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#1 Think about the presentations and reflect on the projects your classmates presented and the information you listened to. Explain with details and specific information what you learned, what you found interesting, surprising, or shocking about the presentations you heard in class.

#2 What would you change to improve your project/presentation if you were to do the assignment again?

I would have done it a bit more organized, because our powerpoint presentation was a real mess. I would also have made a notecard for the presentation, because I forgot everything, and I just read it from the powerpoint! Next time, I think I would chose to do an IMovie as well, because it is much nicer, and more organized.

We had question number 2:

Discuss whether you feel the U.N.’s power should be increased to have enforcement authority over any nation or should it be decreased to only provide humanitarian aid when asked.

I feel that it actually should stay the same, because what happens when the UN has so much power? Terrorists will probably be against it, and I don’t know whether the UN will win against those horrible terrorists. I also don’t whether the world will then all be in peace, because how sad it sounds, but there are always good and bad people. If the UN gets more power, I don’t think that the terrorists people will become good, normal people, and if they would kill those terrorists, there will always be more. However, if it decreases, the Millennium Development goals they had set will never be achieved. And if countries ask for something after for example a war that is going on for a year, it might probably already be to late. And the poor people will never get help. So, I think it shouldn’t get more power neither less.

Ramses II

Who do you think is the third pharaoh in the nineteenth century? Exactly! That is me!. I am Ramses II and I was a very important pharaoh. Many people loved me, and I had many wives. In total I had more than 100 children. People still worship me. I made many structures.

I was the third pharaoh of the nineteenth century. I was a Great builder, and known as Ramses the Great. I was also known as Egypt’s greatest warrior and the peacemaker. My sister was Princes Tia, and my father was Seti I. I lived in the Valley of the Kings. I was born in 1279 BC and I died in 1213 BC. I was 80 when I dies, which was very rare in those days. I ruled for 67 years as a pharaoh and that is very long, because the normal people jus rule for 4 years, so that is almost 17 times as much.

I was a great builder, and a great warrior. I built monuments, temples, pyramids, and tombs. I also built the capital : Ree- Ramses (which means City of Ramses.). I wrote my name in the wall of the temples so deep, that no one ever could erase it. Pretty smart huh?

People still worship me, because I was such a great pharaoh. I was also a very important one. I made peace with the Hitties to marry a Hitian woman. The the Hitties and the Egyptians worshipped me both. You can still find me in the Egyptian museum in Cairo.

People respected me because I built temples, and monuments. I was 20 when I became pharaoh. I hope you learned a lot about me, and hope that you are going to visit me in the museum in Cairo and my temples. I also hope you are going to worship me!

http://www.travelnotes.org/Travel/images/1p_RamsesII.jpg

Author: didn’t say

Title of Article: “Millions face hunger from climate change.”

Website Title: Yahoo News

Date published: Tuesday April 11 4:37 pm

website address: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070410/ap_on_sc/climate_change;_ylt=AkSeb3v_VcS.qgVwiTkIMz8PLBIF

Date you looked at site: (Wednesday April 11 2007)

What is the issue?

The report about global warming is written and checked by many scientists, and they found out that the global warming can have dramatic effects such as rising sea levels.The report also said that 30 percent of the world’s coastlines could be lost by 2080.
In Mexico City, scientists think that global warming could destroy the Brazilian rain forest up to 30 percent. They said ocean levels are going to rise 4.3 feet by 2080 and flood low-lying cities such as Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, The Netherlands, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
So after all, the Global Warming is right now, and if we do not do something before 2080, we will all have those effects that will change the world in a complete different place.

Who is involved?

1. Scientists

2. Actually everyone in the world

Who will be affected and how?

Everyone will be effected because, everyone might die from those effects.

The world will be affected, because it will might turn in a world with only water.

What would I do if I was directly involved?

Well, I will hang up some posters with “STOP GLOBAL WARMING! YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!,” and hope that everyone will: re-cycle glass bottles, jars, newspapers and magazines and tin cans, re-use plastic shopping bags, and envelopes, use paper on both sides, give unwanted clothes and gifts to a charity shop, only fill the kettle up with the amount of water you need, don’t leave the TV or computer on standby, if you get a lift in a car take your friend with you, and switch of the lights when you are not in the room.

LINK

LINK

Amon: The king of all the gods
http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egyptian-gods.html

Horus: The falcon god
http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egyptian-gods.html

Seth: The god of chaos
http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/seth-the-egyptian-god.html

Isis: The godess of magic
http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/egyptian-goddess-isis.html

Anubis: The god of death
http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egyptian-gods-anubis.html

Author: didn’t say

Title of Article: “Deadly tornado strikes the US

Website Title: Children’s BBC

Date published: Friday March 2 2007 16:59 GMT

Website address: http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6410000/newsid_6410600/6410611.stm

Date you looked at site: (Saterday March 3 2007)

What is the issue?

19 strong tornadoes have killed at least 20 people in Alabama and Georgia. Both states are still on high alert, because more tornadoes can hit the area.
Tornadoes have also been reported in Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri, where a child who was 7 years old was reported to have been killed.
Students at Enterprise High School were being sent home early for safety when the tornado came. People dived inside for cover as winds of up to 50mph ripped through the building.

Who is involved?

1.The people who died

2. Family members of the people who died

3. The 19 tornadoes.

4. The states where the tornado went trough

Who is affected and how?

The states where the tornado went through, because many buildings are wrecked.
The 19 tornadoes, because that was the murder of some people.
The people who died, because they lost their lives.
The family members of the people who died, because they lost someone they loved.
The US weather forecasters, because the next time the have to forecast better that people know they have to leave their homes.

What would I do if I was directly invloved?

I would raise money for the people who lost their homes and send it to them. If i can’t raise money, I would help people rebuild their houses.

site of picture: http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6410000/newsid_6410600/6410675.stm

site of map: http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6410000/newsid_6410600/6410611.stm

1.What would you change about the final product (the wiki you created) if you were to do the assignment again?

The next time we do this project, I would change my spelling mistakes at home, because when I did it at school, I did not have much more time for anything else, like researching. For the rest, I think we did a pretty good job.

2.Look at some of the other wikis from any class and find a few that you think are done exceptionally well. Tell me the name of the empire and the block, and then explain what you like about their wiki.

Mali Empire - Block D

I thin they did a great job, because they had created so many pages, and there was so much information that if you read that whole thing you would know everything! I also really liked their Cooltexts..

Ghana - Block H

I also think these people did a very nice project, because they had nice information, and it was very organized and easy to read. The best page that I liked the most is the home page, I think you guys have a really cool picture!

1. What did you learn from this task?

I learned really much about Zimbabwe. For example, Zimbabwe means “House of stone” in Bantu. Bantu is one of the languages in Zimbabwe by the way. Actually I learned everything about Zimbabwe, because I did not even know it was something! I also learned how tired you get from putting each time the URL underneath each picture…(!)

2.Did you find this difficult or easy why?

Sometimes this project was easy, but mostly hard. It was hard, because I was responseble for the Timeline, and there was hardly any information on the internet. Almost everything was from 1800 and 1900. That is why our Timeline is not that long and big. But it was easy to find information for example, Climate.

3.What would you change about the process you went through to complete the wiki if you were to do the assignment again?

I would really try to put the URLs directly underneath the picture, because that was a real nuisance that I had to find the picture again, and that was not really what you call “nice.” I think I did an Ok job on the other parts of the project.

Title: “Indonesia Floods Leave 100,000 people homeless”

Author: ABC News

Website + Link: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2846687&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

Date I looked at the site: Februari 7th 2007
What new information has emerged?

The information that has emerged is that at least 5 people were killed and 100,000 people are homeless because of the heavy rain which caused a flood in Jakarta, Indonesia. This was the worst flood in 5 years.

 What did you find interesting about this topic?

What I found interesting about this article is that really 100,000 people are homeless. I did not know that so many people did not have a home anymore. That must be terrible to not have your own bedroom, bathroom, livingroom ect. I also did not really know that a flood could kill people. Actually I do not really know many things about a flood at all!

 What did you like about the initial posting?

I liked how Isobel explained the What is the issue question, because I knew exactly where she was talking about. I also think Isobel used very clear pictures to see what she was talking about. However, I think Isobel did a great job!! 

On Thursday I heard a lot of interesting things about Africa which I didn’t know. Here are some things I learned:

1. Songhai was as big as Mali and Ghana together.
2. Since the food of Iron increased the population also increased.
3. In 880 they were already able to trade!

And the most interesting and suprising thing I found is:

The sultan of Morocco needed more money to pay his army, so in the 1880’s he planned to attack Mangsor. And he also thought that he would be greater to take a country.                                                                                                                            So, in 1886 he began to take over salt mines. Half of the soldiers of Songhai died, and he got the slaves, salt, and some gold. The political unity of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai was destroyed, and the salt and gold ended and was wasted.                        Now, the Morrocan still rule the area, and still live there.