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Hi Aaron Blais,



We'd like to give you a repayment update on the loans you've made through Kiva.



A total of $6.08 has been repaid over the past month! As of March 28, 2012, you now have $8.08 in Kiva Credit in your account. You can re-lend to another borrower, withdraw to your PayPal account or donate these funds to help cover Kiva's operating expenses. (The minimum lending amount is $25, but you can easily add new funds to existing Kiva Credit to complete a loan purchase.)



Below is the repayment update on your Kiva Portfolio



Norce Group (#383760)



Country: Philippines

Activity: General Store



You Loaned: $25.00

Newly Repaid: $4.00

Total Repaid So Far: $6.00 (24.00% of your loan)

Repayment Status: Paying back on time





Aloys (#392773)



Country: Rwanda

Activity: Home Products Sales



You Loaned: $25.00

Newly Repaid: $2.08

Total Repaid So Far: $2.08 (8.32% of your loan)

Repayment Status: Paying back on time







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Best Wishes,

Kiva Staff

AIDS in America Project

How do we communicate to our community about the danger of AIDS? Is one pathway better than the others? We will create different prototypes (mock ups) that will relay a message about AIDS. As you are creating your prototype, ask yourself these questions:




Who is my target audience?

• The young?

• People already infected?

• Those in high risk groups?

• Those that do high risk behavior?

• Those that have friends/ Family with AIDS?

• Others?



What is my focus?

• AIDS prevention?

• Living with AIDS?

• How to relate to others with AIDS?

• High risk behaviors?

• The science of AIDS?



You will choose one of the following conduits to get your message across. Your group will create a working prototype that answers the above questions. There should be no more than 5 people per group. More than one group can pick the same conduit.

• A television PSA

• A workbook for the classroom

• A graphic novel

• A poster campaign for public spaces

• A musical/ skit presentation to bring to schools



We will have time in the computer lab to work on the prototype on Wednesday.

Due Thursday, April 5th.

Data Collection

Using the website below, check your graphs to see how accurate you were in predicting relationships between social issues.  What correlations can you use between the factors presented?  What might be some outside factors that create outliers?

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Digital Photography Project

The 8 UN Millenium Development Goals are an important attempt at making the world a more just, environmentally sound, and safe place to co-exist. Everyone in the world shoul know what these goals are and how they can contribute, even at their local level.  We will create a visual photography display that connects these goals to our community through your interpretation of how these goals can make an impact at the local level.  Your finished projects will be displayed in the school lobby begining the week of April 2nd, so do work that you will be proud to display.

Schedule is as follows:

March 15th:  Begin brainstorming connections between millenium goals and your community

March 22nd: Have your storyboard completed and ready to turn in- how do you want to display you photos? What story do you want to tell?
Possible Examples: collage, graphic novel, timeline. Be creative!

March 29th: Have all photographs taken and developed

April 2nd: Have project completed and ready to turn in

Rubrics will be provided in class.

Study Guide for Exam One

The following topics will be tested on Friday, March 16th.

The 8 Millenium Development Goals
Micro-loans
The Day of Peace Movement
The Map of Africa
Conflict Resolution/ Peacemakers (Study up on the ones in the packet)
NGOs
The Haitian Earthquake

Response to Haiti

We have recently finished watching the film, The Quake and the obvious next question is "What should be done?". Please read the comments from others who have seen the film and evaluate their contributions.  Which comments do you agree with?  Which comments provided new information that you did not know before?  Which comments seem off base?  Below in the comments section, cut and paste a portion of a comment that you think we as a class should discuss, then tell why.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/haiti/talk/

Then, if you finish early, see how well you can prepare for an earthquake at: http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html

Conflict Resolution Plan

Using the worksheet on conflict completed in class, choose one conflict that you feel needs to be resolved.  Your mission is to create a clear plan of action that explains the step by step process that would provide an end to the conflict. Your plan must include:

1. A list of the people or groups involved in the conflict and their relationship with eachother
2. A clear description of the conflict
3. An explaniation of the causes of the conflict
4. The desired outcome for each of the persons or groups listed in #1
5. A compromise outcome that all the participants could agree on
6. A step by step plan of action to create compromise outcome
7. A list of resources needed to achieve this goal and an explanation of how you will acquire these resources
8. A description of any obstacles that might hinder the completion of your goal
9. A mechanism that will assess how successful your plan is to achieve your goal

Be prepared to present your plan on Monday, March 5th in class.  Your options are:
Powerpoint
Poster
Video
Prezzi
Glog
Skit
Other (see me first)