UNIT 6: WHAT CAN I DO TO CHANGE THE WORLD?

 SESSION 1: LIVES THAT CHANGED OUR WORLD EXAMPLES OF INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE

EXERCISE 1:

1. Luther King, Mandela and Gandhi took action in different ways because they saw some human rights were being denied to some groups of people. Describe the denial of human rights in their 3 cases.

 

2. How did they protest against what they thought was not right? Martin Luther King organised a march to Washington.

Nelson Mandela protested against the new “apartheid” laws in South Africa, which separated people because of the colour of their skin.

3. Did any of them go to prison? If so, how long were they there?

Nelson Mandela worked secretly for the ANC. The Police found out and he was arrested and sent to prison. Nelson spent 28 years in prison.  

The British put Gandhi in prison for six years. 

4. Are they all 3 still alive? If not, how did they die? 

In 1968, Martin Luther King was shot and killed by a white man. 

Gandhi was murdered by an angry Hinduman. 

5. Do the problems that they wanted to solve still exist in society nowadays? 

6. Do you think they contributed to improving their communities? If so, in which way?  

SESSION 4: PROBLEM 4. LACK OF FOOD

1. According to the scientist, what is the minimum number of calories per day a person needs to survive?

The minimum number of calories a day a person needs to survive is 2,200 calories.

2. Study the table, and use it to complete the passage below:

Country	Daily Calorie Intake
United Kingdom	3218
India	2204
Nigeria	2114
Uganda	2221

- I think the country least likely to experience a food shortage is the United Kingdom. My reason for choosing this country is has the highest daily calorie intake of 3218 calories per day. 

- The country most likely to experience food shortage is Nigeria. This is because it has the lowest daily calorie intake of 2114 per day. 

 

SESSION 3: PROBLEM 3. WAR

Decide whether the following sentences are true or false:

1. The most usual wars in developing countries are between different countries.FALSE

2. Wars are really bad for a country because money is spent on weapons instead of being spent on necessary things.TRUE

 

SESSION 2: PROBLEM 2. NO EDUCATION

EXERCISE 1

1. Why are children in Catalonia and Scotlan so lucky when it comes to education? Because the Government thinks it is important to educate children free of charge.

2. Why is it important to be able to read and write? Because without education people cannot do many things in life, especially find a good job.
3. Why are many children in the developing south unable to read and write? Because in most developing countries parents must pay to send their children to school and many people cannot afford to do this and this means that the majority of people are unable to read or write.



 EXERCISE 2 

 

UNIT 4: PROBLEMS FACING THE DEVELOPING WORLD

SESSION 1: PROBLEM 1. POOR HEALTH

EXERCISE 1

There are four main reasons why people in developing countries have poor health.  One is that there are poor sanitation facilities.  For example, 2.9 billion people do not have things like clean drinking water.  A second reason is that there is a shortage of doctors and nurses.  Also, there is no free health care as people have to pay for their medicines. 

EXERCICE 2

United Kingdom		SUDAN
75 years	Life Expectancy	52 years
7 per 1000 babies born	Infant Mortality (How many babies die per 1000 born)	107 per 1000 babies born
1 Doctor: 710 patients	Doctor Patient Ratio (How many patients a doctor looks after)	1 doctor: 11,110 patients

I think United Kingdom is the healthiest country because the table shows that people the live 75 years, whereas in Sudan people live 52 years. 

Children's lives

05.00-08.00

Children in Khalipathar.

Girls. They collect water from the well up to four times. They carry the water in pots. At the well they wash the pots from the previous night's meal. 
Boys. They get up and brush our teeth. Then they exercise. They go jogging for good health.
In St. Joan, we get up at 07.00 and we go to school. 
08.00-12.00
Children in Khalipathar.
Boys and girls. They wash and bathe in the pond.They eat breakfast. School starts at 09.30 and they have lessons.
In St. Joan, school starts at 08.30.
12.00-16.00 
Children in Khalipathar.
Boys and girls. They eat lunch at 13.00. At 13.30 They have more lessons until 16.00 when school finishes for the day. 
In St. Joan, They eat lunch at 14.30 and the lessons start at 15.30. School finishes at 17.30.
16.00-20.00 
Children in Khalipathar. 
Boys and girls. After school they play games, then they wash in the pond. At 19.30 They all pray to Goddess Saraswati.
In St. Joan, after school we have homework and then they play games.
20.00-21.00 
Children in Khalipathar.
Boys and girls. At 20.00 they do our homework and study. At 20.30 they eat a meal of rice, dal and vegetables. They sleep from 21.00 until 05.00. They sleep on the floor.
In St. Joan, we have dinner at 21.00 and then we go to sleep until 07.00.

 

  

SESSION 3: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RICH AND POOR COUNTRIES

EXERCICE 1

The five richer countries are:
- USA
- Sweden
- UK
- Japan
- Germany

 2. The five poorer countries are:
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- India
- Malaysia
- Uganda


 3. Rich countries have high Life expentancy
Poor countries have high infant mortality
Rich Countries high daily calorie intake
Poor countries have a low GNP

  4. The USA is the RICHEST country in the world’.

 5. Do you agree with this statement? Give a reason for your answer!
I desagree because Japan has got higher GNP.