I-Search+by+Derek

by Derek Just this year, Haiti was hit by a terrible earthquake resulting in thousands of deaths and injuries. As I walk by the hallway in BSGE, I see many poster saying Help Haiti and more. When I look on the front page of the //New York Times// I see more information containing the earthquake going on and the advancement of the rescue going on to there. I skim through the paper not understanding the dangers Haiti is facing. I don't know how hard it is to get through a day in Haiti. But the game Ayiti:The Cost of Life helped open my prospective of Haiti even before the earthquake. During the experience I had with Ayiti this showed me how life in Haiti is rough even before the earthquake and life now is unimaginably tough. This also showed me how getting an education in Haiti is almost impossible with the struggle to survive. Although some facts of Haiti I know, I don't think that I know it thoroughly.
 * Haiti **
 * Part I--What I already know about my topic **

I have many questions based on this topic of Haiti. One question is how can I further help the world's nations, people, and animals? This is important about learning how I can help Haiti which has encountered a tough time with this earthquake. By helping Haiti I can learn about their struggles and history. Another question I have is how do I help the world's nations, people, and animals? This is important because it shows what I am doing currently to help Haiti letting me know more about them. Another question I have is how many homeless people are on Haiti? This question is important to me because I wonder how the earthquake effected Haiti, and how many homes were losts.
 * Part II--What I Want to Find Out **

To search about Haiti i decided to go to Diigo and search up Haiti in the BSGE group. I found multiple interesting sites including the sites I had put up. One site that I found interesting was [] which had multiple interesting facts about my topic Haiti. This facts were very interesting and this site included a time line which helped me determine the status of Haiti before the earthquake even hit. I thought this site was intersting and would help me answer my I-Search questions. This gave me the perspective of someone who had no opinion in this matter just writing the facts. This showed the hardships of Haiti and how the earthquake shook everything up. This was significant in the I Search because this would show the facts about Haiti not someones opinion.
 * Part III--The Search **

Another interesting website I found on Diigo was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake. This website was very interesting and had me wondering about Haiti. This shows the effect the effect the earthquake on the Haiti. It shows the casualities of this earthquake and the grave effect of the natural disaster. This website showed significant facts about the Haiti earthquake. It also shows the countries that helped Haiti recover through the the natural disaster. The first country that helped was the Dominican Republic. This shows how countries around the world are like brothers and will help each other in times of need.

Another interesting website I found on Diigo was http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/earthquake_in_haiti.html. This website included very graphic pictures of the earthquake. This gave me a physical view of Haiti during this earthquake. This was significant because it shows the natural disaster before the eyes of the public. This shows me the strength of the earthquake and how the people were injured. These pictures showed the effect of the earthquake on the people in Haiti and how badly they were injured. I think that it is important to know how the earthquake effected people in Haiti because this shows how the earthquake effected the country. The pictures were very graphic and I wouldn't reccomend looking at them. Although the photos were very graphic they were very interesting and told a lot about Haiti.

I'm thinking of interviewing someone who was in Haiti when the earthquake happened. My friend has someone in his class who was there when the earthquake happened. I want to interview him but I need someone who is fluent in French because he only speaks French. I think that this interview will give me a good perspective of the life in Haiti. This would provide a fascinating experience.But i actually interviewed the friend whose classmate what is from Haiti.The boy from Haiti was unavailable so I interviewed the friend instead. This gave me the perspective of a human and his thoughts about Haiti. Some of the questions i asked him were as follows: 1.How do you think people from Haiti are changed by the earthquake? 2. How does the earthquake effect Haiti in general? 3. How do earthquakes effect countries? 4. How was the economy effected in Haiti? 5. How do you think the children of Haiti are changed by this drastic event? Part IV--What I Learned ** The most important thing i learned while doing this I-Search about Haiti was that it was a harsh environment to live in and it takes a lot of courage for the people who still live there today. The environment in Haiti is unhealthy for children to live in and needs to be rescued from donations from people who have enouigh money. I learned that i can be a decent investigater and the procees of the investigator is difficult and requires a lot of work.


 * //W//orks Cited:**

"Facts about Haiti." //Facts about Haiti// n. pag. Web. 18 May 2010. . "Earthquake in Haiti." //Boston Globe// 13 January 2010, Print.