The Giver

In Jonas’s community, all people are color blinded. The reason why the elders selected this decision is because people could fight over something because of the color. But if they are all color blinded, everything would be same and there would be no fight. And also if there were colors, it would give the people in Jonas’s community an opportunity to make a decision on something. And if they did, they might make the wrong choice, and that would cause a problem. Also, if there were colors, people would have to make lots and lots of clothes, and the community would run out of fabric, etc.

In my opinion, Jonas’s community is the right place to live, because it’s safe, and there are no problems. But, I would still like to live in the world I live in right now, and I would still like to see colors. The reason why I want to see colors are because they are so beautiful and it would be a waste if we couldn’t see it. And it’s so much fun picking out clothes, shoes, etc because there are colors. Without the existence of color, there’s not much to choose from (Because they’re all the same).

4 best friends are having a sleepver party and one of the girl looses her phone, a brand new expensive phone she got a few days ago. And she suspects one of her innocent friend, and their friendship goes all wrong
And she thinks that one of her friends stole it.
The crime scene is the girl's bedroom
The motive is : The girl who stole it stole the cool new phone because the owner of the cool phone kept bragging about it for a long long time, and got jealous because their family isn't as rich as the phone's owner.

THE KOREAN WAR

Big Questions for Korean war


1. What were the causes of the war? or why/how did the war start?

2. How did North Korea almost beat South Korea?

3. Why did the Americans sided with the South Koreans instead of the North? & Why did China side with the North Koreans insted of the South?

4. Why didn't the North korea win? Why didn't Kim Il Sung's plan didn't work as he had thought?

5. Why were there more people in the North Korea's side, but want to move to the South?



My Grandfather Story From Korean War


1. Where were you when you heard that the war had started?

2. How did you feel?

3. What particular events can you remember most clearly?

4. How did you survive?

5. What was it like at the end of the war?

6. How did you feel after the war?

The Tollund Man

1. The tollund man was alive around 400 B.C

2. The people who discovered about the tollund man found out that the last meal he ate was either gruel or thin soup of some 30 different kinds grains and weeds, including barely, oat, flax, and field pansy. Some of the British archeologists followed the recipe, made a dish and represented to people, everyone thought it was "disgusting" or "horrible".

3. The tollund man was close to 5' 3" tall.

4. Forensic pathologists examined his skeleton and admitted that he was roughly 40 years old when he died.

5. The Tollund Man's body were in full & great condition, people even misunderstood that he died about a few weeks ago. His toe-nails survived through thousands of years without fading, and all his hairs were as alive as ever.

6. The Tollund Man looked so peaceful, curled up in a comfortable position, eyes closed. He looked like he was resting.

7.Archeologists believe that either he was a human sacrifice or a punished criminal, but has been treated gently after his death.

8. The tollund man's body was found in bog peat called sphagnum, and found bacteria in it.

9. He was wearing nothing but a simple belt and a sheep skin wool hat.

10. There was a four foot long rope, made out of braided leather straps

These are some of the interesting facts about THE TOLLUND MAN

1. In your own words, explain what the title of this article means.
It means that the government failed from controlling, as in stopping and organizing from the mess that people are making, using way too much groundwater (aquifer).



2. According to the article, who is taking a lot of water out of the aquifer?
People who lives, works, and goes to High-rise buildings, skyscrapers. (apartment, office buildings, blocks, hotels etc…)



3. If you take a lot of water from the aquifer, what three things happen?
The water table is getting lower and lower each time, the sea water is keep intruding into the aquifers


4. What is the punishment for taking more water than your permit allows?
The punishment for taking more water than your permit is to pay 5 million rupiah or spend six months in jail.





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5. Do you think this punishment will stop people taking too much water from aquifer? Why?
I don’t think that it is reasonable. I think that because high-rise building people are rich, and 5 million rupiah doesn’t seem like massive amount of money. Owners of high-rise building would easily pay for it.


6. Jakarta’s aquifers are being contaminated by sea water. What else is contaminating Jakarta’s groundwater?
Septic tanks. Septic tanks are intruding groundwater without permission. And it is contaminating the wells and aquifers. It is a very bad situation, not being able to drink for a long time because the septic tanks are close to wells.

7.What evidence is there for the additional contamination in number 6?
The evidence is that there are complaints from Jakarta citizens, that the water are getting contaminated because of high-rise buildings, septic tanks getting mized by aquifers and wells that pollutes clean water.

Social Studies Homework

Septic Tank- Septic tank is the tank that holds the dirty toilet stuffs, and where all the human waste from the toilet goes.
(Picture of Septic) (DICTIONARY WORD-
a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria. A sewage-disposal tank in which a continuous flow of waste material is decomposed by anaerobic bacteria.)

Septic tanks and wells are country things. City people use pipes, to get clean water and to send human waste to get treated by pipes too.
To learn more about septic tank, visit, http://www.aceseptictankservice.com/howdoesasepticsystemwork.nxge.com/howdoesasepticsystemwork.nxg it tells you all about Septic tanks!

Groundwater - A scientific word for groundwater is aquifer. Groundwater is the water that's beneath the ground, the water we drink. (underground) (Beneathe mud, etc) (DICTIONARY WORD-The water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down. The source of water in springs and wells.)http://www.epa.state.oh.us/ddagw/SWEET/sweet_simulators.htmlWEET/sweet_simulators.html this is a site about groundwater. How to expiriment. http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/gwrp/saltwater/gwflow.html this site is about how groundwater flows


















Reservoir - Reservoir is a water bank. A place something that looks like a lake that holds water.
(Picture of Reservoir) Jati Lahur reservoir is the biggest reservoir in Jakarta. (DICTIONARY WORD-a natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use, esp. water for supplying a community, irrigating land, furnishing power, etc.)
















Vendor- Vendors are people who sell things (Water, food...etc)
(Pic of Water Vendor) (DICTIONARY WORD-someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money.)




















Abysmal- Abysmal means something that's terrible (e.x. Terrible water)
(Not much water left,,) (DICTIONARY WORD-extremely or hopelessly bad or severe)











www.btny.purdue.edu/Pubs/PPP/PPP35.html
This site is ALL ABOUT WATER. The water cycle, the process, water quality and more.

Unprocessed Water - Unprocessed water is dirty water that are not cleaned yet. Processed water is the opposite of unprocessed water, as in cleaned water.

(THIS PICTURE IS A PICTURE OF A UNPROCESSED WATER.)

Myth & Truth of THE WATER

Myth:
Once you use water, it’s gone.
Truth:
I don’t think the water would be gone once you use it. When you use it, it goes through pipes to the factory, get cleaned, and then you can reuse it again.
Myth:
There are more pollutants in drinking water today than before.
Truth:
I think that part of it is true, but also false.The truth is that we do have more pollutants in drinking water today than a long time ago, but we also reuse more water and recycle more to clean drinking water than before. So I guess we make more pollutant water, but also clean it.
Myth:
Bottled water is safer than tap water.
Truth:
I guess some bottled water is safer than tap water. Because the bottled water gets checked in factory, even though that the tap waters get checked often, the pipes could be filled with bacteria growing inside.But some bottled water aren’t safe also, the workers in factories might not have checked the property properly, or there were space for bacteria to be growing in there