jueves, 25 de febrero de 2016

8. Women in History

Unit 2. HUMAN RIGHTS
Lesson 1. Women's role





We are going to learn what many women did and are doing today to make the world be better. 
Despite the problems, difficulties and complex situations they had or have to cope with, eventually, they achieved or are achieving their goals and purposes in life.
Their efforts have been rewarded with international recognition and now we are going to honor them with our project.
Click on the woman's image.

In pairs, you have to look for some information about a woman highlighting the most important and outstanding of their life.

Scheme and format of the project: 
  • PDF: page 1: woman's photograph; page 2: composition with the most important information.
  • Video recording file.
  • Content: The role of women in History.
  • Communication: open vocabulary.
  • Culture: short biographies of women who has been important in History.
  • Cognition: 
    • Synthesis: plan design, relate, write, summarize.

martes, 9 de febrero de 2016

7.Discrimination.

Unit 2.    HUMAN RIGHTS
Lesson 2. Intolerance.


Discrimination refers to unfair or unequal treatment of a person or group of people, based on certain characteristics. It comes in various forms. 
Pay attention to this video and write them down:  




Intolerance is the refusal to tolerate or respect opinions or beliefs contrary to one's own. It is as well the refusal to tolerate or respect people of a different social group, especially members of a minority group, who are more vulnerable and have fewer resources for confronting this negative attitude. 

EXAMPLES OF INTOLERANCE IN HISTORY





DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN












  • Content: Prejudice and discrimination. Women's rights. Violence against children. Death penalty and the rights of immigrants.
    • Content language: Vocabulary: victims, violence, aggressor, abuse, rape, harassment, protection, kidnapping, to kill, exploitation, sexual merchandise, prison, offense, human trafficking, discrimination, equality before the law, principles, inalienable, deprivation, freedom, to restrict, to prohibit, to guarantee, to respect, to promote
  • Communication: English language: 
    • the right to + inf.
    • the right of + noun
    • the duty to + inf.
    • to respect the right to + inf.
    • to break the law
  • Culture: Knowing about human rights around the world.
  • Cognition: 
    • Comprehension: explain, summarize, distinguish, give examples, infer, review.






  • Reading activity.
  • Filling the gaps activity.
  • Audiovisual presentation.
  • Group discussions.

sábado, 6 de febrero de 2016

6. De Bono's 6 thinking hats theory.


Unit 1.    YOU AND YOUR ENVIRONMENT.
Lesson 3. The school. Friends.




Trying to make students think about the thinking process itself, we have carried out a classroom activity by using De Bono's Six thinking hats theory. The topic was "How to improve the coexistence in the classroom" and each group has been assigned a question so that the members could answer it adopting the viewpoint of their hat.

Group work, empathy, peer learning, collaboration,  discussion, responsibility to finished the task on time...The attempt is worth if students can learn in a different way and, why not, if I am able to get a smile out of them.