Monday 11/3- We went over the forum post leaders posts and discussed them.
-Documentary
- Child Abuse
- 30% are likely to abuse later on in life
- 4 children die everyday
- 70% under 3
- 2.9 million reports every year
- $124 million dollars to deal with it
- Neglect is major-- more likely to happen in younger ages
- Illegal Immigration
-Current Events
- Election
- Tom Harkin making comments about Ernst
- Tom: she is really attractive and sounds nice, and many other things
- Ernst: very offended, if she would have had a male name she wouldn't this wouldn't have even been brought about
- Republicans have a greater amount in the U.S. House of Representatives
- Senate- Democrat have a little bit of a lead
- Republicans have a great chance to over take the democrat
- Joe Biden doesn't think that will happen
- Republicans have a great chance to over take the democrat
- Marijuana
- 3 elections will include legal use votes on it
- Oregon- recreational
- Alaska- recreational
- Florida- medical
- Tom Harkin making comments about Ernst
- U.N Warning
- Global Warming (Climate Change (happens over time) )
- Polar bears
- drought
- Firefighters (dryness)
- coral reef deaths
- habitats
- protects coastal areas from storm surge
- Increase in food price
- pollen allergies worsen
- glaciers melting
- migrations is changing in animals
- It is believed by many that humans are the major cause of it
- Global Warming (Climate Change (happens over time) )
- World Trade Center
- Reopening new building
Tuesday 11/4-
-Illegal Immigration:
- Obama's Plan
- Strengthen Boarder security
- So people from Mexico don't cross over to the U.S
- They are cracking down on employers that hire undocumented workers
- E-verify system
- Set up to verify that their employees are not illegal
- Creating a path to earned citizenship
- He wants the immigrants to start paying taxes
- They can then gain their citizenship
- Children born in US
- if a baby is born in the US but the parents are illegal
- the baby is a US citizen
- if a young child is brought in illegally-- to gain citizenship
- They can join military
- Or go to college
- if a baby is born in the US but the parents are illegal
- Streamlining our Legal Immigration System
- to make it easier to become a US citizen
- He wants the immigrants to start paying taxes
- Strengthen Boarder security
-Documentary:
- Landmines-
Explosives underground
4000 people are killed every year because of them
- Every 1 in 5 deaths is a child
- In 1999- over 25000 injured and most killed in the US
Allowed in Korea in demilitarized areas
They put them in place for defensive to keep people out of an area- signs are up to warn people
Cold war is when they went into place mostly for protection of an area to keep people out
Medal detectors are being used to find them and maybe rid of them
Used by government groups or terrorist groups
Wednesday 11/5-
-Voting
- Legalizing Marijuana
- recreational use
- Alaska
- recreational use
- Republicans dominated for governor elections
- Males generally vote Democrat
- African Americans, Minorities, and young people vote
- Democrat
- many don't end up voting
- Democrat
- Republicans usually get out to vote
- Age
- Young= democrat
- Older= republican
- 40% were moderates= vote either side-- flip flop between parties
Thursday 11/6-
Mr. Bruns gone--- watching video
Terms:
- Illegal Immigration
- Dream Act
- Pathways to Citizenship ( Obama's Plan )
- Amnesty
- Anchor Kids--- if born in the US you are a legal citizen even if both parents are illegal
Friday 11/7-
Comments
Good job!