April 6 - 10

Monday -  No School!!!

Tuesday - We went over current evens. Class quiz on Australian map. The overall test will probably be on Friday. We watch a video called Girl Rising on women's rights in other countries.

Boston Bombers

  • They went through trial
  • The jury is deliberating
  • Will either get death penalty or life in prison

NFL Defender

  • He went to trial
  • Jury was deliberating
  • Tried for killing people
  • If found not guilty will be tried for two other murders

Prior Facts to Girl Rising

  • Lack of Education
  • 66 million girls aren't allowed to go to class
  • Girls face barriers in education guys don't
  • Gender violence
  • Early marriage
  • Bonded labor
  • Trafficking
  • Gender Discrimination
  • When you educate girls you transform society
  • Girl with an extra year of education can earn 20% more as an adult
  • Educated mothers are over 2x more likely to send kids to school
  • The GDP would rise by 5.5 billion if India enrolled 1% more girls
  • A child born to a literate mother is 50% more likely to survive past the age of 5
  • Access to education has increased over the last two decades 
  • Only 30% of girls worldwide are enrolled in secondary school
  • In sub-Saharan Africa, there is 76 girls for every 100 boys in upper secondary school
  • In sub-Saharan Africa the female literacy rate is 50% or less
  • Recent reduction in child death rates are linked to women's educational attainments
  • Ever year some 3 million girls aged 15-19 undergo unsafe abortions

Wednesday - We took our class quiz over Australia and did a current event. We watched a Girl Rising again. 

Climate Change

  • Environment impacts public health
  • As temp goes up
    • Wild fires
    • Insect borne diseases
    • Storms
    • Heat Strokes
    • Droughts

Thursday - We are watching Girl rising again. The Asia map is tomorrow. Taking it on paper.

Iran

  • Will only sign nuclear power deal if we lift economic sanctions against them

Friday -

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