1. What is a social justice issue?
Social justice is people's rights.
People in Africa are fighting
hard for their rights.
People in Africa and
other countries are
trying different things to get money
and stay alive.
One time white and black people could not
drink from the same drinking fountain!
That's just not right. Fortunately, Martin Luther king Jr. was
able to stop that! Now that's right!
2.A. Which topic did you choose to research? Why is this the one that interests you?
I choose the topic on climate change and global warming. I chose this one because I really care about the environment and I thought the topic would be interesting and simple.
B. What are ten interesting facts or ideas that you learned? You MUST put them into your own words.
1. Millions of people have died because of global warming
2. Climates for animals are beginning to decrease which will kill them and make them extinct.
3. The government is trying to stop it.
4. It's bad.
5. Most man-made items are bad for the environment. Like most cars and trucks.
6. Forest and habitats are dying.
7. Global warming and climate change could effect humans in ways that are also not deadly. You could get biodiversity too!
8. Because of climate change there have been over populations in places like China and India.
9. There was a heat wave in Ethiopia in 2003 that killed thousands.
10. Global warming is a big threat to our planet.
C. Can you see this becoming your exit project topic? Why/why not?
I could probably see this topic becoming my exit project topic because I know much about it and I want people to know about it so it stops.
D. What is a question you have after doing your reading?
How are some easy ways we could help people stop climate change and global warming?
Topic 2:
A. Which topic did you choose to research? Why is this the one that interests you?
My second topic was on World Hunger and Poverty. I thought it would interest me because I though that I want to learn more about people around the world that are hungry. I think that it's really sad how they don't have clean water and they don't have much food. It's also really sad that some babies, children, or moms are sick and die from AIDS and other diseases.
B. What are ten interesting facts or ideas that you learned? You MUST put them into your own words.
1. People around the world are not hungry because the population is growing, but because they cannot afford food.
2.Food goes to the heart of our civilizations.
3.Poverty is the state for the majority of the world’s people and their nations.
4. Food aid can be destructive on the economy of the recipient nation and lead to more hunger and poverty.
5. It's bad.
6. Many people have tried to help stop world hunger.
7. There are many things causing hunger like land rights and ownership, wars, over-fishing,poor crop yields,and more.
8. Solving world hunger will not effect poverty that lead to hunger in the first place.
9. To solve world hunger,poverty alleviation is needed.
10. World hunger is a terrible problem of world poverty.
C. Can you see this becoming your exit project topic? Why/why not?
No, because i know some about it, but not much. I'm not saying I don't care about it but it wouldn't interest me that much. Like I said, I think that this topic is still sad.
D. What is a question you have after doing your reading?
I don't really have a question.
