Makongo Secondary School, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Our class

Why we love where we live

The view from our classroom

The questions we asked

01. Interview
Our Question: a) Ask ten people what they think about: 1.The climate change 2.The possible consequences for your country - and take note of the answers. b) What do yout think about these answers?
02. Search the local newspapers of your country for articles about climate change.
Our Question: a) What kind of direct problems have been mentioned? b) What solutions have been proposed? c) What priority have these reports about climate change been given in the newspapers in your country? d) Which headline caught your eye and impressed you the most? Explain the reason why. e) Which headline would you give an article about climat change?
03. The topic of climate change arouses a number of strong emotions in people.
Our Question: a) Write down your emotional feelings for the words “anger, responsibility, hope and indifference” in connection with the topic of climate change. b) Which kind of emotion do you feel most strongly in connection with the topic of climate change? (This does not have to be one of the four mentioned above). Explain the reasons why.

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The answers we gave

01. Interview
Our Answer: a) 1. In our school we asked different people including our parents,our school chef and store keeper and others and this is what they said: Parents: Climate change is chnaging of season throughout the year like rain seaon changes Our fellow students: Climate change is the change in environment into desert Is also a change of climate condition in a longe period of time like 30 years. 2. The possible consequences for our country are -Land degradation -Desertification -Drought -Eruption of diseased -Floods b) We think more education about climate change should be given to many people so that they can control the changes in climate.
02. Search the local newspapers of your country for articles about climate change.
Our Answer: Women ready to beat Climate change an article by Daily Newspaper of Tanzania of Friday March 20,2009. a) Direct problems that have been mentioned include decrease in rainfall and more frequent and prolonged droughts that are predicted to occur. b) Solutions proposed include the use chemical free,non-irrigated and organic agriculture as a way of combating climate change. c)The priority given to these reports is women in agriculture d) The headline caught my eye because agriculture is the back bone of our economy and mostly done by women e) The headline I will give an article about will be Climate change another African disaster.
03. The topic of climate change arouses a number of strong emotions in people.
Our Answer: The kind of emotion I feel most strongly in connection to the topic of climate change is SYMPATHY beacuse climate change will cause disasters like floods, droughts which may lead to deaths of people, lose of settlements and leaving dependents.

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