Michael’s Social Studies Blog

Resources:

Yardley, Jim, and David E. Sanger. "Nuclear Talks in North Korea Hit Roadblock."
     The New York Times Learning Network 12 Feb. 2007. 12 Feb. 2007
     <http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/articles/12korea.html>.

(Viewed 12th Feb, 2007)

Link to the Article:Nuclear Talks on North Korea Hit Roadblock 

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1.What is the Issue?

The Issue is that the step-by-step offer for North Korea giving up their nuclear weapons are not working. George Bush, President of the United States, can’t trust North Korea to give the USA all the Nuclear Weapons they have if the USA send North Korea huge shipments of fuel and electricity beforehand. The USA can’t afford to send huge shipments of fuel which are reaching 60.00 US$ and thousands of electricians to install cables in North Korea.

2.Who is involved?

1. The US Government
2. North Korean Government
3. Christopher R. Hill (Chief American Envoy)

3.Who is affected and how?

1. The North Koreans are affected because they are living with 1000 US$ every year, and they don’t have enough electricity and modernized equipment because dictator Kim-Jong Il only thinks about himself and WAR! Also, Every citizen living in North Korea has to pay taxes which are used for making Nuclear Weapons.
2. People who donated (Red Cross, United Nations, UNICEF etc.) are affected because all their donations were sold to make nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.

4.What would you do if you were directly involved?

If I was Christopher R. Hill, I would tell the North Korean Government to have a direct trade (When two people both bring their goods and exchange at the same time) in sea or land. This would be fair to both countries which would make the trade a success.

Resources:

Citation:Abrashi, Fisnik. “NATO, Afghan Troops
Battle Insurgents.” Yahoo! News 29 Oct. 2006. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_13

(29 Oct. 2006)

Link: NATO, Afghan Troops Battle Insurgents

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1. What is the issue?

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and Afghani soldiers battled a large group of Insurgents who attcked a military base in Southern Afghanistan. There also was a roadside bomb blast where it killed 1 NATO soldier and wounded 8 soldiers. 55 suspected militants were killed on Saturday.

2. Who is Involved?

• NATO’s Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
• Civilians living in Southern Afghanistan
• Afghani soldiers
• Insurgents
• NATO soldiers

3. Who is Affected and How?

• Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General: He sent NATO soldiers to attack but instead, he injured soldiers by sending them to roadside bombs.
• Civilians: Some have lost their lives just because they lived close to the battlefield.
• Insurgents: They have tried to attack, but only their roadside bomb was a success. The others all lost their lives.
• Militants: Some were killed because their party were suspected.

4.What Would You Do if You Were Directly Involved?

Instead of killing all the militants, I would have put them in some serious condition where they would tell the answers to everything I ask. Then I observe the information told and then choose a solution for the fight.

The URL for this assignment is: http://ssmeetsit.edublogs.org/2006/09/12/homework-for-block-e-and-block-h-tuesday-12-september/

The URL of this article is: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/5336984.stm

What is the issue?

• The issue is that wars are forcing children to have improper education.

Who is involved?

• The armed groups and educational aids are involved as armed groups block educational aids from educating the children as most educational aids are being captured by war conflicts.

Who is affected and how?

• Children and countries without properly educated people are affected, as children are not getting the education they are supposed to have and the countries that have poorly educated children are having bad war conflicts

What would you do if you were directly involved?

• I would probably first make shelter that children can stay in as safety is important and I would probably get donations from people to get the educational aids

The URL for this assignment is: http://mkis6.edublogs.org/2006/09/06/homework-for-block-e-tuesday-6-september/

The link for the article I read is: http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_5310000/newsid_5316900/5316952.stm

Kids are being hurt by cluster bombs. Cluster bombs release lots of smaller bombs when they blow up. Not all of these explode straight away, and it can be a long time before they are found. That means kids could pick them up without knowing what they are. Over the past years, peace organizations such as the United Nations and other countries have asked for the ban of cluster bombs as anyone can just pick them up and think of it as nothing.

Who is affected and how?

Harmless children and peace organizations are being affected because childrens are getting hurt and that might lead to another world war. That will affect the peace organizations as they would need to have a hard time making peace. Also, citizens will be affected as there would be hundreds and thousands of harmless people dying.

The URL for this assignment is: http://mkis6.edublogs.org/2006/09/06/classwork-for-block-e-tuesday-6-september/

The question of my assignment was:

a. Find another article about the same event and describe what new information has emerged.

It is said that United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan was trying to make a deal with releasing Hezbollah and Israeli prisoners. The result was unclear however, there could be a possibility of the release of the prisoners. But in past cases, Israel has released prisoners in exchange for captives and, in a deal with Hezbollah in 2004, for the return of the bodies of soldiers killed in battle. And Hezbollah has made clear from the start that it was interested in swapping prisoners.

a. What did you find interesting about this topic?

I found that all the wars started because of a social reason and I think that Hezbollah has definetly done the wrong thing. If Hezbollah didn’t buy weapons from other countries, then Israel wouldn’t have attacked Southern Lebanon.

b. What did you like about the initial blog posting?

I liked the way other people can look at what I would like to write. I also liked the part where I could comment others because it feels good reading someones story and saying something about the blog in computers

The URL for this page I got the information is: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/articles/05nations.html