Posted on June 4th, 2009 by
hebsandnat
After a lot of hard work and effort, I am finished with my research. I think I have done I good job and I have learned a lot about Middle Eastern stereotypes and the media. Now I am able to answer my question. There are many more stereotypes about the Middle East other than, “All people from the Middle East are terrorists.” Some people think that all Muslims are Arabs which is totally false according to my research. The most common stereotype that is used in the movies is that Arabs are terrorists. In almost every movie made by Hollywood, the bad guys or terrorists are Arab. The news also plays a role because people believe what they see on the news. If the news only shows the bad things Middle Easterners do, people will eventually see all Middle Easterners as bad people.
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Posted on June 4th, 2009 by
hebsandnat
My research question for the Middle East research project is, ‘What are some typical stereotypes about the Middle East and how are they used in the media?’ I will find 5 sources of information and make different categories that a related to my question. I will then take notes on note cards to help answer my question. Once I am finished with my research, I will write a conclusion to sum up my information and tell what I have learned and, hopefully, answer my question. 
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Posted on May 27th, 2009 by
hebsandnat
Making five source cards is the next step in the research project. I have to cite at least 5 sources using noodle tools. Noodle tools is a website that cites sources for you very easily. All I had to do was type in the author of the article, organization or company, the article title, and the specific URL if there was one. Noodle tools puts it in the correct format and you can print I it immediately, it’s that simple. Then you glue the citation to a card and one source card is done
So far I have three out of the five source cards. I think the sources I found will help me when I make the note cards. I have two sources that are about different stereotypes about the Middle East and one source card about how the media can affect the stereotypes about the Middle East. I hope to get the final two source cards soon. The next step is making the note cards and subtopics. I will write about that when I get to that step.
-Robbie
Below are the links to my sources and a link to noodle tools.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/questions/types/index.html
http://middleeast.about.com/od/middleeast101/tp/me080120.htm
http://www.metimes.com/Opinion/2008/06/17/arab_culture_and_muslim_stereotypes/5948/
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Posted on May 27th, 2009 by
hebsandnat
In humanities class we are doing a common assessment on the Middle East. We have to write a topic question, create subtopics with note cards, and 5 source cards using noodle tools. I am going to explain this as I progress with my project.
My topic question is, ‘what are some typical stereotypes about the Middle East and how are they used in the media?’ I am going to create 5 source cards with noodle tools and take notes and then organize the notes by categories. Later we will share our project with small groups during class. This project is due by next Friday. This is just an introduction; there will be more detail about how I’m doing with my project later
-Robbie
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Posted on May 14th, 2009 by
hebsandnat
Americans have stereotypes about the Middle East. For example, many Americans think that the Middle East is filled with deserts and terrorists but people from the Middle East also have some misperceptions about life in America. I am from the United States myself and I was surprised by what I learned.
Some people in the Middle East think that all Americans are rich because of television shows like ’90210′. They think that everyone in the United States lives a life like a celebrity. Also, some people think that Americans have no family values. They use the high divorce rate in America as evidence that Americans don’t have family values. I felt frustrated when I heard this because many Americans do have family values. Just because many people get divorced in America doesn’t mean that they don’t care about their family and children.
This was just some of the stereotypes that Middle East people have about Americans but I am sure there are many more.
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Posted on April 29th, 2009 by
hebsandnat
Everyone knows that soccer, better known as football, is a very popular sport in the Middle East as almost every country in the Middle East has a national football team. But what are the other popular sports in the Middle East? Here are some of the sports that people like to do in the Middle East.
Some people might not know this but scuba diving is quite popular in the Middle East. You can pretty much find scuba diving clubs near anyplace that has a sea near it. Many people may think that cricket is an obvious popular sport in the Middle East but that isn’t entirely true. It is a common misconception as cricket is very popular in neighboring countries like Pakistan and Afghanistan, but the only country where cricket is a big sport is in the United Arab Emirates. Although it is mostly played in Dubai, it is a growing sport in the Middle East and is spreading to other countries.
There aren’t many sports that are popular within all the countries in the Middle East, but in each country there is a very popular sport other than football. In Saudi Arabia rugby is a relatively popular sport as in Lebanon archery is a relatively popular sport. Also basketball is a played sport in Turkey and Lebanon.
The countries in the Middle East may have a completely different culture than us but they play many of the same sports that we do.
Robbie H.
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Posted on April 27th, 2009 by
hebsandnat
For an introduction to the next unit of the Middle East, my teacher had us set up KAW in our notebooks. KAW stands for what I know, what I assume, and what I want to learn. I know that the Middle East is between Asia and Africa. I also know that there are Jewish people and Muslims in the Middle East. I assume that the Middle East is a relatively poor country. I also assume that Muslims make up most of the population of the Middle East. I want to learn where the Middle East is. Is the Middle East part of Asia, Africa, or Europe? I want to know how many countries are in the Middle East. I also want to learn about the many different cultures the Middle East holds. I think that this is a good way to introduce a new unit because it made me realize how little I really know about the Middle East. This is similar to what I used to do in elementary school which was KWL. That stands for what I know, what I want to learn, and then after the unit is over we would go back and fill in the ‘L’ part of it which is what I learned. I think that KWL is better because it lets us go back and after the unit is over and see if we learned what we wanted to learn.
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Posted on April 25th, 2009 by
hebsandnat
When I hear the somebody say “Middle East” I immediately think about violence. I think that this is due to the fact that while I lived in America, I was taught that all Middle Eastern people are cruel and violent. I would always hear about how a group of terrorists blew up a building, or how an American troop got shot by an Iraqi. This kind of information was all over the newspapers, the news channels, and even in our schools. I was never taught about any of the good things that are going on in the Middle East. I never got to see anything that promoted life in the Middle East. However, when I came to Thailand and started going to ISB, I got to meet and interact with people who have lived in the Middle East, were born in the Middle East, and people who want to go to the Middle East. After hearing them say what there view is on the MIddle Eastern status of living, I realized that the MIddle East isn’t such a bad place. They have a very interesting culture and they also have many friendly people. I know that I have never been to the Middle East or have ever had a desire to go to the Middle East, but I am hoping that studying the Middle East for the next few weeks will change my perception about it and perhaps create a desire to visit the Middle East.
Joseph Nathan
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Posted on April 24th, 2009 by
hebsandnat
Posted on April 23rd, 2009 by
hebsandnat
Hi, it’s Robbie and Joseph and we are here to respond on the blogging rubric for our grade 8 humanities class. We think the blogging community section isn’t reasonable. This is because it states that for a high score we have to go to the blogs of people who aren’t our classmates. We don’t think this is reasonable because our classmates are writing about the same thing that we are going to write about, the Middle East. Since our blogs will be similar it will be more relevant to leave comments and cite them in our blog than it would to be to leave comments on other people’s blog. We will learn more if we read blogs that are writing about the Middle East. We can also talk to that person if we have any questions. The second complaint we have is that we think the expectation of 3-5 articles a week is too much. Now that it is the end of the year, our math homework is getting harder and more complicated which takes up more of our time. Plus, in the near future we will have to write a huge lab report that counts as a big part of our science grade. Other than that we think that the rubric is reasonably fair to us.
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