UNIT 5: HELPING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

STUDENT'S WORKSHEETS

 


SESSION 5:MILLENIUM CAMPAIGN: VOICES AGAINST POVERTY

  By the end of this lesson you should be able to:
  • understand what the Millennium Campaign is all about
  • identify the 8 goals of the Campaign
  • recognise celebrities that are working on the campaign
  • know about Lenny Kravitz’s songs and some of his thought to change the world
  • spread Lenny Kravitz’s message to friends
  • complete a song and analyse its meaning
  • find specific information in the Millennium campaign website

Go to
http://www.millenniumcampaign.org/site/pp.asp?c=grKVL2NLE&b=138312

The Millenium Campaign informs, inspires and encourages people’s involvement and action for the realization of the Millenium Development Goals.

The Campaign was launched in October 2002 and is based on a set of eight time-bound targets that, when achieved, will end extreme poverty across the planet. The premise is simple: we are the first generation that can put an end to extreme poverty around the world!

EXERCISE 1

 Now go to:
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/mdgs/intro.asp#
http://www.nick2015.com/

You will know about the 8 Millennium goals and make a presentation in the class. You will work in pairs and each pair will present one of the goals to the teacher and the rest of classmates.

     

Goals 1 through 7 commit us to raise the poor out of poverty and hunger, get every child into school, empower women, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases, and ensure environmental sustainability. Goal 8 explicitly recognizes that eradicating poverty worldwide can be achieved only through a global partnership for development.

Go to http://www.millenniumcampaign.org/site/pp.asp?c=grKVL2NLE&b=496221

 

Only With Your Voice...Celebrity Clips

Some celebrities express their opinion about the Millennium Campaign on this website.

EXERCISE 2

Write in your jotter
the name of the celebrities that you already know. Their names are written on the right-hand side of the webpage. For those that you did not know you will have to find some information (what their jobs are, why the are famous, etc)
Lenny Kravitz is a singer.Have you ever heard any of his songs?
Find
the title of 3 of his albums on the net and
Write
them in your jotter.
 
 

EXERCISE 3

Read the text under Lenny’s photo on the site, Watch  the video and
Write whether the following statements are true or false:    

Lenny Kravitz…

  • Thinks that there are not enough resources for everybody
  • The condition for the world to change is that greed is reduced
  • A president or an emperor are the only people that can change the world
  • We can change the situation only with our voice
@ Now send Lenny Kravitz message as an e-card   to your friends.
You only have to click on the link provided on the webpage. You will find the following texts:

To raise awareness on the world's commitment to end poverty, the United Nations Millennium Campaign has produced a global media initiative entitled "Only with your Voice."

  • Share your favourite video clip with your friends, family and colleagues and ask them to join Micheal Douglas, Carlinhos Brown, Jane Goodall, Lenny Kravitz and millions of others and demand that their governments keep their Millennium Promise.

I would like to share Lenny Kravitz video clip with you. Please visit the Millennium Campaign website and listen to what he has to say. You can join him and millions of people all over the world and become friend of the Campaign. Only with your voice!

EXERCISE 4

You are going to listen to a song by Lenny Kravitz. Fill in the gaps and check with your partner before the Teacher corrects it on the board.

CAN WE FIND A REASON (1998) ALBUM: 5
Music and lyrics: Lenny Kravitz

Is ………… anyone out there willing to…………. ?
Or are we …………………… with just getting by?
We’ve hurt …………………………………….., can’t you see her, she’s ………………..
We’ve robbed and we’ve raped her and ……………….her ………………
And oh oh oh can we find a ………………?
To ………………… another season?
We’re …………………… more battles everyday we’re …………………….
We should be rejoicing but instead we ……………………
This ………………………’s so ………………………… you would think we were blind
We poison our ................................. before they’re defined
And oh oh oh can we find a …………………..?
Just ………………………. about it
And oh oh oh can we find a …………………………?
To ………………..another season?
………………………. me for saying ‘cause I’ve ………………………. been shy
But if we don’t …………….. this we sho’nuff goin’ die
Yes, I ……………………. we can make it ‘cause this …………………’s run dry
Now our only battle will be to ………………………….
And oh oh oh can we find a ………………………?
Just ……………………….about it
And oh oh oh can we find a ……………………..?
To ……………………………. another season?
It’s the New ……………………………………

EXERCISE 5


Go to http://www.millenniumcampaign.org/site/apps/nl/content3.asp?c=grKVL2NLE&b=190470&ct=2496709

 

Read   the text and answer the following questions:
  1. Which football team has become the first to formally support the UN Millenium Development Goals promoted by the UN Millenium Campaign?
  2. How much of the club’s income has the Board of Directors agreed to devote to fund educational projects?
  3. How much will the investment be worth?
  4. Which areas in the world will become the priority areas of the training centres where boys and girls will combine their education with the practice of a sport?

EXERCISE 6:

Go to
http://www.millenniumcampaign.org/site/apps/nl/content3.asp?c=grKVL2NLE&b=994719&content_id={2F9A8DF2-1BB8-41E1-8020-E0E9DD3F0E4E}&notoc=1

Read   the text and answer the following questions:
  1. In which Spanish city was the Spanish Millennium Campaign new office opened?
  2. Which 2 Catalan politicians opened the ceremony?
  3. What is the key role of the new office in Spain?
  4. What did the Mayor of Barcelona exactly inaugurate?

EXERCISE 7 :

In this same webpage there is the photo of an important celebrity. Who is that?

What is her job?

Listen  to what she has to say “only with her voice” and take notes of her ideas.

EXERCISE 8

Go to
http://www.millenniumcampaign.org/site/pp.asp?c=grKVL2NLE&b=393321

 

 

How can you get involved? What are the names of the different campaigns that are going on at the moment?

Read about the campaigns and write    their names.  

EXERCISE 9

Go to
http://www.millenniumcampaign.org/site/pp.asp?c=grKVL2NLE&b=138312

 

Read

the text and
answer the following questions:

On 15th & 16th October the world will… STAND UP

  1. What is the challenge of the Stand Up Millenium Campaign?
  2. What do people have to stand up FOR and AGAINST?
  3. What must happen within a 24-hour period?
  4. What is the purpose of this action?
  5. What other mobilizations does the STAND UP one coincide with?
  6. What should you do if you are not physically able to stand up because of physical problems?
  7. In which places do you think people will gather for the Stand Up event?