reglion slides

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

Human geography

10/30/13

            Today in human geo we shared more slide shows, I learned about Hinduism, Judaism, and Buddhism. With Hinduism I learned that they have many different holidays. One is Maha Shivarati, this takes place on march 12 and is a night of fasting to show devotion to Shiva. Another one is Gudi Padwa, this takes place on march 23 and is the day that Brahaman created the world. With Judaism I learned that they have a little over 14 million people following the religion. The religion is based in Jerusalem, Israel. There priest is called a Rabbi which means teacher. Yahweh is there God and there official language is Hebrew. With Buddhism I learned that there practices are based on the teachings from Siddhartha Gautama also known as Buda. Buddhism is mostly in India and Asia. That’s all for today, thank you for reading.    

going over the quiz

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/29/13

Human geography

            Today in human geo we went over the quiz, I still did not get a ding but I will by the end of the semester. The only thing that really stumped me was the nato and all that. They were hard because they are so much alike. After we went over the test Grace shared her slide show, it took the rest of the class and she still did not finish. The rest of us will probably share tomorrow. That’s all for today, thank you for reading.

slide show making

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

Human geography

10/28/13

            Today in human geo we got into groups and started working on a slide show that we will be presenting to the class. We used the google documents and that was very helpful, my group got a lot done considering we were carrying on the whole time. We got to have a five minute brake. I went to get fries to bring back to class. Everyone acted like starved animals when they saw the fries. Than we got back to work and my group almost finished the slide show. That’s all for today, thank you for reading.  

the unknown quiz

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/25/13

Human geography

            Today in human geo we took a quiz that I had no idea about. Lucky for me I knew most of the stuff on it. It turned out to be not that hard, some of the questions were process of elimination. I think I did pretty well so hopefully it will not hurt my grade any. after I was done we all played games, so that was good. That’s all that we did today so that’s all for today, thank you for reading.

Nationalism

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/23/13

Human geography

            Today in human geo we talked about Nationalism. We watched a video on part of a TV show, it was mainly about which country is the best. Personally I think that no single country is the “best”, I think that the USA is one of the most powerful countries in the world but not the best. There are many other countries that are free and have the same types of government programs. America has been known as “the big brother”, this is because we help people around the world, I think that that makes us great. I also think that this is a bad thing because all of us as Americans are paying for this. I think that America was the best county on the planet, we are still great but other countries have caught up to us and this makes us not standout as much. That’s all for today, thank you for reading.  

Constant Fighting

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/22/13

Human geography

            Today in human geography we took more notes on religion. I learned that the Jews believe that they are direct dependents from Abraham and so do Christians. This is called an Abrahamic religion. If you are a Muslim you are probably a Shiite or a Sunni. Religion can also be a dividing force around the world. Hindus and Muslims fight in India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Muslims). There are conflicts between Catholics and Protestants (two forms of Christianity) in Northern Ireland. Jews, Christianity, and Muslims all claim Jerusalem as there religions holy site. They are constantly fighting over the land. Spatial dividend are how we divide the livable space found on the earth establishing social, economic and political regions. That’s all for today, thank you for reading.             

Cultural Geography

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/21/13

Human geography

            Today in human geography we started with Mr. Schick’s story about his exciting weekend. Then we took notes on cultural geography, I learned some examples of cultural geography. One is Brazil is the only South American nation which does not speak Spanish. It speaks Portuguese so some people might ask the question: Is Brazil Hispanic or Latino? Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English are its official languages. Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflict between the groups. English is now concentered the world language and is used for most business transactions around the world. The major religions in the world today are Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. We also learned about ethnic heritage. An example of this is in Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country which are the Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, and the Albanians. When strong leadership died out the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries.  We talked about a lot today in class I tried to fit it all in to the blog. That’s all for today, thank you for reading.

Cultural Charcteristics

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/15/13

Human geography

            Today in human geo we got our tests back, no ding again but I will have a ding by the end of the semester. After that we started taking notes on cultural characteristics. I learned that parts of a group’s everyday life and the ideas and themes which the group will teach to all members are cultural characteristics. These same characteristics can also link or divide a region. Some examples of cultural characteristics are: language, religion and ethnic heritage. That’s all for today, I will pick up on Friday, thank you for reading.

THE QUIZ

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

Human geography

10/11/13

            Today in human geography we took the quiz, it was not very hard and I think that I did better on this one than the last one.  It was about the different population graphs.  I liked the “Joke” POPulation Quiz.  It did not take me that long to finish because I knew most of the stuff off the top of my head.  We had two guests in the class and I think that Mr. Schick scared them away.  They did not know how to take the jokes.  That’s all for today I will pick up on Monday, thank you for reading.

Graphing

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/9/13

Human geography

            Today in human geography we got our tests back and continued going over the pyramid charts. My test was not bad but not great either. With the charts we learned some specifics on the different types. The triangle chart is used mostly for developing nations. The nations that they are used for usually has a high birth rate. With the box graph it can sometimes have a bulge in the middle because of a increase in the birth rate of the nation. In the cup graph it has a low birth rate and not many people in the working age. That’s all for today I will pick up on Friday, thank you for reading.

Pyramid Charts

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/8/13

Human geography

            Today in human geography we took our quiz on the movie, it was pretty easy. I only got stumped on one or two questions, other than that is was easy. After the test we learned about population pyramids. There are three basic shapes of population pyramids, they are triangle, box, and cup shape. It is very easy to find the information you are looking for in the pyramid chart. I will pick up on pyramid charts tomorrow. That’s all for today, thank you for reading.    

God Grew Tired of Us: final chapter

Dominic Huskins
Mr. Schick
10/7/13
Human geography

            Today in human geography we finished the video. It was good the ending was different from other videos it did not say they had a happy ending. It showed that these people had real challenges and that life is not just become easy because you move to the US. In the movie we saw that Panther got a new job as a bus boy in a restaurant. Daniel moves out of the apartment to get in the job core so he can go to college. John starts school at community college. He figures out that his family was alive, they are in a refugee camp and they have a disease. One of the boys that was in Pittsburgh took off and the police found him. He had post-traumatic-stress disorder and was put in a mental hospital. In the end Panther marries his girlfriend, meets his mother and sister and he plans to open a school in his village in Africa. John is supporting his family in Africa and in America. He has founded a non-profit organization and is building a medical clinic. Daniel is taking classes at a community college and has never found his family.

God Grew Tired of Us: part 3

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/4/13

Human geography

            Today in human geography we went over our test and watched more of the movie.  I did okay on the test but not great. In the video, they showed the “lost boys” one year into their time in the United States.  They had jobs and were providing for themselves.  They have volunteers to take them to and from work.  They were buying food for themselves and everything they need on their own.  They are doing all these great accomplishments but they seemed to be lonely and bored with themselves.  They are missing there friends back in their home.  That’s as far as we got today I will pick up on Monday. That’s all for today, thank you for reading.

God Grew Tired of Us: part 2

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

9/2/13

Human geography

            Today in human geography we continued to watch the video, “God Grew Tired of Us”.  We picked up where the “lost boys” were getting on the plane to go to America. When they got on the plane they did not know how to work anything, they were eating butter and hand towels. They did not know what these things were, they thought they were regular food. These boys said that the food tasted better in the refugee camps. Some of them get to New York City and they move into their apartment and they do not know what anything is or how anything works. They do not know how to turn on lights, how to use the fridge, and they do not know how to use a trash can. Then there was the people that went to Pittsburg and they had the same experiences. That is as far as we have gotten. That’s all for today thank you for reading.

"God Grew Tired of Us"

Dominic Huskins
Mr. Schick
10/1/13
Human Geography

            Today in human geography we started the video called “God Grew Tired of Us”. It was about the country called Sudan and there was people that lived there that were forced out of their home because of a war that was going on. It was a civil war in Sudan between the north and south. The north was Muslims and the south was Christians and animists. First all the people of the southern part of Sudan fled to Ethiopia and stayed there in refugee camps for three years. Than the refugee camps shut down and all the people had to travel all the way down to Kahuna, Kenya. Than they settle in Kahuna for a while, than they get an offer to go to the United States. That’s as far as we have gotten and we will pick back up tomorrow. That’s all for today, thank you for reading.