Bell Ringer #12 – 2/19/09

1. Who was Martin Delany?

2. What did President Lincoln want to see happened to the South after the Civil War?

3. Explain how Lincoln died

Ready to write to kids in Tanzania?

Peace Corps Volunteer Match ProgramDear Educator:

We have processed your enrollment form and have matched you to Cory Baddeley. You can reach Cory initially using the following information:

PCV Cory Baddeley, P.O. Box 9123 Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa

Hello. So we've been matched to do the World Wise Schools program. So I'm sure you know that my name is Cory Baddeley. I live in Tanzania in the Iringa region. The village name is Nyakipambo.

So anyways. What age range are you looking for? I have a primary school right next to me that goes up to 15 years old. There is also a secondary school sort of near me that has people of all ages. Anyways let me know what you think. I'm looking forward to this and it should be pretty fun.

Cory’s Response…Ok that sounds great. I think I'll work up some kind of

website or something and try and post an introduction about myself and all of that and then later on post pictures of the people they're interacting with. I need to go to the capital city this week because a filling fell out, so I'll really try to get something up then. They should write to just the students.

They can also write to a girl or boy or pick the age. There are enough students to where your students can be sort of specific about who they interact with, but that's totally up to them and you.

Iringa Region

Home to Ruaha National Park, Tanzania's 2nd largest park, which has an abundance of wildlife and about 7,500 visitors per year.

Winter in June, July, August.

3 colleges One TV station and 2

radio stations: The radios are Ebony FM, a youth entertainment and commercial radio, and Country FM.

Iringa Region

RELIGION: The Islamic community makes up 35 percent of the population in Tanzania. Christians are more than 30 percent and the remaining almost 35 percent are non-religious, or indigenous religious groups.

LANGUAGE: Tanzania has more than 126 ethnic groups and each ethnic group has its own language. No language is official, but Swahili is the de facto official national language, used for official matters. After gaining independence, English, the colonial language during the era of British rule and was thus considered de facto official alongside Swahili.

40,213,160 = Population note: estimates for this country take into account

the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in higher infant mortality and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected. About 1.6 million people currently are known to have HIV/AIDS.

Average age = 17 y.o. Life expectancy = 50 for males, 53 for females

77% of males can read and 62% of females Bottom 10% in the world for economic conditions,

economy based on agriculture.

What should I write to my pen-pal? Tell them about yourself! They’re interested

Favorite activities, places, school subjects What do you like to eat? Clothes? Music? What is American life like? What career do you hope to have? Talk about your family, neighborhood, church, friends

Ask them questions to help communication: What do you do for fun? What do you do in school? Who is in your family? Where have you traveled? What is Africa like? Tanzania? Nyakipambo?

Reconstruction To boost its economy, the South built

factories and railroads. Some freed people were told they would

get “40 acres & a mule”. However, some people took advantage

of Af-Ams’ desire for land; scammed them into “sharecropping”.

The government did give some land to free people, but not nearly enough.

Carpetbaggers Northerners who

moved South after the Civil War (not liked)

Wanted to gain political office and tried to collect taxes.

Juneteenth Holiday honoring

June 19th, 1865 – the day slaves were freed in Texas

Celebrated by Af-Ams in 14 states today

Reconstruction Amendments 13th – Abolished slavery (1865) 14th – Gave all men (regardless of

race) equal protection under the Constitution

15th – Gave black men right to vote (1868)

Homework Read Ch 4 Complete Ch 4 Review,

“Identifying” and “Understanding”. Due Friday