The Great Depression

Hello, this is my blog post on The Great Depression.

Research Task: Why was Germany hit the hardest during the depression? Explain what Germany had to agree to by signing the Treaty of Versailles? How was NZ affected by the depression?

The great depression was an economic crisis that happened during 1929-1941 after the stock market crash that happened in October of 1929, this led to sending Wall Street into a wild panic, over several years during the GP, consumer spending and investment dropped, then leading for industrial output and employment to decline. This led to 25% of people to lose their job and stay unemployed, during these times the population of the world was around 2 million people, that means 500000 people were unemployed and couldn’t support themselves or their families.

Germany was hit the hardest during the great depression because Germany had to pay a lot of money due to starting the war and all the property destroyed etc. Although Germany had to pay $23b to the opposite side (The Allies.) The money went to constructing and reconstructing machinery and manufacturing plants to help rebuild the world from the war. This was very severe for Germany because of the government not being able to support their citizens, making times in Germany even harder during the great depression. 6 million Germans were unemployed, the number of Germans who had full-time jobs fell from 20 million to 11.5 million. Leaving families in distress and in poverty.

When Germany was signing the Treaty of Versailles they were also signing away territory to Belgium, Czechoslovakia and Poland. They also had to return Alsace and Lorraine to France and cede all of their overseas colonies in China, the Pacific and Africa to the Allied nations. The Allies goal was to weaken Germany because they were too dangerous to keep them with the power they had. They did this so that they wouldn't be a future threat to them. This postponed any scuffles with the Axis and Allies and may have prevented the third world war from starting, it also could’ve done nothing but actually ruin Germany during the GP.

The Great Depression hit New Zealand really hard, dropping exports by 45% for 2 years and New Zealand’s income by 40%, during this time George William Forbes term as prime minister (1930-1935) coincided with the harsh economic and social climate of the 1930s Great Depression. Unemployment was up by 12%, and people who were able to keep their jobs had their wages cut by about 20%. People being outraged by losing their jobs and having their wages cut led to Protests breaking out, people were protesting against urban and professional businesses. The most prominent manifestation of this protest was a conservative movement named the New Zealand Legion. This didn’t help with the great depression, because a lot of the businesses were also struggling to keep their sales up, even having to put prices down so that they could afford their products. 

Business

Mike Tamaki convinced his brother to sell his motorbike so that they could buy a 16 seater minibus. They do bus tours but it’s no ordinary tour, they pioneered their way into their customer’s hearts, they weren’t the best but they had heart so they kept on improving their “craft”, at the start all they could do. Sometimes they couldn’t even make it up the hill, and the concerts took place in a tent, but people liked that, it had spirit and people loved it. Word spread about the two Māori boys and the vehicle they created to share the untold stories of the Māori people.

Bibliography

Tamaki Village. “THE BIRTH OF TAMAKI MĀORI VILLAGE.” 

“Word spread about the two Māori boys and the vehicle they created to share the untold stories of the Māori people.”

https://www.tamakimaorivillage.co.nz/our-stories/the-birth-of-tamaki-maori-village/, 2021, https://www.tamakimaorivillage.co.nz/our-stories/the-birth-of-tamaki-maori-village/. Accessed Friday, July 2021.

Science how to figure out speed

Aim: To see if people are speeding around schools

Method: have one person at one power pole, while the other person stays at the opposite one and records the time when the other person gives the signal, do this 10 times, calculate it in m/s then into km/hr.

We had a few speeders, but they weren't too far over the speed limit, only around 5 over atmost.

Matariki

In music we have been researching Matariki and music-related things, while also learning the song Counting Stars by OneRepublic, I consider this song very easy to learn even as a beginner, I just need to put more effort into practising the song. 

SocialStudies - Green Peace

Who is green peace? GP is a peace activist group formed by Irving Stowe in 1971 so that they could attempt to stop the US nuclear weapon tests. But now their goal is to use non-violent methods to expose global environmental problems and to force solutions for a green and peaceful future. The goal of this group is to ensure that the earth is able to nurture life. What have they done? in 1972, After Greenpeace's first action in 1971, the U.S. abandoned nuclear testing grounds at Amchitka Island, Alaska. twenty years later after lobbying by Greenpeace and other organizations, the 39 Antarctic Treaty signatories agree to a 50-year ban of mineral exploitation on the continent. GP protects the ocean by challenging industrial fishing companies and other earth damaging companies. They also plan on building marine sanctuaries by the year 2030, hopefully covering 30% of the ocean, which should help our ocean repopulate a flourish with life. if they accomplished this, it would give endangered species time to recover their numbers, hopefully recovering from extinction, this would stop people from fishing endangered animals.

Eco tourism

Hello, this is my blog post on eco-tourism and I had to answer three questions about it.

What is Ecotourism, Ecotourism is a form of tourism involving responsible travel to natural areas, conserving the environment. While improving the well-being of the locals and the viewing experience for tourists, improving the reputation of the spot. Meaning more people visit, leading to more awareness and it often inspires people to go out and clean the environment. Ecotourism is also about people going and seeing awesome places without leaving a carbon footprint, such as zip line tours in countries like the Philippines, Thailand and Costa Rico, these countries provide opportunities for tourists to observe the fauna and flora of the rainforest without using any non-reusable fuels etc.  

Why is it a growing trend? Being an ecotourist means you respect local laws, does not contribute to pollution, but instead relishes in the natural environment in which you're travelling in, all the while helping to protect and conserve the area. Because of this, more and more international programs are being held to further promote ecotourism.

How can tourism help our oceans? Workers will go and clean the surrounding area keeping the ocean clean and even deep cleaning them by cleaning the trash on the sea bed, while most people who "clean" the ocean just remove the trash from the top, which is a small percentage of trash in the ocean. And since people wouldn't want to see fishing boats near the oceans that they are looking after, fishing boats are being banned from more and more places, reducing the overfishing bit by bit.