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Friday October 14

7B - Environmental Sustainability

  • Reduce biodiversity loss
  • Failed target - 2010
  • over 17k species threatened

Child Health

  • reduce child mortality rate by 2/3 between 1990 and 2015
  • 884 million people lack acess to safe water...1 in 8 people
  • diarrhea kills 1.6
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Friday, October 14, 2011

We continued with our presentations.

Continuation from last post: We are failing to keep uo with the urban poor. There is a lack of land and shelter for them, they need more medical care, and natural resources. There are too many diseases in the slums

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Friday, October 14, 2011

Presentations:Environmental Substainability.Part 1: Josh B.A Main Topic:Deforestaion. clearing of trees, can happen naturally or purpously.Reasons for Deforestation: -Lumber, -coal, -pasture, -plantations, -growth and -poverty.Concerns of Deforestati
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Friday, October 14, 2011

The rest of my group presented and we didn't do a WTL. Alex talked about people living in slums and how the people living in them lack space, food, and medicines. Mr. Bruns mentioned that our slums are nothing compared to 3rd world country slums. Nic
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Friday October 14th, 2011

working on our goals..nic malberg- trget 7b diveristy of diff bioms.the target failed. animals were threathend 17,000child health-reduce the child mortality rate by 2015.birth defects,, when you have achohol in you,, your born with a small dead. low
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Friday, October 14, 2011

We continued with the presentations.Eniviromental SastainablityTarge 7.Breduce biopdiversity loss acieving by 2010-We failed the target- missed because high rates of consumtion polution and climate lossCHILD HEALTH-goal is to reduce he child mortalit
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Tuesday, october 11

Ch. 8.4:

-Explain what people did for entertainment in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
amuaement parks, tennis ,bicycling.

Ch. 9.1

-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals).
protection social welfare, creating ecomic reform
-What is prohibi

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Monday, october 10

Ch. 8.1:

-What advances in science and technology help solve urban problems?
 Street cars were powered underground.

Ch. 8.2:

-How did education change in the late 1800's and early 1900's?
the states required students to go to school. by the 1890's more t

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Tuesday, october 4

Ch. 7.1

Why did immigrants come to the US?
-get more money
Where did immigrants come from?
-great britain, england, china and japan
What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here?
-people got tired of the chinese coming o

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Wednesday, october 5

Ch. 7.2

What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?
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made houses for the poor

Ch. 7.3

What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?
-it was for politician and they gained control over government
Tell me abou

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Thursday, October 13th

Ch. 5.1:-Describe Native American culture.Nomads(travels everywhere) in order to follow buffalo. They lived in family groups and other families that spoke the same language. Young men trained to be warriors and hunters. women cooked and made clothing
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Thursday October 13

Nick continued with 9.5-Breaking up trusts-Underwood TariffTariff rates cut-16th AmendmentThe more money you make the higher your tax will be.-Federal Reserve System-Limits to Progressivism under Wilsonoh and i have to add this to 9.3Teddy Rosevelt i
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Thursday, October 13

-Describe Native American culture.
before the europeans came, they were nomadic and followed buffalo.
after the europeans came, they brought horses and guns which the indians used. created tribe wars.
family life: lived in family groups and had relation
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Ch. 9.5-Describe the major accomplishments/issues of Woodrow as President.+Very important president.-Breaking up trusts+ Anti-trust - clayton act of 1914.. this made some businesses illegal, like retailers handling supplies and controlling other comp
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