Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Reminders

Hey guys,

Remember that you have TWO topics for the paper: MDG 1 AND 8.  It is important to talk about both goals, not just 1 or the other.
There are several parts to goal 8:
Target 8.A:

Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system

  • Developing countries gain greater access to the markets of developed countries
  • Least developed countries benefit most from tariff reductions, especially on their agricultural products

Target 8.B:
Address the special needs of least developed countries

  • Aid continues to rise despite the financial crisis, but Africa is short-changed
  • Only five donor countries have reached the UN target for official aid

Target 8.C:
Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and small island developing States

    Target 8.D:
    Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries

    • Debt burdens ease for developing countries and remain well below historical levels

    Target 8.E:
    In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries

      Target 8.F:
      In cooperation with the private sector, make available benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications



      So, if you cannot find much information about international actions for goal 1, you can focus on international actions for goal 8.  However you must relate the two goals.
      And remember that there is always GOOGLE.  Try researching ¨Cambodia international actions poverty¨or ¨egypt international resolution poverty¨ or ¨denmark conference hunger¨, etc etc.


      More good links for country information:

      Mapa interactivo que relaciona toda la información que tenéis que saber sobre los países y los MDGs

      Para relacionar Los Derechos Humanos con los MDGs. Hay un video para cada derecho. 




      Monday, November 26, 2012

      Sourcing and Topic

      Here is the link for the youtube video for how to cite your sources:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCF4TUTb03A

      Your source should be:
      Author Last Name, First Name. ¨Title of Work.¨¨Title of Website. Publisher/Sponsor, Day Month Year of Publication. Format.  Day Month Year of access. <url>. 

      FOR EXAMPLE: 

      ¨Colombia.¨ The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency, 14 Nov 2012. Web. 28 Nov 2012. <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/co.html>. 


      Remember to use Footnotes (nota al final).

      PURDUE MLA FORMATTING

      Remember, the topic is MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS 1 and 8 (click for Youtube videos)
      MDG 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
      MDG 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development
      Another MDG link

      Monday, November 12, 2012

      Credible websites

      Here are some good websites that you may use while researching.  This list is NOT exclusive.  Remember: most websites that end in .gov, .edu, and .org are generally credible and good websites.  Wikipedia is NOT a good website!
      Use wordreference.com to translate words. Do NOT use google translate.  Use google.com to search.  Search in Spanish and English.  




      United Nations/Global Classrooms
      Cyber Schoolbus  - this is the site we used in class!

      MDG Progress
      Center for Global Development - a great site with maps tracking MDG progress
      UN MDG - see statistics on all of the MDGs.  A UN website.
      MDG Monitor - in depth data on the MDGs

      Country Information
      CIA World Factbook
      Infoplease - amazing site for country information
      Indexmundi - great overall country and data
      BBC Country Profiles - an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries
      Nation Master - a great way to find data on almost anything, and compare two countries´ statistics
      UNICEF  - country statistics
      BBC News Country Profiles - country information

      Health 
      Center for Disease Control (CDC)  - disease statistics

      Wednesday, October 31, 2012

      HALLOWEEN HOMEWORK: 
      1 Collect information about your country from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
      http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

      and other RELIABLE websites

      Write a paragraph (10 sentences) about your country that gives basic information about the country (e.g. capital, population, languages, standard of living, health care, religions, etc) and also gives information relating to our two MDGs: 
      Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
      Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

      2. Memorize half of your paragraph so that you can present the information in class for the bilingual session on WEDNESDAY.  YOU WILL MEMORIZE ONE HALF AND YOUR PARTNER WILL MEMORIZE THE OTHER HALF. TALK TO YOUR PARTNER TO SEE WHO WILL MEMORIZE WHICH PART.


      If you have UN Women, go to this website:

      And find:
      -         History of the organization
      -         Main roles of the organization
      -         The ways in which UN Women has helped the World´s Women
      -         The ways in which women do not have the same access to things as men do

      Write a paragraph about UN Women (DO NOT COPY DIRECTLY FROM THE WEBSITE). YOU WILL MEMORIZE ONE HALF AND YOUR PARTNER WILL MEMORIZE THE OTHER HALF. TALK TO YOUR PARTNER TO SEE WHO WILL MEMORIZE WHICH PART.