Case Study 5 - People Living in the Hottest Place --- Ecuador

Some basic information of Ecuador:

Ecuador is located in the South America. Its capital city is Quito, and the largest city is Guayaquil. The official language is Spanish. The Ethnic group is: 65% Mestizo, 25% Indigenous, 7% White, and 3% Black. The president of Ecuador is Rafael Correa, which is a female president, and the vice president is Lenín Moreno.

HISTORY

Ecuador declared on August 10, 1807, from Spain, May 24, 1822 from Gran Colombia, and was recognized by Spain on February 16, 1840. 

Area

The total area of Ecuador is approximately 283,561 square kilometer. 5% of the area is water.

 

Artifact 1 - Infographic

These are the countries on equator:

1. Ecuador

2. Colombia

3. Congo

4. Uganda

5. Gabon

6. Democratic Republic of Congo

7. Indonesia

8. Kenya

9. Maldives

10. Somalia

11. Brazil

12. Kiribati

Original picture on Wordle:

Countries on Equator

Artifact 2 and 3- Newspaper Article & Problem and Solution


Different people live in the different part of the earth, with different culture and different weather. For the Eskimos, they live in the very north side of the earth, where they use refrigerators to warm their foods. For the Kenyans, they live on the equator, where is the hottest place on the earth. To stay in the hottest part on the earth is not a very easy thing to do, especially living in the countries that are on the equator. For Ecuador, the country in the continent of South America, is one of the countries on the equator. 

This is the weather of stats of Guayaquil, Ecuador

Explanation to the graph:

Max temperature: Average max daily temperature per month

Minimum temperature: Average daily temperature per month

Average temperature: Average daily temperature per month

The temperature normals are measured in the period of 1961-1990

	Temperature
Months	Normal	Warmest	Coldest
January	17.0	15.8	8.2
February	16.1	14.3	10.1
March	19.1	18.4	15.9
April	20.6	20.7	18.4
May	25.4	25.4	23.3
June	29.4	29.8	25.0
July	35.8	32.5	32.9
August	37.9	35.6	33.9
September	31.5	30.3	28.6
October	28.9	27.7	18.7
November	24.9	22.5	16.9
December	18.4	19.6	12.3

Average warm temperature: 27.3 degrees Celsius

Average cold temperature: 16.1 degrees Celsius

As you can see, the temperature in Kaohsiung have more differences in the morning to night than the temperature in Guayaquil in the morning to night. For Taiwanese in Kaohsiung like me, need to bring a jacket just incase the weather will be cold both in the morning and night. The temperature in Kaohsiung during the winter time is actually colder than Guayaquil in the winter, so more productions including farming can earn more money by selling them. 

A true story from my family. My grandfather went to Guayaquil, Ecuador, when he was 40 years old. He could not speak any Spanish at fist, but he thought that Guayaquil will be the best place for hm to cultivate shrimps and to earn money by selling them to the markets. He was right. He was able to harvest the shrimps three times a year, but only two times in Taiwan. And because his job of cultivating shrimps was very successful, he became very rich, Although he is not in this world anymore, there are some of his apprentices in Guayaquil that keep cultivate shrimps. By this, we can tell that hot countries are not always our of food to be starving and no money to live. Hot weathers can cause the people to think different to earn money, and to live better. 

Artifact 4 - Documentary

My father took these photos when he went to Ecuador with my mom, and when I was still in my mother's body. My grandfather worked there to cultivate shrimps for business because he knew that the temperature in Ecuador is the best for him to cultivate shrimps and sell them to other countries. I briefly described some basic information about the symbol of Ecuador. Hope you like my video! :)



Presentation:

People live in the HOTTEST PLACE--- Ecuador on Prezi

3 Perspectives of Hotel Rwanda

HOTEL RWANDA

Hotel Rwanda is a movie talking about 3 different groups of people: Hutu, Tutsi, and the United Nations. Basically it is a true story about a Hutu hotel manager, Paul Rusesabagina, who helped more than thousands of Tutsi refugees during their war between Hutu and Tutsi in Rwanda.


Hutu:
For the Hutus' perspective who were trying to kill Tutsis, they wanted to kill all the "cockroaches" because their president lied to their president and killed him. They felt like they got betrayed by someone promised to be peace with them. Because they cannot handle their depressions of it. they decided to kill Tutsis. For the Hutus, like Paul, who wanted to help the innocent Tutsis alive, they look those Tutsis as part of Hutus, just with a different name for their group. Paul tried anything he could do to save all the neighbors. At first he gave the Hutus his money, then he bribed them by giving them with expensive wines. Although he almost failed, he tried again and that leaded him to where success is.


Tutsi:
The Tutsi refugees' perspective is one-word simple: innocent. Thy did not choose to be a Tutsi nor to be a group of people who have a president that lies. In the movie, the refugees try to live by finding ways to escape, but some got killed by the Hutus. They did not have the power to decide with their government, so they did not tell their president to kill Hutu's president. Therefore, they were innocent when they got killed.


United Nation:
For the United Nation, they wanted to help, but they lift for a while when they were told to leave the Tutsis in Hutu place alone. At first they were willing to help Paul to protect the Tutsis in his hotel, but after he realized his status, the United Nation stop helping Paul. Some of then wanted to help, but some, like soldiers and chiefs, looked at him like the other Hutus and Tutsis.

My 2 Perspectives of Africa

Africa

I think Africa has many different kinds of things that you will not be able to see it somewhere else. For example, many rare animals can only be seen in Africa. Cultures and some natural phenomenons only appear this beautiful land. The Soccer World Cup was in South Africa, which makes it more popular. The big sun represents the weather in Africa, which is very, very hot. Their special kind of houses, or tents, are very artistic and are attracted to some people. 

British

I think the British are very cold-blooded, which always uses weapons to deal with everything. They would use weapons to threaten who they want to, which i think is very unfair for the slaves and some other Africans. 

Timeline of Rwanda

COLONIALISM

• 1918 - Under the Treaty of Versailles the former German colony of Rwanda-Urundi is made a United Nations protectorate to be governed by Belgium. The two territories (later become Rwanda and Burudni) are administered separately under two different Tutsi monarchs. Both Germany and Belgium turned the traditional Hutu-Tutsi relationship into a class system. The minority Tutsi (14%) are favored over the Hutus (85%) and goven privileges and western-style education. The Belgains used the Tutsi minority to enforce their rule. 
• 1926 - Belgains introduce a system of ethic identity cards differentiating Hutus from Tutsis. 
• 1957 - PARMEHUTU is formed while Rwanda is still under Belgain rule. 
• 1959 - Hutus rebel against the Belgain colonial power and the Tutsi elite; 150,000 Tutsis flee to Burundi.
• 1960 - Hutus win municipal elections organized by Belgain colonial rulers. 

INDEPENDENCE

• 1961-1962 - Belgium withdraws. Rwanda and Burundi become two separate and independent countries. A Hutu revolution in Rwanda installs a new president. 
• 1963 - Further massacre of Tutsi, this time in response to military attack by exiled Tutsi in Burundi. Again more refugees leave the country. It is estimated that by the mid-1960s half of the Tutsi population is living outside Rwanda. 
• 1967 - Renewed massacres of Tutsis.
• 1973 - Purge of Tutsis from universities. Fresh outbreak of killings, again directed at the Tutsi community. The army cheif of staff, General Juvenal Habyarimana, seizes power, pledging to restore order. He sets up a one-party state. Apolicy of ethnic quotas is entrenched in all public service employment. Tutsi are restricted to nine percent of available jobs. 
• 1975 - National Revolutionary Movement for Development (NRMD) is formed. 
• 1986 - In Uganda, Rwandan exiles are among the victorious troops of Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army who take power, overthrowing the director Milton Obote. 
• 1990 - Forces of the rebel, mainly Tutsi, Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) invade Rwanda from Uganda.
• July 1990 - Under pressure from Western aid donors, Habyarimana concedes the principle of multi-party democracy. 
• October 1990 - RPF guerrillas invade Rwanda for Uganda. 
• 1990-1991 - Rwanda army begins to train. 
• November 1991 - Dr. Leon Mugesera appeals to Hutus to send the Tutsis back to Ethiopia via the rivers. 
• February 1993 - French forces are again called in to help the government side. 
• August 1993 - Habyarimana and e RPF sign a peace accord that allows for the return os refugees  and a coalition Hutu-PRF government. 2500 U.N. troops are deployed in Kigali. 
• September 1993 - March 1994 - Habyarimana stalls on setting up a power-sharing government. Extremist radio, station, radio mille collines, begins broadcasting exhortations to attack the Tutsis. 
• March 1994 - Many Rwandan human rights activists evacuate their their families from Kigali believing massacres are imminent. 
• April 6, 1994 - President Habyarimana and the president of Burundi are killed when Habyarimana's plane is shot down near Kigali Airport. That night the killing begins. 

Kevin's Eyes on Africa Prezi

Eyes on Africa: Hunger in Ethiopia. on Prezi

This is Kevin's prezi, talking about famine in Africa. Because of the weather and many other reasons, some Africans die because of starving. I was not surprised that they die because of not eating, but I cannot imagine them being so thin. Some children have skinny arms and legs, but big belly, and usually there are parasites. Because of their poor medical skills, a lot of Africans died since very long time ago. Diseases is another reason why their population goes down. Although they have diamonds and precious jewelries, they still have other issues blocking them having a good life. 

I like Kevin's prezi because it is very easy for people to understand, but maybe more focus on a region or a country will be better. By selecting a region, we can learn more about how people deal with famine and live their lives. 

Eyes on Africa: Lions in South Sahara Desert

Eyes on Africa on Prezi

Lion is the second largest cat family. They usually spend their wild life when they are grown up to about 10-14 years old while they can grow up to 20 years old. Male lions are the ones that do the scent marking and patrolling. They also defend prides from other prides. They are bigger than female lions, which can grown up to 11 feet long from head to tail with a shoulder height of 4 feet. They can weigh up to 550 pounds. Female lions is smaller than male lions, and can weigh up to 400 pounds. Their top speed is 81 kn/hr, but only for short distance. Most of the lion live in a tropical desert, grassy landscape, or forest.
From 19th century to now, the quantity of lions in Africa keep on decreasing. They die because of human's population growth! Since the early 1950's, the populations of lions has been reduced by half, and now there are less than 21000 lions in Africa.

This is the website i found about lion's population from 1800s to now: National Geographic: Big Cats Initiative

Also, this is the video Tina and I made for lions in Africa. The song is "Can you feel the love tonight" from the movie "Lion King". Hope you enjoy it!!!  :D

David Livingstone

David Livingstone was born on March 19, 1813, and died on May 1, 1873 in Africa. He was a Scottish, and was a medical missionary, working with the London Missionary Society, but he was also an explorer who explored in Africa. 

When he was young, his father, Neil Livingstone, found a tutor to give him a Sunday school and also gave him Christian tracts to study. Because of this, he was very good at reading, but reading was not the only thing he liked. He also loved animals, planets, and geological specimens. His father was afraid the contradiction between science and religion, but this led him to accept and know more about the relationship between two of them.