We started by going over the Asian maps. The Currents events/planet in peril/un mill./Dem and Rep difference/political system test is starting tomorrow and its a group test. Its four groups of four. SO tomorrow it will probalby be over the vocab and the dem/reb. powerpint. And teh rest will be monday.Greenland melting=this guy who has been studying greenland found a new island there because the ice is melting there by global warming. And new islands are forming cuz of this.Polar bears at risk=the arctic is melting so they swim after their food and causes them to drown. THey are endagered species probably cuz of global warming.Carterets islands are sinking=these people live on this island in the middle of the ocean are starting to sink becasue the water level is rising. The coral reef around themis dying off.Lake Chad is dissappearing= This lake is located in Africa and its drying because of 1) overuse 2)global warming. THe people there are getting sick and skinnier becasue the food is getting more scarce.Global Warming crisis or hype= Senetor James Inhoffe doesnt believe in global warming and speaks out about it. He says that its a natural process saying humans are causing this.Amazon protection force= A group of people go around and find trails that are pouching illegally and killing trees in the amazon. People go to the Amazon Rainforset for many reasons like....people are poor so the rain forest is where they can get meat, trees, burning soil for good nutrients etc.Journey to the Kraho indians= these are the indians that live in this rainforest and they protect themselves and their homes from pouchers etc. Save the rainforest; they patrol just liek anyone else.Enviormental Racism= A hispanic town in Texas had a kid that got cancer from all the factory smoke in the air. The people that build these factories try and build them in poor areas. So they were saying that poor people had to deal with that. That's why its called enviormental racism.Sister dying= the girl tryingto preach about saving the rainforest and is shot in teh head while wlaking one day. She prayed before she died.**There is a podcast over politcal vocab. There is a podcast and powerpoint over the dem/rep differences.Un Millineum goals: Study the facts sheet on the cwi page. He will give the goal and we have to explain why its a problem and then define whether its getting better or worse etc. THis will be the last thing we test.
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