Monday, 7th of February

Today Paqui has said the marks of the exams, they were all good, but some people could improve it. Before that Paqui has explained the industrial reconversion and delocalization, then she has written some words for the glossary, then she has written in the blackboard some interesting things about this topic, after Kelly has explained some interesting things about the first town in Mexico before USA, it was unfair, the people live near the factories and the water was contaminated, it was very heavy to see people living in that conditions, and Kelly has said that she has seen some kids swimming in the contaminated waters, i think that the owners of the factories are very intelligent moving to the poorest towns in the world, they earn more money but they some times kill people with the air or with the contaminated waters, some times they didn´t kill them but they coast them irreparable problems and they children inhereditate them, this is unfair to the people who coudn´t protects from the companies and they are withought anything.

Like I said before today, Kelly has been with us.

Paqui has remaind that for wednesday we have to give her the political maps of Africa.

Sorry for the delay.

Source: http://www.eurbanista.com/the-italian-system-for-fashion-present-future/

Friday, 4th February

Hello everyone!

As you know, today we have done the exam of unit 3: The primary sector.

At first, when Paqui has arrived to the class, she was a bit angry, because many people of the class didn't take the books out of the table.

She has told us that people who passed the project of agriculture and stockbreeding, only had to do the last two exercises from the exam.

They were about fishing, about CAP, and there was another exercise in which we could choose between two options to do a summary.

In my opinion it was easy and short, because as Paqui says, if we study it's always easy.

When people has finished the exam, Paqui has given us a political map of Africa, and we have to give it to her on Wednesday.

That's all we have done today, I think I don't forget anything, but if I have, please tell me. Thanks! I hope that today's exam was easy for you.

See you! Bye, bye!

Source: http://www.xatakaciencia.com/psicologia/los-ninos-con-trastorno-por-deficit-de-atencion-no-lo-sufren-en-los-videojuegos

Challenge number 6

Source: http://www.defensoresenlinea.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=192%3Anadie-frena-abusos-de-gildan-active-wear-en-contra-de-las-obreras&Itemid=171

This week´s questions will be focused on industry and some of the concepts we´ll study next week.

Question 1

Taking into account world industrial output, what are the three largest industrial manufacturers (countries)? What have been the recent changes in this list? What is the expected evolution of this list?

Question 2

What are maquiladoras? What´s the origin of this word? Where are they located? What do they produce? What are their main problems?

Come on, participate!

Wednesday 2nd of February

This is picture of mass production that I find in the Internet of coke.

Today in Social Sciences Carmen and Yolanda Rubio have to paid 10 cents each one because they have speaked in Spanish. At thebeginning of the class, we have asked to Paqui some questions about the exam.

After we have checked ht exercises of the pg 56:

Yolanda Abad, Enrique, Bea Yuste and Ana have checked the exercises 7,  8, 9 and 10.

After this, Diego has read the industrial concentrations of the pg 46 (there are two: horizontal concentration and vertical concentration) and Paqui has explained us this section with his powerpoint presentation. Then, Yolanda has read the factors of industrial location that are: proximity to the raw materials and supply of energy, the industries are near the markets and near the means of communicaction or near technological parks. 

At the end Paqui has remember us to study for the exam.

Source: http://www.originaldigitalarts.com/158/Andy-Warhol-Coca-Colajpg.aspx

Planned obsolescence

Comprar, tirar, comprar

Have you ever heard your parents or grandparents say that things lasted more in the past? They might be right. This is a very interesting documentary broadcasted on La 2 a few weeks ago. It explains one of the pillars of  industrialized societies: planned obsolescence. This is a strategy many companies develop to oblige consumers to buy new products, by limiting their duration. Many products have been designed to have a short useful life, so that consumers have to buy new models. It is cheaper to buy a new product than trying to get it fixed. Some experts try to justify planned obsolescence, like a way of preserving employments: if products lasted for ages, less workers would be needed and unemployment rates would be higher. However, other experts explain that this strategy has led to consumerism, the exhaustion of many resources and high pollution and waste levels. The documentary is in Spanish, but many of the people who appear in it speak in different languages.


More about planned obsolescence: 


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/planned_obsolescence.asp

A famous assembly line

This is a famous scene of Modern Times, a 1936 Charles Chaplin comedy film. The character Chaplin plays, a tramp, works on an assembly line and has problems to follow the rhythm of the machines. On this film Chaplin wanted to criticize the dehumanizing effects of machines in the Industrial Age and he also reflected the hard conditions many unemployed people had to face during the Great Depression era. 

I strongly recommend you the whole film. This was the first time the audience could listen Charles Chaplin´s voice. 

More information about the film: 

http://www.filmsite.org/mode.html

Presentation about industry

Here you have the small presentation we have used today to learn some new concepts about industry. Please, review it. Next day we´ll learn about horizontal and vertical concentrations. 

Industry

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Monday 31st of January

Today in Social Sciences class we have checked one exercise about products before industrial revolution and after it.

Then we have read page 45, elements of the industrial process and type of industries. When we have finished reading page 45, then we have started a powerpoint about industry. Paqui saids homework for next day and she has given a sheet to make a project at home.

After this we have gone out of the class to do an honoring about something.....

When we have returned we have continued with the powerpoint. We have little time to see it, and the time was over.

Paqui today has established a new law: If we speak in Spanish, we will have to pay 10 cents.

Source: http://www.kalipedia.com/tecnologia/tema/robotica/fotos-robots-cadena-montaje.html?x1=20070821klpinginf_124.Ies&x=20070821klpinginf_96.Kes

Coltan

Hello everybody!

We are Yolanda Rubio and Laura Meco. We would like you to watch this presentation. It's about Coltan mineral. As you can see, this mineral is used to make a lot of elements that we use in our normal life.

It's made by the talantite and comlumbite's minerals and its color is grey.

In Congo, there was a war, and people were exploiting children. It's sad, but that is the truth.

Here you have a video in which you can see how these children were exploited.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q7s53Ego-Q

We hope you like our video about Coltan, and we are sure about you'll like it.

Bye, bye class!

See you!

Yolanda Rubio and Laura Meco.

Friday, 28th of January

Today we have corrected the exercises 25, 26 an 27 from page 47. Then we have cheecked the crossword. After Paqui has spoken about mines and their differents types, their mains problems... One of the mains problems of mines is that can collapsed, and miners can died. Then we have read the information in the book about industy. And Paqui has said to us that we have to do the box on page 44. Finally Paqui has put on the proyector a photograph of Juan, Cristina's son. ¡Many of us, have been mad about it!

Source: http://www.convip.net/industry.html