Lost Boys of Sudan Ending..

Today we finished The Lost Boys of Sudan. I liked how they started out with nothing and ended up with jobs, clothes, food, and some with family. This movie shows me that anything is possible if you work hard. Pather flew back to Africa to married his wife. He went to college and wants to open a school in Africa. John Blu Dau was reunited with his mother and sister. They were so happy to see each other since 17 yearsed . He continues to supports his family, went to college, is public speaking about his experience and wants a medlical clinic. Daniel was not as lucky, and didn't find any of his family members. However, he did attend community college.

The war in Sudan, which was being fought between the muslims in the north and the christians and animists in the south.

~KAKUNA = Nowhere~

Lost Boys of Sudan Continued..

Today we discissed last nights homework. We also continued watching the lost boys of Sudan. Life is very hard and different for them. They hardly ever see their roomates because some of the boys have two, three jobs. One lost boy remembered the pain from the war and acted strangly on the bus and got arrested. They have to support the people in Sudan. They miss the paraiment groups they had, they have no time for them in america because of work. John (the tall guy) got a letter in the mail. It said that all his uncles and cousins were dead but his mom, brothers and sisters were alive. He was very happy. They invited their families in Sudan to America to help them. They were so happy to see everyone again but they also worried for them.

Lost Boys of Sudan Summary and Vocab

Vocab words

Out-mirgration - to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory
In-mirgrations - to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory

Forced mirgration - refers to the coerced movement of a person or persons away from their home or home reglion

Net Internal mirgration -  crossing a country or state and staying there for a while. Occurs when peoples cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum length of time

Movers from Aboard - People that relocated or move by aboard or overseas

Internally Displaced Person - someone who is forced to flee their home but who, unlike a refugee, remains within their country's borders. 

Civil War in Sudan

Sudan's Civil War started 1983, the year of independence. The war was between the north and south. Over 4 million people ran away from Sudan. Many people were killed and women were raped. Kids were brought in huts, then burnt to death. Some were couragous and esapced. But it was very hard to run away with little food and no where to go. People walked for miles not knowing when they would stop. They died of diease and poverty along the way. They killed about 2 million people and displaced 4 million. Many people went in refugee. The civil war formally came to an end when the two sides signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in January, 2005.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/sudan.htm

Lost Boys of Sudan

On friday we continued watching the lost boys of Sudan. It showed how different culture is. The lost boys have never seen electercity, or different kinds of food, and they don't understand that much. As we started the boys where on a plane to america. They discovered that butter tastes like soap and how to lock the stall of the bathroom. The lost boys were very thankful for what they recieved. After 3 months, they got jobs and soon were able to support themselves but they also had to repay the trip to america. With all this, the lost boy were thinking about their family they left in Kenya. DINKA IS THE TRIBE THAT JOHN, PATHER, AND DANIEL WHERE FROM IN SUDAN.

Movie Questions and Map

Video Questions

1. Why did the Lost Boys have to run away from their homes?The Lost Boys had to run away from their homes because there was a war in their country between Christian Muslims and animists.
2.Whycouldn’t they stay in Ethiopia?They couldn't stay in Ethiopia because their government crashed.
3.What was life like in the refugee camp?Life in refugee camps were horrible. There was hardly any food. Sometimes they would stay with days, or maybe even months without any food. There was a wired fence around the camp to kept killers out. They lived in clay shelters. They formed a "government" called a Parliament, or black days or white house to kept them enterianted and smiling.

                                                                         Maps

 The Lost Boys travled a distance of 450 miles, in all.

The same distance if I travel from John Carroll, I would end up in South Carolina.

www.googlemaps.com

Daily Post - 10/2o/10

    Today in class we went over the tests we got back. I did pretty good, i only got one question wrong about the population pyramids. I also didn't know that the world's average TFR is 2.54.

Daily Post - Oct.18

Today we turn we our migration projects. We also marked where our family came from on google maps. My family is from Naples, Italy. It was really cool to see the many places families came from. They were all over the world, most of them were in Europe.

Part One: Imagine Your Future

         There are a lot of things to think about when imaging your future. You will need to make many hard decisions like what to do for a living and where to live. I don’t know what I’m going pick as a career but I do enjoy art and math. My dad and most of my family are business owners of many restaurants. My mom does most of the accounting and banking for the restaurants. Maybe I would like to be an account, lawyer, or even go into business management. Two places where I would want to live in after graduation are Naples, Italy and North Carolina. I love the sun and I hate the cold and snow so I probably wouldn’t want to live in north. I also like to live near the water. I picked Naples, Italy because most of my family lives there. I grew up there as a baby and have a lot of memories. Our house there is right by the water; I could walk to the beach and be there in about ten minutes. I see my family every year during the summer time but it would be nice to live close to them. They don’t speak American, so they can’t move to the U.S. Europe has a good diet. They eat lots of fresh seafood from the Mediterranean and lots of steak. They don’t really have good health care system compared to the U.S.  A couple of my family members live in North Carolina. I usually visit them in the winter or spring. I really like it down there because everything looks more spaced out and seems calmer. The climate is warmer then Maryland. America also has good health care and job opportunities. The downside of leaving Maryland would probably be leaving where I spent most of my childhood and teenage years. If I do leave Maryland, I would also be leaving my family’s restaurants. I have a lot of memories that I would be leaving behind. But I would rather leave that behind to live with my family members that I only get to see once or twice a year. Many hard decisions are going to be made planning out the future. I'm glad I don't have to deciced now.

Part Two: Investigate Your Past

   I was born in Towson, Maryland on July 2, 1996. I am the only one in my family who was born in America. Both of my sisters and parents were born in Naples, Italy. I’m 100% Italian. Most of my family lives in Naples, Italy. I only have two aunts in America. My aunt and her family live in North Carolina, we are very close. My other aunt and her family live in Pennsylvania but we don’t see each other often. I was baptized in Italy and spent three years there while my sister, Pia, was born. Then my family flew back to the states when I was about four or five. Italian was the first language I learned and then English. School was really hard for me because I couldn’t speak English clearly and had an accent. Now we visit my family in Italy every summer. My family came to the states for job opportunities. Most Italians own pizzerias, like the stereo-type of the fat man with a mustache holding a pizza. My family owns three restaurants. My grandparents, great grandparents, and so on didn’t own any restaurants. Instead, they would grow food on their farm and raise animals. Sometimes they would find wild bunnies on their farm and would catch them, kill them, and eat them. My grandparents still do that. I have memories of watching them run around trying to catch a bunny. When we visit them in the summer that’s what they cook for us, bunnies in tomatoes sauce, my favorite. Italians have good taste in food. We have the best pizza, lots of raw seafood, and raw pig’s mouth which is actually really good. Many Italians immigrated to America. Every year there is a reunion in New York for Italians, Italians come from all over America and some people fly from Italy to come. Italians are very friendly and welcoming people. I am very proud of my ancestry.

Daily Post - Oct.11

Today we had a really easy test in class. It had all the notes we took on our blogs. We got to use the internet and all the other sources to figure out the answers.

Populaiton Facts 10/8

• Over 6.8 billion people on the planet right now
• Increasing by over 80 million per year by 220,980 per day
• 14,000 births per hour           
• 90% of this population growth takes place in the devoloping countries of Africa, South, and East Asia, and Latin America
• In 1804, the population reached 1 billion

Net Migration Rate: the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during a year.
Total Fertiliy Rate: average number of babies born per woman in a county

Daily Post - Oct 7

Today we finished talking about net mirgriantation rate and we talked about population pyriamds.
I learned that poeple imgriant from one place to another because of push and pull factors, (like jobs, cite sites, health care, ecomony, ect.) We also talked about nuclear weapons.

Daily Post - Oct. 4

Today in class we went over our test we took on 9/11, countries, and the three regilions. I did pretty goood. I had some trouble in the end with the essay question and the chart on the three reiglions. It was pretty easyy. Now i know why kepting blog posts are so important (:

Daily Post - Oct.1

Today we went over the population studies. I learned that Japan has a higher life expectancy because they have a healthier diet, and also france because they walk everywhere. Afghanistan has a lower life expectancy because of there health care.