Influences of Settlement: What I Learned

  When I learned about the factors that influence settlement, I learned many interesting points about why people settle where they do. However, there was one fact that striked me as the most interesting about how climate, physical features, and natural resources impact settlement. I learned the term ´population center´ the middle of a region´s population in a certain place in that region. If I were never in this class, I would have had no idea what this meant. Also, there is a part of my sketchnote of which I am most proud. I´m proud of my drawing that depicts what aspects of climate people do not like. I like this part the most because it has the most color and the symbols of each climate are unique. I sure have learned a lot in these past classes about settlement!

Globalization: What is it, and How Does it Affect Us?

My sketch-note of globalization and trade

     While in social studies class, I have learned facts about globalization and trade that will help me with understanding the world around me. However, there was one point that struck me as the most interesting fact of all. When I learned the positive and negative impacts of globalization, I noticed that even though a developing country might increase in jobs because the production might be cheaper, there are negative effects of this. When a corporation moves to that developing country, many workers are laid off in developed countries, and those people are then jobless.

     Also, I am most proud of one drawing particularly on my sketch-note. I drew the negative effects of globalization, and worker right violations was depicted. I drew a large pair of hands ripping the frail, underpaid worker's rights of work. This symbolizes how powerful people in a often company abuse helpless workers.

What I Learned about Standard of Living

A country’s standard of living is not an accurate representation of a how everyone in that country lives. This is because many of the economic indicators and their data are mainly averages. This said, they will only show what the country would be like if everyone were equal. However, this is not true, and there could be many poor people with low health and many extremely rich people with great health. With an average, it just shows the country as a whole and can not always determine individuals.

   

    The most interesting thing that I learned about standard of living is that though it may not accurately portray the people individually in a country, it still can give a very accurate representation of the country as a whole. For example, even if some people in the United States are poor and unhealthy, the majority of the country’s population is wealthier and healthy, and standard of living is to show just that. Without analyzing standard of living, the general state of a country would be hard to find because there is usually a big and diverse state of individuals.

    

    I think that people in a country with a higher standard of living do have a big obligation to help people with low standard of livings. I think this because many countries with lower standard of living have resources that wealthier and healthier countries need. If a lower standard of living country has something, a wise thing to do is to keep them healthy. Also, compassion is important. If a country has a bad health and is poor, they are probably living very poorly, and might need help. Compassion is key.

My Economy Systems Sketchnote

 My drawing and I

Will's Sketch Note of Economy Vocabulary

My Sketchnote Of Economy!

Economy Is Everywhere!

   Through the classwork about economy, I have seen that economy has been in my life since I can remember. Whether it is the clothes I put on, the shoes I wear, or the teachers that teach me, economy is there, in my life if I realize it or not. Economy's first step is production, or making a product. I have seen the Garelick Farms factory in Franklin, now knowing that this is very obvious evidence of production. The dairy products that I have used since I was a tiny toddler were manufactured there. Also, economy is based off of distribution of goods. I see eighteen-wheelers everywhere, such as Garelick Farms, sending and distributing dairy products to stores. This is explicit evidence it relates to my life, as I use, or consume, their products. Anything that I own, or have owned, is a good, and is/was consumed by me. In addition, economy can mean just selling a service to help someone, which is in my everyday life! I have even sold services myself- Lawnmowing for money. Whether it's teachers teaching, or getting a haircut, I have experienced services extremely often! Without economy in my life, who knows what my world would be like!

The importance of Being Bothered

       It is important to to be bothered for many reasons. This feeling is productive and helps in many instances. For example, Michael Jordan chose to be bothered when he got cut from his High School Varsity Team. Without this crucial emotion inside him, he would have just been sad, moping around, and frustrated. But he didn´t. Jordan chose that it was in his best interest to be bothered, to work hard, and make the team. This shows that being bothered can make you do truly great things, Jordan now being one of the most famous basketball players of all time, making it to the hall of fame.

       In addition, being bothered makes the world a better place a little bit more. In the Video ¨Georgia Orphan´s Mission: Make others smile¨, Jaden chose to be bothered that others didn't smile, rather than going about his own, sad life. When his moonshot thinking started, he gave away ducks, and made others lives much more happy. This became a way to make his whole community brighter by just that small duck.

     Finally, when not being bothered, the world stays the same, boring self, with crime and worse. Take GenerationOn, for instance. The group created projects for almost every topic. Without this moonshot, bothered thinking, those very helpful projects wouldn't have even existed, and the world would have been not nearly as good as it is today.
   According to many articles, being bothered plays a big role in being successful, making the world better, and keeping things different.