Week 18 - Feedback

Please tell me the following:


1. Favorite project/activity in Global Issues

2. Most globally informative activity in Global Issues

3. Least globally informative activity in Global Issues

4. Suggestions for improving the class

Thank You!!

Extra Credit - Pandemic2

Play the game http://pandemic2.org/

What did you learn about the effects of pandemics after playing this game?

Did you choose a virus, parasite, or a bacteria?

How did your disease spread?

Week 17 - Your top 3 global issues Due June 5

In your opinion, what are the top 3 global issues and why?
List 3 small things that you could do to help improve these problems.

Week 16 - Genocide - Due May 30

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 15: Child Labor - Due May 22

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 14: Create a Nation - Due May 15

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 13: Budget Hero - Due May 8

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 12 Life as a Refugee - Due May 1

Play Against All Odds and post your thoughts about what it is like to be a refugee:

http://www.playagainstallodds.com/

Week 11: 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 10: 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 3 companies that use sweatshop produced goods.

Week 9: 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 8 - Sustainable City

Play the following game and post 2 comments about what you learned:

http://www.filamentgames.com/projects/energy-city

Comment on a peers posting.

Week 7 - 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 6 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 5: Food Issues

After watching the documentaries "Food Inc." and "King Corn", how do you think the food 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

Also, what other modern problems may be partially attributed to the food industry?

Week 4: Water Issues

Take this quiz about bottled water
http://www.funtrivia.com/submitquiz.cfm?quiz=330024

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

Does it make you feel differently about bottled water?

What do you think about companies owning water?

Week 3 - 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 2: Website Research

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 1: 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.