Research Question

How has freedom of movement in North Korea changed over time?
How does not having freedom of movement affect the people living in North Korea?
How do North Koreans not having freedom of movement differ from the Cubans not having freedom of movement?
Is there anything the people of North Korea can do to change the no freedom of movement?
Can the North Koreans move freely within their own country or are they regulated?

Human Rights

http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2007/April/200704051355461xeneerg4.133242e-02.html

http://www.ishr.org/Detailansicht.697+M50569ffa200.0.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Cuba

Getting more specific into how Cuba censors everything.
Which is a complete violation of their human rights.

http://www.cpj.org/censored/censored_06.html

I am interested in the censorship in Cuba or North Korea I am still undecided on the two.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_South_Korea

Democratic Republic of Congo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1076399.stm
Im finding that the DRC just got out of a huge war in 2003 that had been going on for years. Millions and million of people died in the war and it devastated most of Africa including the DRC. Now the DRC is in serious debt and their country is devastated by all of the fighting that has been going on. They just a couple years ago received a 8 billion dollar debt relief. Also that they are still having mass rebellion still to this day. One question that I have about the DRC is the DRC still receiving alot of outside help from the UN and surrounding countries. Just answered my own question yes they still are still majorly involved in the DRC.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/Africa-Monitor/2010/1004/In-Congo-mass-rapes-UN-guilty-of-negligence-not-complicity
In this article I am finding how the DRC is blaming the UN for not protecting and being aware that while the UN was there in the DRC supposably to help there were mass killings and rapes. And the DRC says that it is all the UN's fault. Over 200 people were raped. They are having a trial which sounds like it is going to be going on for months due to the fact that they have over 1000 witnesses. A question I have is if the DRC did win the trial what would they get out and from the trial?

2 Questions On Small Group Discussion

1) A question that I have after the discussion is about the poem on page 138. Just a small one is where exactly is Suez? and also the a man can raise a thirst what that exactly mean is it his thirst for power and control? or something else?

2) The small group discussion went pretty well it took a little to long to pick out the discussion questions but once we got rolling I believe that it went pretty well. People got a little restless at the end. I also found that I am ALOT better in these smaller groups. I feel alot more comfortable speaking and expressing my ideas and thoughts. I really like the smaller groups.

King Leopold's Ghost 3 Quotes 33-60

1) "What mattered was the size of the profit. His drive for colonies, however, was shaped by a desire not only for money but for power" (39). Quote capturing the essence of King Leopold.

2) "Stanley was always uncomfortable with anyone whose talents might outshine his own... for Stanley, continual combat was always a part of exploring" (49). Quote capturing the essence of Stanley.

3) "There were to be national committees of the association set up in all the participating countries, as well as an international committee. Leopold was elected by acclamation as the international committee's first chairman" (45). Arguble

King Leopold's Ghost 3 Questions

My first question that I have is when Diogo Cao discovered the congo how long did his journey actually take him to get that far?

My second question during the time when everyone was trying to discover Africa just how many people died trying to discover it? What was Europes casulties trying colonize Africa?

My third question is why did the europeans deny the Africans even the most basic human rights?

 

September 2nd Notes Blog Post

1) What have I learned? I have learned about imperialism, colonialism and Europe in the early 1900's.
2) Questions? I do not have any questions at this time.
3) Something I am curious about investigating further? I am curious about looking into the history of the Bahamas like when it was colonized and who colonized it.

Class Activity: Current Events Reporting

1. What's being discussed in this article? This article is discussing how China's one child-policy was unfair and unjust. It was talking about a man in Beijing who refused to get his second child aborted. He then was fired from his job because of that. This was just an example of one person the article states that this is not a rare occurrence. But people are starting to get fed up with this law and also they are finding out that the fertility rate is actually two and their population growth rate is getting two low now and that this is becoming a serious problem. The Chinese government is considering raising the one child per family to two.
2. When did the event happen? (Is this breaking news or something that's been analyzed and discussed for a while?) The Chinese government reconsidering the law is breaking news and the new statistics are breaking news the example used in the article was from august 19th 2010 but that similar event has been going on for years and it is actually not that uncommon. It sounds like it has been discussed for quite some time now.
3. What questions do you have that would help make this article make more sense to you? What more do you need to learn about to be able to report on this event? What was the past birth rate. And just how over populated they actually were. How long this law has been active in China.

3 News Worthy Events Homework

The first news worthy event that stood out to me was the 9-11 terrorist attack. It really got to me. I was just so taken back by what had just happened at the time I believe I was in 3rd or 4th grade and right before I was leaving the house the news came on and seeing that live happening right front of me, and seeing the sheer terror on my parents face and just listining to the pure chaos and panic on the news it just really got to me. I still remember that morning to this day like it was yesterday.
The second news worthy event that stood out to me was hurricane katrina. I remeber how we all just watched for days on the news this huge hurricane on a crash course with the US and there was nothing anyone could do. And then the day it hit New Orleans. But what really got to me was the news coverage the week after showing the total destruction of New Orleans. Millions of peoples houses were underwater and all the people could do is watch and wait. The event was really eye opening for me because I thought about just how many people were now homeless with no food or shelter and how all of their personal belongings are destroyed and there was nothing me personally could really do.
The third news worthy event that stood out to me was the recent BP oil spill. It just amazed me on how a couple peoples carlessnes could cause so much damage and havoc. I really felt completely helpless we all did there was nothing any of us could really do accept try and contain the spill and to make a cap. Just thinking of all the animals that were killed and could still be killed by all of this oil. And how the oil is just ruining sealife and the beaches. It was just kind of one of the first times I really felt like no one really knew what to do.

The adult part of this assignment is coming soon in reply to this blog post. Sorry.