Week 20: Create a nation

Visit the following website and create a nation. Track it for the week and post at least 3 comments.

http://www.nationstates.net/page=welcome

Week 19: Budget Hero

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/features/budget_hero/

After playing the federal budget game on the website above, please post your thoughts about how government money is allocated. Comment on one peer's posting.

Week 18 - Life as a Refugee

Play Against All Odds and post your thoughts about what it is like to be a refugee. Comment on 1 peer's posting.

http://www.playagainstallodds.com/

Week 17 - Sustainable City

Play the following game related to building a sustainable city:
http://www.filamentgames.com/projects/energy-city

Please post 3 comments about what you learned and comment on a peer's posting.

Week 16 The Brink

Play this game to allocate global resources:

http://archive1.globalsolutions.org/games/2005games/thebrink.html

What thoughts crossed your mind when playing this game as related to distributing resources?

Week 15: State of the Earth

After watching National Geographic's State of the Earth videos: Air, Climate Change, Final Report, and Land, what is your biggest area of concern? What can be done about it? Comment on one peer's posting.

Week 14: Afghanistan

Since many of our troops are stationed in Afghanistan or will be stationed in Afghanistan, maybe we should know something about it.

Please visit the following National Geographic Website: http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/afghanistan-guide/

Take the quiz on Afghanistan.

Explore the website and list 5 facts that you learn about the country.

Comment on one peer's posting.

Week 13: Terrorism

Select one of the following groups and do some research online. Write 2-3 sentences describing what you learned and paste the name of the website where you got your information. Remember to carefully look at the source of information to ensure the website is reliable.
Consider the following....
Question 1: Who is the author?
Question 2: Is the information accurate?
Question 3: Is there bias?
Question 4: When was the website made?

Comment on the reliability of one of your peer's postings.

􀂊 Aum Shinrikyo
􀂊 Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso)
􀂊 Irish Republican Army (IRA)
􀂊 Falun Gong
􀂊 Basque Fatherland and Liberty
(Euskadi Ta Askatasuna --ETA)
􀂊 Kurds (Kurdish Workers Party--PKK)
􀂊 Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
􀂊 Hezbollah
􀂊 Sikh Separatists
􀂊 Tamil Tigers
(Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam--LTTE)
􀂊 Zapatista National Liberation Army
(Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional--EZLN)
􀂊 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
(Fuerzas Armadas Rvolucionarias de Colombia--
FARC)
􀂊 Abu Sayyaf
􀂊 Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
􀂊 Al Qaeda

Week 12: Sweatshops

Week 12 - Sweatshops
3 Definitions of sweatshops

A sweatshop is a working environment with conditions that are considered by many people of industrialized nations to be difficult or dangerous ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweatshops

sweatshop - factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

sweatshop - a factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sweatshop

Illegal conditions can include child labor, sub-minimum wages, and near slave-like treatment of human beings.

Using Internet research, find out at least 2 companies that use sweatshop produced goods.

Week 11: Antibiotic resistant germs and Pandemics

What are some theories about the human caused increase in antibiotic resistant "super germs"

Post your comment with the source website.

Week 10: Child Labor

Eliminate Child Labor
Visit this site: http://borntobefree.worldvision.org.nz/EliminateChildLabour.aspx?menu=6

Look at the world of child labor in a game simulation in which you are a social worker.

Comment on your experience after the simulation.

Week 9: Genocide

Play the game Darfur is Dying: http://www.darfurisdying.com/

Write 3 sentences about what you learned from playing this game. Comment on a peer's posting

Week 8: Country Glog

Choose one of the countries you are looking up on the CIA world factbook. Create a Glog about the country using the rubric handed out to you.

You will need pictures and facts about the country.

Focus on global issues when depicting the country.

You will need a user name and password to access your glog. Make sure you put your real name on your glog.

Week 7: Human Trafficking

Using Internet research, and valid sources, find out 3 unique facts about the current situation of human trafficking.

Comment on another student's posting.

Post the website where you found the information.

Week 6: Flow

Please post your thoughts after watching the movies "Flow" and "Tapped".

Does it make you feel differently about bottled water?

What do you think about companies owning water?

Week 5: King Corn

Week 5: King Corn
After watching the documentary "King Corn", how do you think the corn industry is related to the following trends in obesity.

United States Obesity Rate: 30.6%
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity

The number of obese and overweight children has now climbed to 30% in 30 states
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/hscout/2009/07/01/hscout628636.html

Week 4: Possible Solutions

Visit the following websites:
http://www.thp.org/
http://www.bread.org/learn/links.html

What are some things that we can do individually to help those in extreme poverty? What could we do as a group to help end hunger? Please brainstorm 2 original ideas and comment on at least 1 peer's idea. Be creative.

Week 3: Hunger and Poverty

Visit the following websites to learn about hunger and Poverty

http://www.poverty.com/
http://www.globalissues.org/issue/6/world-hunger-and-poverty

Please post 2 unique facts that you have discovered about hunger and poverty. Also post a comment relating to two of your peers postings. You should have 2 postings by the end of the week.

Week 2: Life in Haiti: Hunger and Poverty

Play these games for at least 15 minutes and discuss what you learned. (The Ayiti game was created before the earthquake, so it's worse now). Comment on any insights you may have after playing the role. Write at least 3 sentences and discuss with peers. Comment on at least 2 of your peer's postings

Ayiti: The cost of Life
http://www.ampgames.com/frame/YXlpdGkubmV3emNyZXcub3JnL2F5aXRpdW5pY2VmLw==/n/.html

3rd World Farmer
Visit the following website and experience the life of a 3rd world farmer:
http://3rdworldfarmer.com/

Week 1: Welcome to Global Issues

Please introduce yourself and explain what you would like to get out of this class. Comment on at least one peer's posting.