Lebanon-John&Graham

Lebanon is a small country in the Middle East. Lebanon borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west and is north of Israel. It is next to Syria on its east side and lies south of Turkey. Lebanon is only 4,015 square miles and has 3.9 million people on its small area. Lebanon is a unique country in the Middle East. (JE)

Source Citation: "The Map of Lebanon." //Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations Online//. Detroit: U*X*L, 2010. //Gale Student Resources In Context//. Web. 25 Mar. 2012.

Ethnicity is a grouping based on cultural heritage distinguished by customs, languages, nationalities or race. There are three main ethnicities in Lebanon, Arab, Armenian and other. Like most of the countries in the Middle East, Arab is the major ethnicity with 95% in Lebanon. Lebanon is the only country in all of the Middle East that has Armenian as an ethnicity. It is similar to the other countries in the Middle East except for its Armenian ethnicity. (JE)

**Source Citation:** "Lebanon: Ethnic Make-up." (Illustration by XNR Productions/Cengage Learning, Gale.) //The Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World//. Online Ed. Blackbirch Press, 2009. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits

Life expectancy is the average number of years people of a population are expected to live. The life expectancy in Lebanon is 73 years old. It is 8 years below the highest, 81 years in Israel and 10 years above the lowest, 63 years in Yemen. This shows that Lebanon is a fairly safe place to live. It is an average country for this category. (JE)



Source Citation:
"Israeli Women Mourn By The Grave Of A Relative Before The Start Of The Annual Memorial Day In The Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery In Jerusalem." //UPI Photo Collection//. United Press International, 2010. //Gale Student Resources In Context//. Web. 3 Apr. 2012.

Religion is a system of beliefs or worship usually including a code of ethics and philosphy. The major religion in Lebanon is Christianity. About 40% of Lebanon practices Christianity. This is very rare in the Middle East. No other countries have Christianity as a primary religion. Most countries have Islam as a primary religion, but Lebanon is very unique in religion. The other religion in Lebanon is Islam. (JE) **Source Citation:** "Major Religions in Lebanon." (Illustration by XNR Productions/Cengage Learning, Gale.) //The Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World//. Online Ed. Blackbirch Press, 2009. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits

I noticed that you used charts to help show the religion and ethnic make ups for Lebanon, it helped clear things too. I was also surprised that there is 8 years below Israel and 10 years above Yemen. I understood how Christianity is a major religion in Lebanon and I agree that it is a very interesting country. The authors do not use anything to identify who wrote what. I think the charts are most effective because they show the most factual information. I feel as if all the pictures connected to the topics that were written and that everything was made clear. -Zack S.

I like how you worded ethnicity because you gave detail and you gave the definition of ethnicity too. I was supprised that you involved a little math in the life expectancy it helped me understand it better. I would like to know more about the population density in Lebanon. I like how the text color that you used really stood out i think you were relly trying to make a point on your piece. The most effective picture is the pie chart about every ethnic group in Lebanon. I saw no pictures that could get improving or that were confusing. WOLFGANG AKA CJ

i enjoy how you how you wrote your paragraphs in long words. (smartys) i wondered why you used a picure of a man from Niger when its lebanon. not a big problem though. i suggest using cardinal directions instead of saying below or above. my favorite picture was the map because it shows where it is and how large it is. your piece was great, but switch the pic of the man from Niger of maybe a grave or something. over all great job. A C

After recieving peer feedback on my rough draft and wiki, I made the following three changes: 1. I went back into my paragraphs and changed the color and put my initials on the end of each of my paragraphs. 2. I went back into my intoduction paragraph and used cardinal direction and changed "lies below Turkey" to "lies south of Turkey". 3. I changed my life expectancy picture from a picture of an old man to a picture of a cemetery in the Middle East.

From the feedback process, I learned to sign my writing so readers will know what I wrote. I learned that I should always use cardinal direction when describing the location of a country and to make sure that my picture always fits well with my writing. I also learned to always look over my work and double check for mistakes.