Current+Events

** Remember - not all your Current Events need to come from the Internet. You can use items from radio, tv, newspapers, etc. What you do need to do is explain the "meat" of the Current Event, then tie it into what we are studying.

Example of How to do Current Events: ** [|**http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6384861**] **Ms. Mielke - Cholera Outbreak - This addresses the cholera, a disease created by bacteria in the intestine, outbreaks in Zimbabwe. ** ** This video shows a lot of the issues we have been studying. For instance, the inflation rate of 231 million %, the price of medicine, pay of medical workers and the stress on South Africa's medical resources are examples of economy. This also shows population patterns - almost 500 people have died because of cholera, that is more than the town of Faith. This article also shows technology because people do not have access to basic medical goods. The video shows how technology and resources affect the availablity of materials; people do not have access to basic medical goods, and are risking their lives to travel to medical facilities. I also realized how lucky I am to have what I do, and not be worrying if I will be alive the next day because of something I drank. In the future, I would like to learn more about this problem by studying what people would need to prevent this. In fact, this might be a good service learning project.

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