Respond to the following questions.
1. What are the world’s biggest problems?
2. What is the role of the human in the world?
3. How can people make the world a better place?
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Watch the videos on the list and say what message they convey.
| What Are The World's Biggest Problems? (3.34 min) Now This, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY9nxG2ZQ7w [22] Man vs Earth (5.27 min) Prince Ea, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrzbRZn5Ed4 [23] How We Can Make the World a Better Place by 2030| Michael Green | TED Talks (14.39 min) TED, 2015. Can we end hunger and poverty, halt climate change and achieve gender equality in the next 15 years? The governments of the world think we can. Meeting at the UN in September 2015, they agreed to a new set of Global Goals for the development of the world to 2030. Social progress expert Michael Green invites us to imagine how these goals and their vision for a better world can be achieved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o08ykAqLOxk [24] |
2 ‘Self-Dictation’: Choose one video, or an excerpt from the video and write its transcript.
Discussion: Role play an interview about global issues for the media.
READING 1
1 Before you read, respond to the following questions.
1. What is the meaning of the concepts ‘social problems’ and ‘global challenges’?
2. What do you know about human rights? Why is it important to protect human rights?
3. What does ‘UNICEF’ stand for? What is its role?
2 Read the extract from the strategic document by UNICEF with a ‘critical eye’ and comment on it.
Realizing the Rights of Every Child
“The next steps of our journey will depend on our willingness to adapt to the changing world around us …to infuse equity throughout our programmes and the post - 2015 targets … and to find new ways to realize the rights – and brighten the futures – of the most disadvantageous children around the world”.
Anthony Lake
Executive Director
UNICEF
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UNICEF’s Strategic Plan has been informed by major global movements and discussions about future sustainable development goals. What is clear is that the needs of the most disadvantaged children must remain in focus long after the Millennium Development Goals, supported by simple, clear and measurable goals.
The Strategic Plan focuses the work of UNICEF on seven outcomes: Health; HIV&AIDS; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH); Education; Nutrition: Child Protection; and Social Inclusion. Humanitarian action, gender equality and human rights cut across all those seven outcomes.
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In all of its work, UNICEF takes a life-cycle based approach, recognizing the particular importance of early childhood development and adolescence. UNICEF programmes focus on the most disadvantaged children, including those living in fragile contexts, those with disabilities, those who are affected by rapid urbanization and those affected by environmental degradation.
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In small groups, brainstorm ideas and create a list of global challenges and social issues that cause people’s concern nowadays. Then, choose FIVE and rank them in order of importance. Explain your choice.
Individual Project:
A Choose the topic from the list below, study it and prepare a mini-project, describing the issue mentioned.
| 1. Health 2. HIV&AIDS 3. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) 4. Education 5. Nutrition 6. Child Protection 7. Social Inclusion 8. Humanitarian action | 9. Gender equality 10. Human rights 11. Early childhood development and adolescence 12. Disadvantaged children 13. Children, living in fragile contexts 14. Disabled people 15. People affected by rapid urbanization 16. People affected by environmental degradation, etc. |
B Think over some other social problems and global issues to add to the list and research the topic.
COMMUNICATION
ESL Café Conversation: Discuss the following topics in pairs or in small groups.
1. Do you think people should be allowed to smoke in public buildings?
2. What are some reasons people use illegal drugs?
3. What are some reasons that people become homeless?
4. What are some things people can do to eliminate discrimination and prejudice?
5. What do you think is the most serious problem in the world?
6. Should drinking be allowed outdoors ( parks, squares, streets) as it is in Spain?s
7. Do you believe in a high tax economy (e.g. Sweden) which distributes money to education and health or a low tax economy (e.g. the U.S.A.) where people make private provision for good services?
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8. Do you have a vision of a better society? What changes would you make?
9. Do you think genetic engineering should be used to create good citizens?
10. What do you think are the characteristics of a good member of society?
[26] TedPower, 2017.
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