Research project on Sub-Suharan Africa

1. What is the Total Population of each of these nations?
Nigeria- 149,229,090
Ethiopia- 85,237,338
Sudan-41,087,825
Kenya-39,002,772
South Africa- 49,052,489
Unites States-307,212,123

2. What is the TFR?
Nigeria- 4.91 children
Ethiopia- 6.12 children
Sudan-4.48 children
Kenya- 4.56 children
South Africa- 2.38 children
United States-2.05 children

3. What is the Crude Birth Rate?
Nigeria- 36.65 births
Ethiopia-43.66 births
Sudan-33.74 births
Kenya- 36.64 births
South Africa- 19.93 births
United States-13.82 births

4. What is the Crude Death Rate?
Nigeria-16.56 deaths
Ethiopia- 11.55 deaths
Sudan- 12.94 deaths
Kenya-9.72 deaths
South Africa- 16.99 deaths
United States-8.38 deaths

5. What is the overall Life Expectancy?
Nigeria-46.94 years
Ethiopia- 55.41 years
Sudan- 51.42 years
Kenya- 57.86 years
South Africa-49.98 years
United States- 78.11 years


6. What is the infant mortality rate?
Nigeria- 94.35 deaths
Ethiopia- 80.8 deaths
Sudan- 82.43 deaths
Kenya- 54.7 deaths
South Africa- 44.42 deaths
United States- 6.26 deaths

7. What is their colonial experience? Who did they gain their independence from, and when?
Nigeria- This was a British colony. Their independence came on October 1, 1960 from the United Kingdom.
Ethiopia- They were not colonized and they are the oldest independent country in Africa. They have had their independence for at least 2,000 years.
Sudan-January 1, 1956 from the United Kingdom and Egypt
Kenya- December 12, 1963 from the United Kingdom.
South Africa- May 31, 1910 from Union of South Africa which was formed from four British colonies. On May 31, 1961 the republic was declared.
United States- July 4, 1776 from Great Britain.


Find and copy a map of each country, along with the country's flag.

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Find and copy a population pyramid for each nation.

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Would you consider each of these nations a developed country or a developing country? Why?
I would consider Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, and South Africa all developing countries because in all of these countries there are many people born but there are many deaths at young ages. As you can see on the population pyramid in all of these countries at the bottom of the pyramid it is very long and at the top it is very small. So it is shaped like a Hersey’s kiss. This symbolizes that there are so many people being born but so many people dying at a young age and little people living to the age of fifty or above. The United States is a developed country because they are a lot of people that live to be older and a small amount of people are dying at a young age. The USA population pyramid is wide in the middle, the bottom, and top, this shows that people in the USA live to be all different ages.

What we did in class today. Wednesday, 12/16/09

Today in class we continued to work on the Sub-Suharan research project. I got a lot of work done and I just have a little left to do for homework tonight. Jordan also brought in cookies and candy canes. That is what we did in class today.

What we did in class today. Tuesday 12/15/09

Today in class we began to work on an activity where we had to research countries on The CIA Factbook. This assignment is due on Friday. Our Research Report is due at the beginning of class tomorrow. That is what we did in class today.

What we did in class today. Monday 12/14/09

Today in class we had a three mod class. For the first mod we studied for our test on the movie we watched in class. During the second mod we took the test. The third mod Mr. Schick answered questions that we had on the research report. The research report is due on Wednesday. That is what we did in class today.

What we did in class today. Friday 12/11/09

Today in class we worked on our research paper. For those who remembered to print out there research paper they got to edit there research report. For those that forgot they just continued to write it. The Research Repot is due this Wednesday.

Questions for the movie "God Grew Tired Of Us". 12/9/09

1. What Academy Award winning actress narrates the documentary?
Nicole Kidman


2. In what countries does the film take place?
Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, America

3. List the main characters of the film.
Panther Bior, Daniel Abol Pach, John Bul,

4. Define refugee. A refugee is someone who flees a country or place do to hard times such as persecution or war.

5. Define IDP.
IDP is a Internationally displaced person.

6. The film centers around a group of boys. What are they called?
The group is called "The Dinkas".

7. Track the movement of the boys after they leave their homes in their original country (the answer to number 2).
Sudan, then to a refugee camp in Ethiopia, then to a refugee camp in Kenya, there is a refugee camp in Kenya called Kakuma, then to America. Daniel and Panther are going to Pittsburg, and John bul is in Syracuse New York,

8. What are some major differences between the lives of the boys and your own life, specifically when they are living in the refugee camps?
The life of the boys in this movie and my own life are very different especially when the boys are in the refugee camp. At the refugee camp the boys are very limited to what they do. In my life we live in a free country. There is a very small amount of food in the refugee camp in Kenya. Almost all of the people there are extremely skinny and to the point where they are almost starving. In my life I can just simply go to the grocery store to get food. The kids also have huge responsibilities. John Bul used an example when he said that when he was at the age of thirteen his job was to bury peoples bodies. This was a job that no one in America would ever experience. Those are some major differences between the lives of the boys and my own life.

9. What are some of the difficulties that they boys must deal with when they arrive in the United States? How are their lives different in the United States in comparison to their home countries?
Some of the difficulties that the boys must deal with when they arrive in the United States are they are not use to the culture in America. They do not know how to use electricity because they did not have electricity there and they have other struggles such as how to make food. There lives in the United States is different in comparison to their home countries because in there home countries the people do everything together and everyone there was extremely friendly and always welcoming and willing to help. Where in America John Bul says that if you go to someone's door to ask for help or ask them a question they will call the police. In America people are also not always together. People are independent in America where they can get there own jobs. Those are the differences in the lives of people in the united States in comparison to countries such as Kenya.

10. Answer the following question only after you conclude the viewing of the film:

The title of the film, "God Grew Tired of Us", seems to be somewhat ironic after hearing the account of the boys first hand. Explain why the title is ironic using specific examples from the film. Do the boys really believe that God had abandoned them? Or is their faith stronger than ever? Why? Give examples.
The title of this movie "God Grew Tired Of Us" is ironic to this film because when the boys were living in Africa they had so many struggles. Some of the struggles that the people from Africa had in this film are many people are starving there and their is a war in their home country which is Sudan, and many people have been separated from their families. I do not believe that these boys felt that God actually did abandon them, I just think that they felt sorrow for themselves because of there difficulties in there home countries. I believe that there faith actually is stronger now because it truly does show that God cares for them. At the end of the story it said that John Bul and Panther both met up with members of there families which I think made there faith stronger.

What we did in class today. Wednesday, 12/9/09

Today in class we finsished watching the movie that we have been watching in class. I really enjoyed this movie and I could watch it again and again. I think I am going to rent it from the library and show it to my parents. I truly learned a lot from this video. That is what we did in class today.

What we did in class today. Tuesday 12/8/09

Today in class we watched more of the movie "God Grew Tired Of Us." I love this movie and it really gives me a true understanding of what Is happening in countries in Africa and all poor countries across the world. This movie also shows that we all need to help people in poor countries because they truly ar people just like us. That is what we did in class today.

What we did in class today. Monday 12/7/09

Today we had a three mod class. During these three mods we watched a movie called "God Grew Tired of Us." I really enjoyed this movie. This was about a group of people from Sudan that came over to America. They lived in a very rough time in Sudan. The people that left the other people felt very sad to see that they may never see them again. That part of the movie was very sad. I really enjoyed this movie and I can't wait to watch more tomorrow.

What we did in class today. Friday 12/4/09

Today in class we reviewed and read Pgs 224-226. These pages were about Sub-Suharan Afica. After we did this we had a short 10 point quiz on these pages. This weekend for homework we have to continue and work on our research report. That is what we did in class today.

What we did in class today. Wednesday, 12/2/09

Today in class we filled in a map of Sub- Suharan Africa. We had to label the countries, the rivers, the oceans around it, and the deserts. We also had to color in this map. This map will be very useful to study from when we have a quiz on this. That is what we did in class today.

What we did in class today. Tuesday 12/1/09

Today in class we continued to work on our research report. At the beginning of class Mr. Schick told us about some websites on his blog that we should try to get information on our topic from. Our research report is due on December 16, 2009. That is what we did in class today.