Arab Spring

BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Fukushima Updates

Continuing our discussion of natural and man-made disasters...

Reminder of the devastation caused by the tsunami (satellite photos)

Today:

Special Reports

Taiwan Fallout

US West Coast

Fukushima Ghost Towns

drone warfare

Drone Warfare in Pakistan

West African Islamic Kingdoms

Mongols and Japan

Islamic Caliphate

Rome in CrashCourse

Carthage

Ancient Americas

Norte Chico (Caral-Supe is one city)



 Chavin  



The Olmecs

Greeks and Persians

English - The language

Hank Green on the importance of Maps

World Mapper

Crash Course: Ancient History

Games

Geography games:

World Geo Games

Globetrotter XL


GeoGuessr


Science:

Fold.It

Science Games

EyeWire (requires sign up)

Jefferson Lab

Math:


Number Munchers

"The Internationale"

Nuclear Energy Issues (Fukushima, Chernobyl, 3 Mile Island)

How Nuclear Plants work


   



Fukushima (Japan)

Fukushima What Happened?

Fukushima Two Years Later


Below: The tsunami that caused the accident
Written on 4.6.11

"The latest official death toll is 11,828, with more than 15,500 still missing.

A powerful 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit Japan on March 11 at 1446 local time (0546 GMT), unleashing massive tsunami waves that crashed into Japan's northeastern coast of Honshu, the largest and main island of Japan, resulting in widespread damage and destruction. According to the Government of Japan (GoJ), as of Friday (April 1), 11,734 people are confirmed dead and 16,375 people are reported to be missing. (Kyodo, Reuters, April 1) There are no new figures for the number of injured, but the UN reported last week that 2,766 people were injured. Casualty numbers are likely to increase as emergency teams continue to reach and assess affected areas. The earthquake sparked widespread tsunami warnings across the Pacific. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the shallow quake struck at a depth of six miles (10 km) (20 km deep according to Japan's Meteorological Agency), around 80 miles (125 km) off the eastern coast of Japan, and 240 miles (380 km) northeast of Tokyo. (from http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ADGO-8FJKXT?OpenDocument)

A Satellite image of the devastation caused by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami

  Satellite Images of the effects of the tsunami











 Chernobyl (Ukraine)


Chernobyl What Happened?

Chernobyl Exclusion zone

Chernobyl 25 years later

Fallout Clouds (radiation is dispersed in the air over Europe)

 



 3 Mile Island (United States)

                                                      3 Mile Island What Happened?

Home variety, the way we live

What does the variety of living arrangements and styles mean about humans? 
What kinds of benefits do the various styles of living create?  
Are any of these situations better or worse than others?  
Do any of these challenge/change your ideas of how you plan to live? 
Why does it seem like living in the United States is so standardized? 
Have you been introduced to different ways to live in your life? 

What kinds of living situations do you think create a good community?
What kinds of living situations do you think provide creative motivation?
What kinds of living situations do you think provide for spiritual, mental or emotional wellbeing?
What kinds of living situations do you think would promote physical health?
What kinds of living situations do you think promote wealth or employment opportunities?

 List of types of houses

Apartments with green space

Cave Dwellings

Underground Cities Cappadocia

Lists of Underground cities   Second List 
Living Underground

Mud Brick Palace (houses, mud structures,)

watertower homes

Pictures of Hong Kong Apartment Skyscrapers

10 Palaces

Tree Houses,  Tree Dwellings

Tiny Houses

Dormitories , Hostels and  Hotels

Prison Living

On the water  
Living Under Water

Student Co-op

Grow your home  Grown tree houses

Greek Life (fraternities and sororities)

Hakka Walled Villages

Tepees, tents and yurts

Kitchens around the world

Crowded Hong Kong Apartments

Childrens' bedrooms

A look at life in the slums 

 "weird" cities

Sealand

12 ways to live rent free

life in an igloo


Things to look up or think about.
mobile homes, communes, kibbutz, sustainable communities, living in the wilderness, living in a submarine, living on a bus, living in a shelter, military barracks, orphanages, convents and monasteries, temples, living in a hospital, mental institution, nursing home, living as a nomad, living in an airport, boarding schools, living in space...   what else can you think of?

World War II

Japanese Expansion

German Expansion Before the War officially begins

Crash Course WW II

5 pillars of Islam

1) Shahadah (Declaration of Faith)
لَا إِلَّهَ إِلَّا الله مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ الله (lā ʾilāha ʾillā l-Lāh, Muḥammadun rasūlu l-Lāh) (in Arabic)
There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God. (in English)


2)Salah (Prayer) Call to Prayer Adhan (azan)

Steps
-Proper covering: correct clothing, clean, in the right place
-bismillah "in the name of God..."
-purification: wash face, head, mouth, nose, arms and feet
-face the quibla *direction of the Kaaba
-pray with a partition in front of you


Salaat / Rak'ah

Rak'ah steps


3) Zakat (almsgiving)

2.5% of a person's wealth looking out for the community of Muslims (especially orphans, widows)

4) Sawm (fasting)
Fasting during the 9th month (Ramadan) fasting from Sunrise to Sunset -abstain from food, drink and sex children, pregnant women, elderly and the sick are not supposed to fast.

5) Hajj (Pilgrimage)
Every Muslim of means should try to make the pilgrimage at least once in their life. Hajj takes place during the 12 month of the Muslim Calendar. Pilgrims perform a series of rituals during the Hajj including wearing special clothing, making 7 cycles around the Kaaba and reciting certain prayers.