Today in class all we did was watch the movie.

11/24/14

In class today all we did was watch the movie. We didn't finish the movie, but it was very interesting when Mr. Schick paused it because we had to leave.

Nov 21st

There are a lot of differences between United States and Mumbai.
India is a very big country but yet there is barely any space for families. The families houses are so tiny, and they also sleeping on blankets. I couldn't imagine living in a life like that. United States has a lot more space and we also have a lot of mattresses so you could sleep very comfortable. Another ting that I witnessed in the movie was everyone trades. In the movie the boy took his friends autograph and traded it from money. Yes, we trade in the United States but not as much as India does. The kids in the movie barely ever see their parents. They were basically off by themselves the whole entire movie. In United States us kids always are with their parents. India is a very dirty country. Their is trash everywhere. I would be terrified to live in India because at any moment people could come in and invade the country.

Extra Credit

Song:

I'm Proud to be an American: by Pat Boone, This song represents a pull force. The guy singing is telling everyone about how he loves America and everything about it.

Home: by Phillip Phillips, This song represents a push force. The song is about moving away to a new home. He is saying that "I'm gonna make this place your home."

Leaving California: by Maroon 5, This song is clearly about leaving California. The song is representing a push force.

Stay: by Florida Georgia Line, This song represents a pull force.

I Love America: This song is clearly about loving America and Is a pull  force.

National Anthem: by Lana Del Rey, song is a pull force.

November 19th

Today I was not in class. I was sick. I worked on finishing my Russia National Anthem project, and worked on my Spotify push and pull forces songs.

Russian National Anthem

Lyrics in Russian:

Rossia - sviashennaia nasha derzhava,
Rossia - lubimaia nasha strana!
Moguchaia volia, velikaia slava -
Tvoio dostoianie na vse vremena!

CHORUS:
Slavsia, Otechestvo nashe svobodnoe,
Bratskikh narodov soiuz vekovoi,
Predkami dannaia mudrost' narodnaia!
Slavsia, strana! My gordimsia toboi!

Ot yuzhykh morei do poliarnogo kraia
Raskinulis nashi lesa i polia.
Odna ty na svete! Odna ty takaia -
Khranimaia Bogom rodnaia zemlia!

CHORUS

Shirokii prostor dlia mechty i dlia zhizni
Griadushie nam otkryvaiut goda.
Nam silu daiot nasha vernost otchizne.
Tak bylo, tak est' i tak budet vsegda!

CHORUS


Lyrics in English:

Russia — our sacred state,
Russia — our beloved country.
Mighty will-power, great glory
Shall remain your honors for all time!
REFRAIN:
Praise our free Fatherland,
Long-lasting union of brotherly peoples,
Ancestor-given wisdom of the people!
Long live, Country! We are proud of you! From the southern seas to the polar realm
Our forests and fields stretch.
You are one in the world! You are alone like that,
God-guarded native land! REFRAIN Plenty of room for dreams and for life
The coming years are promising us.
Allegiance to our Motherland gives us strength.
So it had been, so it is, and so it always will be! REFRAIN 

Russia's national anthem is very interesting. It sounds like its an opera band singing it. The song is very loud and has a good tune/ beat to it.

The lyrics are well written, meaning they make sense in English, but of course the words in Russian don't sound normal to me.

The tone of the song is "military". The song symbolizes that the Russian's are very proud of their country.

Nov 17

Today in class we got our test back. I did not do well. I am hoping Kacey and I did good on our Russia project and the project could make my grade better. Also Mr. Schick talked about his team winning The Academic Team competition. He asked us some questions about what they talk about at the competition.

Nov 14th

Today we had a test. The test was on everything we learned about the Presidents. It was sort of hard. Mr. Schick had us write an essay on how it is wrong to assassinate the president, which we discussed that in class so it was not a hard essay.

Nov 12th

In class today Kacey and I shared our Russia project. It was going good until I realized I put pictures from the US government. Which Mr. Schick was making fun of me. On Friday we have a test on all of the countries. I have a feeling the test is going to be difficult.

November 11

Today in class Mr. Schick wasn't here.

Mr. Gibbons was our  substitute. Gabby, Delaney, Ella and I worked on our notes and reviewed the slide show. We have a test tomorrow which I need to get a good grade on. I am going to be studying a lot tonight.

Nov 10th

presenting projects:

Syria:

• type of government- republic under an authoritarian regime
• President- Bashar al-Assad
• Syria have had republic under an authoritarian regime since 1941

Germany:

• type of government: federal republic
• the German government has been in place since October 3rd, 1990
• President: Joachim Gauck, since March 23rd 2012
• he is also a pastor over a Protestant Church
• Chancellor: Angela Merkel, since November 22nd 2000
• Bundestag is like the congress is in the US but the Bundestag has a lot more power
• Angela Merkel was named the "Most Powerful Woman in the World" by Forbes Magazine
• the offices in Germany are elected by the Bundestag
• disabled people who are in foster care are not aloud to vote

United Kingdom:

• type of government- Constitutional Monarchy
• a constitutional monarchy is when a king or queen acts as head of state
• they also have a commonwealth realm
• a commonwealth realm is a sovereign state that's a member of the commonwealth of nations
• the constitutional monarchy has been around since 1066 and developed over several centuries
• the commonwealth realm has 54 members with one of them suspended
• the prime minister of the United Kingdom has no term limit
• elections take place every 4 years, with the maximum of 5 years
• Prime Minister- David Cameron
• he became the prime minister June 2nd 2010
• he is the leader of the conservative party
• he is the youngest prime minister since 1812

United States:

• President- Barack Obama
• America has a constitution based federal republic
• Obama will only be allowed to be in power for two years and cannot run for re-election
• first African American president

Nov 7th, still presenting

China:

• communist state
• a communist state is a system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and every so often the authoritarian party holds power
• government choose prices of cars and big items
• Xi Jinping: been in office for 2 years, originally Presidents in China serve 10 years
• Xi Jinping: got a total of 2,937 votes. four delegates voted against him, four abstained, and 38 did not vote

Canada:

• have a parliamentary government
• have been a parliamentary government since 1867
• political parties and leaders:  conservative party- Stephen Harper
• Green party- Elizabeth May
• Liberal Party- Justin Trudeau
• New Democratic Party- Thomas Mulcair
• the prime minister is the leader of the government
• anyone that is over the age of 18 can be Prime Minister
• Leaders have no term limits
• Holds election every 4 years

Japan:

• Japan has a parliamentary system, a constitutional monarchy, and is a unitary state
• Shinzo Abe is the prime minister.
• the Emperor is named Akihito
• Finished on of his terms in 2007 and was re- elected in 2012

Nov 5th, Presenting Slideshows

France: 

• French government
• they have a Republican Government
• government was made in 1958
• President- Francois Hollande  Prime Minister- Manual Valls
• became president on May 15th 2012
• shares executive power with the prime minister
• part of socialist party
• the word Republic means "public thing" in Latin
• government has lasted for 56 years
• the UMP is the second most powerful political party in France
• Francis Hollande is likely to run for president once again for his second and last term.

China:

• communist state
• a communist state is a system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and every so often the authoritarian party holds power
• government choose prices of cars and big items

Nov 4th

Class today instead of sharing our projects we went to look at the presentations set up in the hallway. The presentations were about smoking, cancer, and some information was about Mr. Maynard. The most interest presentation was the smoking one. They had these lungs (were not actually human lungs, but they were pig lungs.) One was a black and in horrible condition which was the smokers lung. The healthy lung was pink and in a very great condition. This presentation made me think about everyone that I know that smokes that we need to find a way to get them to stop smoking because they could get cancer or even their lungs could fail. Smoking is a very bad habit that someone needs to find a cure to stop making smoking so addict able.

October 29th

Today in class we once again worked on our powerpoints. We were basically done our projects but we added pictures to what went with the information on the slides.

October 28th

Today in human geo we still worked on our powerpoints. Kacey and I found more information about Russia and included that in our slides. We found mostly facts about the Population and more facts about the President.

October 27th

Today in class we got with our partner to research facts about our country we chose. Kacey and I chose Russia. Russia is a very easy country so it was very hard to make up slides about all the facts because we only had like 3 slides in the beginning.

Class

Today in class we went over our tests. Like I said in my last blog I got a 80%. Mr. Schick asked the class if we were ready to share our power points and no one raised their hands saying they were ready, So Mr. Schick gave us class and tonight to finish and be able to share tomorrow. My partner is Kacey and we picked Russia. Russia is actually not the easiest state to research.