Language and culture 4_06

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

gpstheseries.com

Beela Social consciousness

 Adrien Digital skills

Satoshi Entrepreneurial spirit

Kelile Creativity

Cristina Teamwork skills

Putri Critical thinking

In pairs:

Which special skills do you bring to global problem solving? 

Which attributes do you see in your

classmate? 

What have you or someone you know done to make the world—and that includes your own

community — a better place?

Together in pairs:

Describe your own creative solution to maintaining the village wells. Feel free to use your imagination! 

write down the solution

Describe your own creative solution to maintaining the village wells.

What social problems do you see in your community or country? 

How would you gather data about

these issues?

Fears of environmental disaster as oil-laden ship sinks off Sri Lanka

Media caption Aerial footage shows the X-Press Pearl breaking up and sinking

A chemical-laden cargo ship is sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka, sparking fears of an environmental disaster.

Read the newspaper article.

1) Write down in full sentences: What happened?

2) How could this disaster have been avoided?

explain.

3) With the situation as it is now: What can be done?

Work in pairs quietly

Now using your digital device:

 Go to BBC news or CNN news 

and find an online news article about a problem  such as the Global Problem Solvers found or such as the disaster of the X-Press Pearl ship.

Read it and find out:

What's the problem?

What's causing the problem?

How can we fix it?