UNIT 5

HELPING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

SESSIONS

  1. HOW DO RICH COUNTRIES HELP THE POOR ONES?
  2. HOW DO CHARITIES HELP LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES?
  3. PRESSURE GROUPS: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
  4. HOW DO INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS HELP DEVELOPING COUNTRIES?
  5. MILLENNIUM CAMPAIGN: VOICES AGAINST POVERTY

CONTENTS

DIDACTIC AIMS

CONCEPTS

PROCEDIMENTAL KNOWLEDGE

ATTITUDES, VALUES AND NORMS

  • Vocabulary on different types of aid (long term, short term, money, food emergency, military, specialist workers, equipment) from developed countries
  • Vocabulary related to charities (volunteers, charity workers, nurses, fund-raisers, second-hand shops, etc)
  • Vocabulary on the work of different specialised agencies of the UN (WHO, ILO, UNESCO, FAO, UNESCO, UNICEF)
  • Reading for general and specific information
  • Matching pictures and texts through cut and paste exercises
  • Analysing different types of aid (long term, short term, money, food emergency, military, specialist workers, equipment) from developed countries through pictures
  • Finding specific information on the web
  • Letter-writing
  • Filling in fact files
  • Making a presentation in the class
  • Watching a video clip for comprehension
  • Sending an e-card
  • Listening to a song and filling in the gaps
  • Awareness that rich countries can relatively  improve the situation of poor countries
  • Interest in charity work and volunteering
  • Importance of expressing our views in public
  • Suggesting and expressing complaints in letters
  • Developing personal meaning, exploring and reflecting on feelings and ideas expressed through music
  1. To identify different types of aid (long term, short term, money, food emergency, military, specialist workers, equipment) from developed countries
  2. To understand what an act of charity is
  3. To identify the cause that charities work for
  4. To know what charity workers and volunteers are
  5. To give examples of some charity organisations
  6. To find information on the web about the present campaigns of some charities
  7. To know about pressure groups, specially the work of Amnesty International
  8. To be aware that some people are tortured in some places in the world
  9. To make use of letter-writing campaigns which put pressure on powerful people in order to help the innocent
  10. To know about the work of the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) as international organisations providing aid
  11. To identify different specialised agencies of the UN (WHO, ILO, UNESCO, FAO, UNESCO, UNICEF)
  12. To understand what the Millennium Campaign is all about
  13. To identify the 8 goals of the Campaign
  14. To recognise celebrities that are working on the campaign
  15. To know about Lenny Kravitz’s songs and some of his thought to change the world
  16. To spread Lenny Kravitz’s message to friends
  17. To complete a song and analyse its meaning
  18. To find specific information in the Millennium campaign website

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