question and the answer. I got a total of 10 questions wrong. I got a 70% on this quiz. When we got to a question that I got wrong, when they read the answer I would bubble in the correct answer in red. As we always do we get to keep the question and answer documents to help us study for exams. After we went over that quiz he gave back the political geography test and he said that we would go over tom.

12-10-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we had a quiz. When we came into class we studied some while we waited for Mr. Schick to get here. When Mr. Schick came in some people said happy birthday to him because his birthday was yesterday. After that, Mr. Schick gave out a cookie to everyone. Next, everyone, put their stuff away and he handed out the scan tron sheet. He then had me move my seat since I was really close to a lot of people. Once that happened, he handed out the question sheet. For the most part, the test was easy. There were a few hard questions, but I made my best guess. I think I did really well on the test. I think I got an “A” or a very high “B”. After I turned in the test I went back to my regular seat and did my blog for the day.

12-8-14

Forgot to post it. I typed it, but forgot to post it.

 

Today in Human Geo we reviewed for the test. What we did to review was Mr. Schick when through the PowerPoints for this unit. When we got to a slide with stuff that we should know for the test, he told us that we should know this information. Some important information for the religions is the number of adherents, the major sections of the religion, their holy book, and their founder. One possible question is “What is the largest religion?” The answer would be Christianity. Another piece of important information is the types of cultural items we talked about. The examples of cultural characteristics would be language, religion, and ethnic heritage. Language is one of the main cultural things you will learn from hearing what is said around you. Another piece of important information is that Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English are there official languages. Canada has provinces and not states.

12-5-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we completed the Cultural Geography PowerPoint and the five major religions PowerPoint. The five major religions are- Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The European Union is the Organization of Petroleum exporting countries. One example of a political alliance is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The largest religion in the world is Christianity with 2.2 billion adherents. We call them Christians. The main places where you would find Christians are Europe, America, and Southern Africa. The denominations of this religion are the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, Protestants, etc. The founder is Jesus Christ and this religion is an Abrahamic origin. The holy book is the Bible, especially the New Testament. The next largest religion is Islam because it has 1.5 billion adherents. Another religion we talk about was Hinduism. It has a total of 1.1 billion adherents. The next religion we studied is Buddhism. The total number of adherents is 500 million to 1.5 billion. The last religion we studied was Judaism. The total number of adherents are 14-18 million.

12-4-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we did a couple things. When we came into to class the first thing we did was a fire drill because there was a school wide fire drill. So we followed the procedures for a fire drill. After the fire drill, we went back inside. The fire drill did not take that long. Next, Mr. Schick did a song on his guitar along with playing it through his computer. The song was about the movie we watched which was Slumdog Millionaire. After he did that, we continued on the Cultural Geography unit. Today we talked about religion. Religion is one of the main cultural things you learn while in your young years. The people in a certain religion will refuse to get their picture taken unless they have the ting they wear on their head. Also, we talked about the Pastafarianism religion that was created as a joke to prove a point.

12-3-14 Class

I had typed it up, but forgot to publish it.

Today in Human Geo we continued on the Cultural Geography Unit. One thing I learned is that language is one of the main cultural things you would learn just from hearing what is being said around you. Brazil is the only South American nation that does not speak Spanish. It speaks Portuguese. Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English are there official language they have provinces. Another thing is that Switzerland has many languages and very little conflict between the groups. English is the common business language in the world. Many people learn English as there 2^nd language if it is not there 1^st language. Another topic we discussed today is Ethnic Heritage. In Yugoslavia, there were many ethnics groups combined into one nation. When strong leadership in that country died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries. In Korea and Japan they mainly have one ethnic group.

12-1-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we continued watching the move. Where we started today was almost to the end of the movie. In the movie, the contestant was to the last question until he won the whole thing. He was on a game show called “Who wants to be a Millionaire?” Right as they got to the last question they ran out of time so they had to wait until the next time. When the next time it came on He said the last question and he went for it. He used his last help which was phone a friend. The phone a friend option did not help him find the answer. So since he did not know the answer he just made a guess. His guess though happen to be correct. Everyone went wild and was happy for him. After the movie, we went back to the room we usually meet in and discussed the movie.

11-24-14

Today in Human Geo we continued to watch the movie. In the move Jamel is on a Game show called who wants to be a Millionaire. During the show there are flashbacks to his childhood of when he learned the answers to the questions. In Jamel’s childhood his brother and him would get beat up a lot and had to run from a group of men. In the game show he is doing really well and has gotten every question right so far. He also has two out of three of the help choices he had. In the movie, it also has Jamel trying to find his brother who is an architect. Also, there is a group of people who are questioning Jamel because they do not know how he is answering these questions because professors and lawyers have not been able to answer these questions. They accuse him of cheating. At the part of the movie that we are at, He is at the last question.

11-21-14 Class

For today’s blog, we are to list the differences between the Slums and the US cultural. There is a big difference in the two cultures. One difference is in the way they are treated. In the slums, they are tortured and they would be hit with bats and other things, they would be chased, and they would be shocked. Also, the police does not protect them, like the police in the US would do. Another huge difference is the area where they live. Their houses are not big at all. Also, the area around them are dirty and have a lot of trash. Another thing is that their bathrooms was an open sewer that was right next to the river that they bathed in, washed their clothes in, and even drink out of. Currently in the movie, these older men are trying to catch Jamel and his friend because they ran away. The reason they ran away is because they were doing mean things to them.

11-20-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we watched a movie. The movie was about the people who lived in India who were poor and lived in bad areas. We only watched part of the movie. The part of the movie that we watched was very sad to see. The area they lived in was very dirty. Also, it had a ton of trash in the river and on the land. Another thing is that their bathrooms were right next to the river that they bathed in, washed their clothes in, and drank from. The police there were not friendly and did not protect them. They would chase after young children. The children would throw stuff at them when they would chase them. In addition to that the police would torture people to get the truth out of them. They would shock them and they would also hit them. But, instead of telling the truth they would just start saying anything because they were tired of getting tortured.

11-19-14 Class

Today in Human Geo Mr. Schick was absent. Since he was absent, Mr. Schick posted something to his blog. Our assignment was to look up songs that had to do with push forces or pull forces. This assignment was extra credit, so we did not have to do it. I decided not to do it because I could not find any songs that had something to do with push or pull forces. The next assignment we had to do was create a blog post with the anthem for the country we did for our project. We had to include the lyrics (in English), what it sounded like, and how it compared to the US. Our group had already done this assignment so we did not have to do it today. If we had completed all those assignments we were allowed to do other homework. So, since I was done all assignments, I got to work on other homework.

11-17-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we did a few things. When we came into class, Mr. Schick said that he had not graded the essay part of the test, but that he would show us our grade for the multiple choice section of the test. I did not do well at all on the test. After each person saw their test grade, we started the next section. The next section is Cultural Geography. To begin the section, he showed us a map of the US and how the different sections of the US call a carbonated drink. Some people call it “Pop”, some people call it “Coke” and some people call it “Soda”. The thing that decides what a new born baby calls it depends on what they here others call it. Cultural characteristics are parts of a group’s everyday life. They are the ideas and themes which the group will teach to all members. These same characteristics can also link or decide a region. Some examples of cultural characteristics would be language, religion, and ethnic heritage.

Class Assigment

Here is the National anthem for the US:

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

11-13-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we were supposed to have a quiz. We were going to have a quiz today in Human Geo, but Mr. Schick decided to postpone the test until Thursday. The reason he did this was because he had created a study guide to help us study for the quiz, and he added a link to other people’s presentations to the really good ones. Last night people e-mailed Mr. Schick telling him that they did not have access to the presentations. So, he said that he would correct that issue today. So, since we did not have the quiz today he let us do whatever we wanted to for the rest of class. So, some people talked with their friends. Some people studied. Some people studied for the test while talking with their friends. While other people just did other things on their computers. I am glad he postponed the test because then that gave me extra time to study.

11-12-14 Class

Sorry! This is 1 day late!

Today in Human Geo we were supposed to have a quiz. We were going to have a quiz today in Human Geo, but Mr. Schick decided to postpone the test until Thursday. The reason he did this was because he had created a study guide to help us study for the quiz, and he added a link to other people’s presentations to the really good ones. Last night people e-mailed Mr. Schick telling him that they did not have access to the presentations. So, he said that he would correct that issue today. So, since we did not have the quiz today he let us do whatever we wanted to for the rest of class. So, some people talked with their friends. Some people studied. Some people studied for the test while talking with their friends. While other people just did other things on their computers. I am glad he postponed the test because then that gave me extra time to study.

11-10-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we did several of things. When we came into class he told us that we had a test on Wednesday. He told us it was going to have the information on the leaders. He also said that it would have multiple choice questions on the test. After he explained to us what is going to be on the test, he told us that parent conferences are on Thursday. He said, if you do badly on the test that if our parents are conferencing with him, that he will mention the test. After he told us all of that we just did our own thing. If we had any questions about the test, we could ask him in class. I just did things on my computer for the rest of class. A lot of people just did things on their laptops. Reece had a discussion with Mr. Schick about our Government. That is what we did in class today.

Classes 11-6-14 and 11-7-14

I WAS NOT IN CLASS ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY BECAUSE OF THE SHOW! THE SHOWS WENT WELL ON BOTH DAYS!!

Class 11-5-14

Today in Human Geo we started to present our country projects to the class. The first group who went was Germany. Their government is a federal republic. A federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government. Their current leader in Germany is Chancellor Angela Merkel, this is her third term. Also, in Germany, they also have a president. But, the president does not have a big role in the government. They elect the president every four years. The president can be impeached, but there is no point in impeaching the president since they don’t have a big role. After they finished, we could ask them questions about the country they did. Next, the people who did France did their presentation. They shared information on the government and their leader. France’s current leader is Francois Hollande. After they went, my group went which did the US. The current leader is Barack Obama which is our president. We then talked about the impeachment process. How it works is that if the House of Representatives decides to impeach the president, then the senate tries the accused. If the senate convicts the accused, then they are removed from office immediately. The type of government in the US is a federal republic. After that, we gave a little description on why we are a federal republic. When we were done, class was over.

11-3-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we worked on our projects. We were originally supposed to present our projects today, but Mr. Schick asked us if we would like another day to work on our projects. We said yes. So, Mr. Schick gave us another day. So, I pulled up our PowerPoint and added some information. I looked up the number of president that were impeached in the US. The answer was one. The one president who got impeached was Andrew Johnson. The reason he got impeached is because he removed the Secretary of War without the Senate’s approval. He was impeached on February 24^th, 1868. The reason there is only one president who got impeached. That is because, if you disagree with the president’s opinions, you can’t just impeach the president for that. A lot of people want to impeach presidents just for disagreeing with them. Today, our group got done our project and is ready to present.

11-1-14 Blog

Today in Human Geo we worked on our countries project. When we came into to class we started by reviewing the answers to the pop quiz. So, he gave back the quizzes and we went over the answers to make sure we had the right answers. After that he told us that we would be presenting our projects on Monday. So, if we did not finish in class that we had to finish it this weekend. So, James and I continued to work on our project. I was researching to find if Barack Obama had any impeachable offenses against him. But, I was not finding any information about that topic. Some impeachable offenses are Treason, Bribery, any High Crimes, etc. The US is a Federal Republic. We are part democracy, but mostly republic. The reason is because we vote on the people who represent us. Also, we vote on bills occasionally, but most of the time the people who represent us do.

10-29-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we continued working on our project. For the Project James and I did the US. When we came into to class we reviewed where we were in the project. After that, we got in our groups and started working. So, I looked up information on Barrack Obama the President for the US. His term lasts for another two years. After that, we started thinking of ideas on how we could get rid of the President. The first idea is impeachment. We then made slides about the impeachment process. Some impeachable offenses are: Treason, Bribery, High Crimes, and not enforcing the laws. When I was doing research on the impeachment process, I found that
Barrack Obama has some impeachable offenses against him. If the House of Representatives decides to impeach the President, the Senate then tries the accused and the Senate is sworn in as jurors. If convicted by the Senate, then they are removed from office immediately and the Senate can take a second vote to determine if the President can hold a public office in the future.

10-27-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we did several of things. The first thing we did was review what we have done with Political Geography. After that he explained an assignment we would be doing in class. The assignment is that we will have a partner and we would choose a country. Then, we would look up information on their leader, the type of government, and ways to over throw the leader. He told someone to go up to the board and have them right down the groups. My partner is James Pennington. After, each person had a partner, he went over the assignment again. After that, he told one person in each group to go to google drive and create a power point presentation online. So, I did that. Next, he said once you created the document, he told us to give it a title and invite are group members. He also said to invite him.

10-24-14 class

Today in Human Geo we had a pop quiz. Also, today in class we had a few shadows. Before we started the pop quiz, the hosts introduced their shadows. Next, Mr. Schick gave out the answer sheet and the quiz paper. I found that the quiz was quite hard. He also had the shadows take the quiz. After everyone had completed the quiz Mr. Schick collected the quizzes and said that we would find out what we got in five minutes. So he picked up the answer sheets and walked out if the room. After a few minutes he returned and he said he would ring the bell once if you got an A. No one in our class got an A. So he called each person one by one. I got a 67% on my quiz. Both shadows got a 48%. After each person saw their grade we were allowed to start our blog for today.

10-23-14 Class

Today in Human Geo the class discussed some of the information about the leaders. Each person shared a piece of information that they found about a leader. I found 2 to 3 pieces of information for each leader. Also, after a person would share, the class would talk about that leader a little bit more. The piece of information that I shared was that President Enrique Pena Nieto received 38% of the votes in the election. Another piece of information I found is that President Enrique Pena Nieto announced his presidential candidacy in September of 2011, four days after he left the office of governor. He officially registered in November of 2011. Chancellor Angela Merkel earned a doctorate as a physical chemist. She entered politics in the wake of the revolutions of 1989. Today was a very productive class because we got a lot of work done. Also, we learned a lot about the different leaders.

10-22-14 Class

Today in Human Geo we talked about the information that we came up with. I had come up with 4 pieces of information for each leader. Almost each person had shared one piece of information.

President Enrique Pena Nieto:

1.     He announced his presidential candidacy in September of 2011, four days after he left the office of governor.

2.     He officially registered in November of 2011.

3.     He received 38% of the votes in the election.

Chancellor Angela Merkel:

1.     She earned a doctorate as a physical chemist.

2.     She entered politics in the wake of the revolutions of 1989.

President Bashar al- Assad:

1.     He attended post- graduate studies at the Western Eye Hospital.

2.     In 1994, his older brother got killed in a car crash.

President Xi Jinping:

1.     He served as the Governor of Fujian between 1999 and 2002.

2.      He is now the leader of the People’s Republic’s fifth generation leadership.

Prime Minister David Cameron:

1.     Cameron first stood for parliament of Stafford in 1997.

2.     He rose to become head of policy co-ordination during the 2005 general election campaign.

 Monarch Elizabeth II:

1.     She visited the Republic of Ireland.

2.     She was born in London and privately educated at home.

President Pranab Mukherjee:

1.     Mukherjee was sidelined from the congress during the premiership of Rajiv Gandhi, Indira’s son.

2.     When the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) came into power in 2004, Mukherjee, never a mass leader.

 

President Francois Hollande:

1.     He was born in Rouen to a middle class family.

2.     His mother was a social worker.

Emperor Akihito:

1.     During the American firebombing raids on Tokyo in March 1945, Akihito and his younger brother, Prince Masahito, were evacuated from the city.

2.     Although he was Heir-Apparent to the Chrysanthemum Throne from the moment of his birth.

President Vladimir Putin:

1.     He was an officer in the KGB, for 16 years.

2.     He rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel before he retired to enter politics in his native Saint Petersburg in 1991

President Dilma Rousseff:

1.     After her release, Rousseff rebuilt her life in Porto Alegre with Carlos Araújo, who would be her partner for 30 years.

2.     Both helped found the Democratic Labour Party.

President Reuven Rivlin:

1.     He was first elected to the 12^th Knesset in 1988.

2.     He also served as Likud chairman from 1988 to 1993.

 

Bibliography:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Pe%C3%B1a_Nieto

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cameron

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Hollande

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihito

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilma_Rousseff

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuven_Rivlin

 

10-21-14 Class Copy #2- Added information

Tonight’s assignment is to add two facts about each leader. Also, to add more information tomorrow.

 

President Enrique Pena Nieto:

1.     He is a member of the institutional revolutionary party.

2.     He also served as governor of the State of Mexico.

3.     He became President after the 2012 general election.

4.     He took office on December 1, 2012.

Chancellor Angela Merkel:

1.     He is a former research scientist.

2.     She has been the Chancellor of Germany since 2005 and the leader of the Christian Democratic Union. She is the first woman to hold either position.

3.     She was the first German Chancellor, born after World War II.

4.     She was also the first post- reunification Chancellor to be raised in the former East Germany.   

President Bashar al- Assad:

1.     He has served as president since 2000.

2.     He is also the General Secretary of the Ba’ath Party and Regional Secretary of the party’s branch in Syria.

3.     He graduated from the medical of Damascus University in 1988.

4.     He worked as a physician in the army.

 President Xi Jinping:

1.     He is the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China.

2.     He is also the Chairman of the Central Military Commission.

3.     Since he holds the top offices of the party, state, and military some people refer to him as China’s paramount leader.

4.     He rose through the ranks politically in China’s coastal provinces.

Prime Minister David Cameron:

1.     He is the leader of the Conservative Party.

2.     He represents Witney as its Member of Parliament.

3.     He studied philosophy, politics, and economics.

4.     He gained a first- class honours degree in 1988

 

Monarch Elizabeth II:

1.     She is the constitutional monarch of 16 of 53 member states.

2.     She is also Head of Common wealth and Supreme Governor of the Church of England.

3.     Upon her accession on February 6, 1952, she became the head of common wealth.

4.     She also became queen regnant of seven independent commonwealth countries.

President Pranab Mukherjee:

1.     He has been President since 2012.

2.     He was also a Union Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012.

3.     He has had a political career for six decades.

4.     He got his break in politics in 1969.

President Francois Hollande:

1.     He was the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party.

2.     He also served in the National Assembly twice.

3.     He became President with the election of May 2012.

4.     He also was a governor of Tulle.

Emperor Akihito:

1.     He is the eldest son and fifth son.

2.     He acceded to the throne in 1989.

3.     He is the 125^th in his line.

4.     He was raised and educated by his private tutors an attended the elementary and Secondary departments of the Peers' School.

President Vladimir Putin:

1.     He had been President of Russia since May 7, 2012.

2.     He was the Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000.

3.     He was the Prime Minister of Russia again from 2008 to 2012.

4.     He was also the chairman of United Russia.

President Dilma Rousseff:

1.     She is the first woman to hold this office.

2.     She was previously the Chief of Staff of the President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from 2005 to 2010.

3.     She was the daughter of a Bulgarian entrepreneurs.

4.     She became a socialist during her youths.

 

President Reuven Rivlin:

1.     He has been President of Israel since 2014.

2.     He was a member of the Likud Party.

3.     He was Minister of Communications from 2001 to 2003.

4.     He is a strong supporter of minority rights.