Chistmas is for Sharing 3

Imagine how the soldiers must have felt while sitting in the trenches during the cold nights
proceeding Christmas.

Soldiers of the English infantry in France during the first world war. Photograph: Fototeca Storica Nazionale/Getty Images




Put yourself in the position of one of the soldiers from the story and write a short diary entry.

If you want to know more about the Christmas Truce  read the following article in The Guardian:


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/16/truce-trenches-football-tales-shot-in-dark

Christmas is for Sharing 2

Watch the video put the situations in order as they appear.
…. . A man is disclosing the details his grandfather had written in the diary.
…. . A WW1 writer and researcher is deliberating on the troops killed during the event.
…. . Soldiers are sitting in the trenches.
…. . Soldiers are playing football.
…. . Both armies are getting out of the trenches to exchange greetings.

Watch the video again, decide if the sentences below are True (T) or False (F),
correct the false sentences.
1. We learn about the events happening in the 'no man's land' through various interviews.
2. British soldiers put up Christmas trees.
3. German soldiers were the first who started singing Christmas Carol.
4. The enemy greeted all the troops who got out of their trenches.
5. According to Alan Cleaver, we can't really be 100% sure if these events took place.

Lesson plan by Ms Kruszewska . 

Christmas is for Sharing

Watch the video and answer these questions:
– What kind of historical events does the video refer to?
– Why did soldiers start singing?
– Do you think the first man who lifted his hat did the right thing?
– How did they feel when they parted?
– What's the meaning of this message “ Christmas is for sharing”?
Lesson plan by Ms Kruszewska .

We Are All Born Free

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1. Name three rights that belong to everybody.

2. Which article deals with the issue of ‘innocent until proven guilty’?

3. If we are badly treated in our country, what are we entitled to?

4. Are elderly and disabled people taken into consideration in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? If so, in what way?

6. Which articles deal with freedom of choice?

7. Is education seen as an important human right in the Declaration? Do children have to pay for an education according to the Declaration?

8. How are our human rights guaranteed?

Human Rights Stories

We Are All Born Free.

Activity 6 powerpoint_1 from gabriela sanchez

Amerigo, a Street Child, A Victim of War and To be Born a Girl.

Read the stories  Amerigo, a Street Child, A Victim of War and To be born a girl.

True or false? Correct the false sentences.

a)      Amerigo used to work collecting rubbish but he had to stop doing it because he lost both his arms in an explosion.

b)      Maya would like to be treated like her brothers.

c)       All members of Patricio’s family were killed when an armed group of people entered their village, bombed their houses and burned them.

d)      Amerigo sold ice cream on the beach and he got a small pay, food and accommodation in return.

e)       Amerigo lost one of his eyes after a piece of glass flew into his eye at the glass factory where he worked.

f)      Maya was very happy to go to school. She learned to read and write and she passed the fourth and fifth grades.

Read again and answer the following questions:

1.       Why does Amerigo think he is lucky?

2.       Why did Patricio decide to move to another town?

3.       What happened to him while he was travelling?

4.       What will Maya´s life be like when she is older?

Now discuss with a partner:

·         What human rights violations were present in the stories?

·         What differences between the children’s stories did you notice?

·         Are any of the parts of their stories similar to experiences of people in Spain? In Mugardos?

History of Human Rights

- See more at: http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_high_intermediate.php?id=10608#sthash.CLEdonxv.dpuf

Moments

http://film-english.com/2013/03/04/moments-2/

http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/12/human_rights_day.html
http://www.henry4school.fr/Civilization/human-rights/humanr.htm
http://www.henry4school.fr/Civilization/human-rights/humanr.htm
http://internationalstudies.uchicago.edu/sites/cis.uchicago.edu/files/resources/101210-thao-human-rights-day-activity.pdf

Did You Know that ......

 Complete the following sentences:
 The original New Year celebration was held _____________________.
New Year celebrations were moved by Julius Caesar from _________ to _______________.
Chinese New Year celebrations can last for _________.
Thousands of people gather in Times Square to watch ___________.

Questions about Christmas and New Year

1. Why was Christmas in Scotland a normal working day until 1958?

2. Where are Christmas cards said to have been invented?

3. Why does the first-foot bring gifts for the owner of the house?

4. Who is considered a lucky first-foot?

5. Name three fire-related activites that the Scots do on New Year´s Eve. 

6. What do we sing and dance to at midnight on New Year´s Eve?

7. Why do we (the Scots) get so annoyed when people cross their arms and hold hands from the very beginning of the song?

Christmas and Hogmanay in Scotland 2

Christmas & hogmanay from gabriela sanchez

Christmas and Hogmanay in Scotland

Christmas & Hogmanay from gabriela sanchez