Showing posts with label Social Studies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Studies. Show all posts
Thursday, 18 June 2020
Refugees Inquiry
This is a slide about everything I have learnt about Syria Refugees. Every Social Studies class we had for the past 2 weeks we have been learning about Migration and this is based on Forced Migration so Push Factors and this is my country I picked for this assessment.
Friday, 5 June 2020
Native American Tribes
For the past 2 days we have been researching about two different Native American Tribes. The two native tribes I picked to research were Apache and Shawnee.
- Draw this table up in your books
- Choose 2 Native Indian Tribes and add the Questions to your table
- https://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/indian-tribes/indian-tribes-list.htm - Note this website does not have all the information you will need. You need to do more searching and reading.
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Tribe 1: Apache
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Tribe 2: Shawnee
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Communication
Verbal-Non Verbal |
The members of the Apache tribe spoke in the Southern Athabaskan (Apachean) language.
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The Cherokee tribe spoke in their own dialect of the Iroquian language family, unlike the other 'five civilized tribes who spoke in the Muskogean language. The name Cherokee, derives from the Creek word "Chelokee" meaning "people of a different speech.
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Religion
Rituals |
The religion and beliefs of the Apache tribe was based on Animism that encompassed the spiritual or religious idea that the universe and all natural objects animals, plants, trees, rivers, mountains rocks etc
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The Dakwanekawe or Bread Dance was an important Shawnee ceremony which was traditionally held in the spring and in the fall. ... The Buffalo Dance was generally held in late August or early September.
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Territory
Where was their Tribe located |
The Apache are people of the Southwest Native American cultural group. The location of their tribal homelands
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Hunting and Gathering
Methods and Tools
(Weapons)
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bows and arrows, stone ball clubs, spears and knives. The rifle was added as their favored weapon with the advent of the white invaders.
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The weapons used by the Cherokee included war clubs, tomahawks, battle hammers, knives, bows and arrows, spears and axes. Cherokees also used blowguns, generally for small game, but occasionally for warfare.
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Celebrations
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Some Apache Ceremonies. Traditionally, Apache religious ceremonies focused on curing, hunting and gathering rituals, puberty ceremonies, and obtaining personal power and protection.
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They raised the "three sisters" crops of corn (maize), beans and squash and celebrated the Busk, or Green Corn festival
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Clothing
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The clothes worn by the men always included breech cloths which were made from a long rectangular piece of animal skin or cloth which was worn between the legs and tucked over a belt. They also wore war shirts which were made of leather. Special, highly decorated aprons were worn over breech cloths and worn on special occasions.
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The Cherokee men originally wore breech cloths made from deer skin or bark fabric of the type depicted in the Green Corn Dance picture. The Cherokee used mulberry bark to make fibers woven into soft shirts and other clothes. Leggings and moccasins were also worn. Chiefs wore long, full cloaks made of feathers and feather caps. The men shaved their heads, leaving a scalplock, which they allowed to grow long. They painted and tattooed their bodies and faces. The Cherokee women wore knee-length, wraparound skirts, also made from a bark fabric or deerskin. A poncho style blouse was later introduced.
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Food
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The food that the Apache tribe ate depended on the natural resources of the area they roamed in. Small game, such as rabbit was a staple part of their diet together with corn, sheep and goats that they often traded with the farming Native Indians that lived in the Southwest
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The food that the Cherokee tribe ate included deer (venison), bear, buffalo, elk, squirrel, rabbit, opossum and other small game and fish. Their staple foods were corn, squash and beans supplemented with wild onions, rice, mushrooms, greens, berries and nuts
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Name of their Chief
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The names of the most famous war chiefs of the Apache tribe included Cochise, Geronimo and Victorio.
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Shawnee leader; with his brother Tenskwatawa, attempted to unite tribes west of the Appalachians against the expansion of European-American settlement.
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Thursday, 12 March 2020
Child Trafficking
Child Trafficking In Russia
We are learning about child Trafficking in Social studies. This is what I learnt about:
What does child trafficking look like in Russia?
Children from all around the world are either forced, sent or kidnapped in child trafficking. In Russia sex trafficking or kids are increasing
Who is involved in Child?
Those most at risk of child trafficking are children under the age of eighteen. Most children who are from single parents or dysfunctional families in small towns and villages.
When did child trafficking start in Russia?
It's been around for many years it's an ongoing problem in this world and it’s still happening right now to innocent children
Where is it occurring - places, areas?
Pakistan, China, India and Thailand are one of the top 10 countries with the largest number of victims for child trafficking.
How Does Child Trafficking Work in Russia?
Child Trafficking is caused by a combination of factors including government corruption
Why is Child Trafficking happening in Russia?
It’s often people illegally operating for money.
More Information -
The government identified 20 victims in 2017. According the law enforcement statistics, all identified victims were Russians; Four victims were female forced into sex trafficking, six were men subjected into forced labour, and ten were children.
Thailand and India are the two countries with the highest rates of child prostitution.
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