Micaela’s Blog

The world’s available oil supply is beginning to run out. Our culture is very dependent on crude oil. Oil is the most important product traded between countries. Although we don’t know exactly how much oil is left in the ground, geophysicist M. King Hubbert predicts the world’s oil will peak in about 23 years. Peak oil production means that the first half of the oil from an oil field is easier to pump than the second half. According to geologists new oil will be more difficult and expensive to drill. Since the majority of the world’s oil comes from the Middle East politics have made things difficult in the past. The government needs to move towards oil free choices because the world’s oil is disappearing quickly.

Today in Social Studies we went online and watched a video clip of different places in Israel. Then we watched a video of someone floating on the Dead Sea. We went to a website where we saw how American money compares to Israeli money. We went over our homework which was the Israel worksheet.

Winter 1938

Dear Colleen,

I can’t believe it has been over ten years since Kemal Ataturk, the powerful president of our Turkish Republic created a law forbidding fezzes to be worn. Although the new hats and western clothing are very modern, I still miss seeing the Turkish men wearing their traditional fezzes. I must admit I do enjoy the changes for women in my country. Not having to wear a veil is one thing I truly enjoy. It is nice to be able to see the other women’s faces. It is also nice to see that the young girls are going to school just like boys their age.

Shortly after Kemal Ataturk moved the capital from Istanbul to Ankara and the Roman alphabet was introduced, I got a job at the local newspaper. My skills with Western European languages have been very helpful to me in my job.

I am curious to see the changes in our country and government now that our dictator Kemal Ataturk has died.

Sincerely,

Micaela

We used our smart board to go to Google to look for different cities in

Turkey and Israel including the capitals and then we did an Israel worksheet.