Week of February 28th

Please visit the website:  http://www.worldbank.org/ and follow these steps:
1.  Read about the World Bank.  What do they do?
2.  Find your country
3.  Read the country overview provided by the World Bank.  What are the specific challenges to development?  How many MDG's are estimated to be achieved by the year 2015?  What does the World Bank say about the role of education in your country?

4.  Post one important new piece of information that you uncovered about your country during today's class.  (Please post your response with your name and class) 

Afghanistan

My country is Afghanistan. Their population is 29,121,286, afghanistan is located south of Asia. Their flag appearence and meaning has vertical bands of black , red and green, with the national emblem in white in the center (Meanings- black means the past, red means blood that shed for independence and green means either hope for the future, agricultureal properity, or islam.) Their official language is Afghan persion or dari. 50% speek Afghan persion or Dari or theres Pashto which 35% people speek. Their literacy rate for males is 43.1% ; the rate for females is 12.6% (2000 est.) their expenditure on education is NA, although their school expectancy  for males is 11 years and for females is 5 years (2004). The population below the poverty line is 36%. The GDP is $1000(2010est.) $1000(2009 est.) and $800(2008 est.) NOTE THE DATA OF THE GDP ARE IN 2010 US DOLLARS. Afghanistan's life expectancy: total population-44.65; males-44.45 years and females 44.87(2010est.)
-Maria V. 75

UN Day of Social Justice: February 20th, 2011

Check out this video:

http://www.youtube.com/user/unitednations?blend=3&ob=4#p/search/2/-Ktj_cIsxJU

Check out this UN Publication:

http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/GAP_Report_part1_final_14_Nov.pdf

Week of Feb. 14th: Research

The United Nations has set the Millennium Development Goal that by the year 2015 every child can complete a full course of primary schooling.  According to your research, does your country meet the UN's Millennium Goal?  If not what are some factors that are preventing the children in your country from going to school?

Potato Activity

During our last ATL class, each of you participated in a strange activity involving potatoes!  I would like you to respond to the following question:  What do you think was the overall purpose of the potato activity?