Emma Hersh Globalization Q3 Benchmark
Here is the link to my text, sources and compare and contrast on these two nations
Reflection:
The countries I examined for this benchmark were Poland and El Salvador. Poland is located in Eastern Europe (bordering the Baltic Sea) and El Salvador is in Central America. Both have been experiencing environmental damage and climate change due to heavy pollution from the local population and industries. Although El Salvador's conditions are much harsher, the people have done more to react to the damage and conditions than Poland's people have. However, the two nations are both stable when it comes to trade and neither one of them have an overhanging threat of war.
I was able to come across all this information by doing very in depth research. Going into this benchmark, I already had information on Poland's environmental damage because of previous assignments. So, I just took a step forward and researched the affects of this environmental damage, and most of the sources I came across also included information about Poland's response to the damage and climate change. Looking at the path I walked down when researching this with Poland (my keywords and google news searches), I merely did the same thing with El Salvador. Any general information or named organizations I came across I then researched separately to see what that was all about. Furthermore, researching the friendly trade partners and hostile neighbors were also very closely interlinked. I began with the CIA World Factbook for general information on what they trade, who they trade with, and what international problems/disputes they had recently. From there, I searched other sources for more specific information and facts. Also, if I did not come across much information this way on the hostile neighbors, I simply looked up who the neighbors of the two countries were and searched for the relations between the countries and their neighbors. This gave me the information I needed.
So, finding the information for the 5-point framework was simple enough. But, ranking them was a different story. I wasn't sure how to tell if certain conditions were necessarily "irreversible" or how much events that happened decades before affected the international relations of today. Therefore, actually analyzing the countries' collapsibility this way was a little difficult.
In the end, the only regret I have for my project is that it isn't very creative. I spent all my time and energy collecting facts and sources, so the only creative part of my project was that I made a little "red-to-green scale" video for my ranking - which I can't even show on SLATE. If I had more time to actually put the information together and more room around all my fact and information, I would have put in more pictures and maybe videos of interviews that I came across. However, as my project stands now, I am content. I did the best I could with researching and getting the information across and it is not horrible to look at. I'm satisfied.
This project gave you some guidelines, and then set you free to learn anatomy, be creative, and manage your own time. Finish the following sentences:
¡Hola!
Me llama Amy Chen. Soy tienes quince años. Soy practicar baloncesto, softball
del juego, hacer ejercicio todos los días es por eso que soy apto. Sin embargo,
soy es muy inteligente porque estudio, leer, trabajo todos los días. También
responsable, porque yo ver después de la familia y cuido a los niños. Me gusta
tomar la fotografía es por eso que nunca yo tenido nada que ver. Soy editar un
montón de gente es por eso que soy creativo. Salgo con me novio tiene sentido
que soy guapa.
Ella
Su llama Sophia
Henninger. Ella tiene 17 años. Ella es atlético, por eso ella practico deportes. Sin embargo ella no
le gusta la tarea. Ella es un bien amiga porque ella es cómica, agradable,
impresionante, y dé el buen consejo. Ella está trabajando duro todos los días
haciendo estudiar todos los días y hacer tarea. Ella también es sociable porque
ella le gusta habla a la nueva gente. Pero ella también lleva las cosas serias.
Esto por qué ella también es seria
Nosotros
Mi equipo
de baloncesto. Somos son atlético porque practicamos deportes y practicamos
todos los días. Mi equipo de baloncesto son cortos y altura. Algunos de ellos
son muy altos porque ellos juegan cuando ellos eran jóvenes. Sin embargo,
nosotros estudiamos, hacer tarea, y trabajando duro Porque necesitamos alto
grado para tocar durante los juegos. Ayudamos mutuamente durante los juegos y
prácticas porque somos un equipo. Nosotros muestre el trabajo en equipo en cada
práctica y juegos.
Ellos
Sus nombres son Warda y Alex. Ellos es muy el cuidar porque ellos ayude a mucha gente hacia fuera en la preparación y deberes de clase. Sin embargo son muy cómico porque son como la fabricación de bromas y de la cara divertida. Ellos le gusta estudia y leer, es por eso ellos son muy inteligente. Les gusta habla en el teléfono eso tiene sentido que ellos sean hablador. Sin embargo, ellos un poco perezosa porque ellos gusta relajar.
Importance of John
F Kennedy fight for Civil Rights in early 1960’s America
Process paper
This
project focuses on civil rights reform, the reaction of different people in the
1960’s and the revolution that occurred to give more opportunities to African
American or non- white Americans.
There are many events under president Kennedy that were important for
civil rights.
One
example is "The Birmingham Desegregation Campaign." During the summer
of 1963, Blacks protested to get
the attention of the President and the Congress to give them equal civil
rights.
The
second example is many events in the nation that tried to prevent the 1964
Civil Rights Act from being passed in Congress. Kennedy had to fight to get
supporters to back his act. This impacted African Americans then, and there are
many effect that have lasted until today.
I
picked John F Kennedy because he is an important person when looking at
reaction and reform.
After
world war 11 African Americans spoke up more when they were not treated well or
equally. They began to protest more and demand protection of civil rights.
To
find sources for this project I looked for articles about people’s reaction,
JFK and civil rights events.
When
I started this project , I wanted to look for a topic that really includes the
reaction, reform and revolution. I think by looking this topic I can learn all
important things.
"The
Birmingham Desegregation Campaign." Amistad Digital Resource. Web. 09 Jan.
2012.
<http://www.amistadresource.org/civil_rights_era/birmingham_desegregation_campaign.html>
In this
article the protest that happened all across the country during the summer of
1963 is detailed. It explaine how
Blacks protested to get the
attention of the president and the congress to give them equal and civil
rights. There is a link to a video
that shows how the protest became violent but were not going to stop unless the
president acted. This is a good summary of the violence, the planning, and the
courage of those who were fighting in the south for Black Americans to get rights.
"Civil
Rights Movement - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum." John
F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum. Web. 09 Jan. 2012.
<http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Civil-Rights-Movement.aspx?p=3>.
This is an article
that summarizes events that lead up to the passing of the Civil rights Act of
1963. The article presents three main events that lead up to this. First, the
working conditions in Birmingham Alabama is discussed. Next, the article talks about the March
on Washington, and finally it talks about how President Kennedy started the
legislation process but was killed and President Johnson carried on with the act.
This an excellent article about the timeline of events that lead to the Civil
rights Act of 1963 becoming part of American Law.
"1964
Civil Rights Act." Spartacus Educational. Web. 09 Jan. 2012.
<http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivil64.htm>.
The article is about how
events in the nation at the time tried to prevent the Civil Rights act from
being passed in Congress. There is
a discussion about how Kennedy had to fight to get supporters to back his
act. Next It follows up with
how the congress how the argued
against passing the bill in when they met. Finally, it continues to show how this impacted
African American who were tried to be persuaded not to support the Act. The article should have had more
details about the struggle between the supporters and those who were against
the act.This article was too short but it gave a clear summary of the fight to
get civil rights legislation passed.
History
News Network. Web. 09 Jan. 2012. <http://hnn.us/articles/39024.html>.
This
article tried to get into President Kennedy’s head and his thought
process. His thoughts about race,ethics ad being determined to help
African Americans is examined. It
was a question of doing the right thing from 1961-1963. The article analysis conversations
Kennedy had with with brother about event taking place in the south to
discourage African Americans from getting equal rights. He was trying to
decided if this was the right thing to do at that time: give Blacks equal rights.
“John
Kennedy and Civil Rights." History Learning Site. Web. 09 Jan. 2012.
<http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/john_kennedy_and_civil_rights.htm>.
This article
summarized important events during his presidency however it ask an important
question: did Kennedy support
civil rights. The article answers
the question by saying Yes Kennedy
did according to the writer. It talks about his promises in speeches before his election, and
during his time in office.
It outlines how the speeches did support civil rights for African
Americans but that Kennedy did not live long enough to talk about his support
and see his promise come true. This is a good summary of the JFK time line and
events that lead him to think about Civil rights during his last term in office.
Project Reflection Questions
Respond in English:Describe the Q3BM: what was the assignment?
What did you learn from doing this project?
How do you feel about your final product?
If you could do your project all over again, what would you do differently/the same?
To first start off my review, I was force to see Drive, a movie directed by Nicolas Windng Refn of a stuntman whom has a very mysterious, private persona. When I first watched this film, I thought of how much it compares to The Transporter. A film directed by Louis Leterrier and Corey Yuen and one of my favorite actors to watch, Jason Statham playing this killer bad driver. Watching a movie like Drive made me dislike it because it was nothing to what I was use to like in The Transporter. After watching this film again, I've taken interest in the close up shots of Ryan Gosling’s entrance in the first 10 minutes of the film and throughout the whole movie I was noticing many close-up shots. I felt like the director, wanting a majority of the shots to be close-ups so that we can get a better feel of the characters and what they go through. Just like The Transporter, there's a robbery scene and a get away scene from the police officers. Ryan was just so non-chalant, driving away from the police officers. You've seen no fear in his eyes. He was just so concentrated and what he did and how he did it. It was different and I liked how suave and chilled it was compared to the transporter. Both actions packed with rules to follow but both drivers persona was very different. I really like the scene where it introduces the drivers "everyday life" and how his skills gave him another life to "cherish".
I did not have any interest in this movie at first because of the lack of dialogue throughout this movie. I felt like it was a silent movie with just noise. I wanted more dialogue, more of a story to this movie. That's why at first I didn't like it. But after watching it a second time, I was more focused on the individual characters and shots. They were good but if the movie were as good as the characters and the shots themselves, I would have enjoyed it the first time I've watched it. My favorite scene in this movie was the elevator scene where Ryan devoured the face of the man that was seconds away from killing him. You've heard this very tranquil song; "A Real Hero" by College Ft. Electric Youth while Ryan was crushing the guy face. You can hear the crushing of the skull and you can see the fear in Irene's eyes. After the job was done, Ryan turned his face in accomplishment and fear because of the look on Irene's face horror in her eyes. That one scene was just so powerful and spoke so much about Irene and Ryan’s character. The shot was amazing the lighting focusing on the characters expressions made you feel like you've just taken their place. It felt like I was in the film right there beside them because I was so drawn in.
The props in the film created the characters.
Ryan and his scorpion jacket he wore throughout the film. I felt that the
jacket was very symbolic. I felt the jacket was his way of hiding his true self
to the public; he was a killer badass within. He didn't have as much objects
with him early in the movie until close to the end where he smashed the living
hell out of Cook's hands played by James Biberi with a hammer. I felt the pain
and was just afraid at how much power Ryan had. The bird's eye view of Ryan
made you feel like yeah, I was the badass but now this bird has power of me
now, I'm helpless.
Ryan was just a very interesting man to
the viewers, his neighbors, and friends. He put himself in a situation where I
felt was a waste a time to get involved with but maybe that was the point of
the story to have some dramatic twist. Ryan may have wanted to get involved
just because of Irene, the girl he fell for who is taken by a man who came out
of prison for a crime that dealt with money. Standard, Irene’s husband just got
out prison to yet put him self into a situation again dealing with money. He
had to pay off cook and Ryan made himself available in order to help out
Standard. Standard gets murdered and Ryan wants to finish the job for the
safety of Irene and her son. His love for them is strong and he wants to make
sure the people who done this to Standard will receive serious pain. He is
stopping at nothing, he has his mind set on determination and driving.
There were many scenes where I felt grabbed my attention thoroughly. Where Ryan
had the moment in the elevator with Irene and the lighting dimmed only on them
two. The scene was very powerful showing so much emotion within the
characters at that one moment. How Irene went from not wanting to get involved
with Ryan but in the elevator cracked. Another scene that showed so much power,
it held my attention the whole time was when Ryan drove away at then end of the
film. Although it was the ending scene I felt like this was his life something
he couldn’t let go of. A connection a relationship with driving that no one could bare to take away. At first, the thought
of Irene and Ryan together made me think that would be the relationship in the
film but its exactly all about the people you let in your life there’s more.
The scenes that were well connected to the overall storyline were Ryan’s
driving. His driving skills throughout the film created his character created
who he was. Nothing and no one got in his way of what I believed he loved to
do. I can honestly say that his connection with driving is like my connection
to Channing Tatum. He is a character in the film that made the scenes more interesting
and dramatic in a way although the film was kind of quiet in my view. The
overall film has a sense and achievement in getting you at the edge of your
seat when you least expect it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Yo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hola, mi nombre
es Sabian Rosales. Tengo quince años. Asisto a Science Leadership Academy. Mi
gusta a jugar electronico, es pore so que yo jugo videojuegos. Los videojuegos
favoritos Journey y Castle Crashers. Mi encanta musíca por lo tanto yo toco el
piano. Mi gusta perros(pugs) y (pufferfish). Mi encanta mathematicas, por es
por lo tanto tiene sentido que yo estudio y estiendo Mathematicas. Yo soy
althetico es pore so que me gusta nadar y montar en bicicleta.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Nosotros~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hola, nosotros
nombre somos Sabian y Dwight(perro). Dwight tiene siete años y Sabian tengo
quince años. Dwight y Sabian son primer amigos. Nos gusta comer. También nos
gusta dormir y abrazarnos. Nos gusta correr y también nos gusta jugar. Mi
encanta mi perro Dwight.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ellos~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mi dos papas son
personas epicas y bonitas. Los dos son doctors, mi papa Vic es veterianario y
mi papa Noel es pediatra. Mi papas trabajan duro. Ellos son muy intelligente y
simpatico. Ellos gustan libros es por eso que les gustan leer. Mi papas son
deportisa es por eso que montan en bicicleta. Mi papa Vic gusta baloncesteno y
mi papa Noel gusta computadoras y los muy libros electronicos.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Él~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mi perro es Él Dwight
y Dwight es comico. Mi perro Dwight es negro y blanco. Parece que Dwight tiene
calcetínes blancos. Le gusta dormir todos el días. Le gusta jugar con juguete
chillón. Le gusta comer es por eso que él es poco gordo. Le gusta cuando yo y
mi familia rascamos la panza.
What did you learn from doing this project? I learned how to extend my spanish. How to broaden my aspects and explain things.
If you could do your project all over again, what would you do differently/the same? Try to get my partners to edit more, and help more. Change the design.