BP1 - San Diego and Water

San Diego is currently in a drought

San Diego has a desert climate. Rain is rare in SD. Because San Diego is a desert, most of its water comes from hundreds of miles away.

San Diego is projected to double its population by 2050. Because the city will have 2 million residents, San Diego needs to produce more water. The plan to produce more water includes:

• conservation (saving water)
• recycle water
• desalination

BP1 - Water & San Diego

Much of SD's water comes from far away

San Diego is essentially a desert climate. There is very little rain in San Diego compared to San Francisco. Because San Diego is a desert, much of San Diego's water comes from hundreds of miles away.

Human Footprint, Carbon & Sustainability

The five low impact areas on my map (below) are: (1) This Place, (2) That Place, (3) The Other Place and (4) The Other Place After That.

(1) This Place is low impact because the population is _____, transportation was ______, the land use was ________,



The five high impact areas on my map (above) are: (1) this place, (2) that place, (3) the other place and (4) the other place after that.

Why the United States Joined WWI

The United States joined WWI in 1917

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World War One officially started in Europe in 1914. For the first time ever the world was a war. Before 1914 most wars were between countries sharing borders. No longer was that to be true. Then. Now. Future.

Because of the outcome of WWI, the United States became the most powerful military the world has ever known.

The United States came into the war three years after it had started in 1917.

Food Inc.: How The Food Gets Inside of Us

Happy Meal toys from McDonald's drive kids to their restaurants

When I was in 4th grade, McDonald's Happy Meals were my life. The food was good, but the reason why my mom was dragged to the restaurant was because of the special toys hidden deep down within those bright-red boxes. Throughout my childhood years I failed to realize the main purpose of the excitement that waited for me inside those boxes.

In the documentary film Food Inc., viewers were taken on a field trip, showing us the truth on how our Happy Meals are made and how McDonald's' food eventually get inside of us.

When McDonald's first began, it was a regular restaurant. In the 1950's, restaurants were pretty much all the same. McDonald's workers on roller skates delivering food. One day the owners decided to cut costs and they created a new process. Their new process created a whole new idea on how restaurants of the future were going to work. In their new process, the McDonald brothers introduced the "factory way" of making food.

The factory way had less workers with lower pay. This new way helped McDonald's to make a lot of money. McDonald's became the very rich company it is today because of these changes. So rich was McDonald's, their meat suppliers changed, too. Four companies now provide 8 out of every 10 burger patties in the U.S.

Has the U.S. Moved On From Racism?

I believe the U.S. is (not) colorblind due to the fact that in airports people are racially categorized

• Jocelyne - Republicans/Congress are against undocumented immigrants; people often times are incarcerated for minor offenses (i.e. vagrancy or homelessness)
• Princess: very few families discuss racism. As a matter of fact only 37% of families talk openly about race, which makes racial discussions uncomfortable to millennials. 
• Ruben: racism still exists in the U.S. today because only 44% of African-American families own homes versus 73% of white families. In other words, if the U.S. was truly a colorblind society those percentages would be more equal.
• African-Americans die four years earlier than whites; neighborhoods/homes; lower income, healthcare; income security; low-income housing and gang violence; healthy vs unhealthy foods depending on where one lives; 
• Mariela: stress because of income security
• Sahara; stress emotions; stressed-out; suicidal 

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Danny B. Blas, M.Ed.

Teacher

San Diego Unified School District

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