Raise your voice

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Raise your voice

This week:

• Watch a video about a demonstration and talk about it.
• Brainstorm about actions and demonstrations you know.
• Choose a theme that you feel strongly about.
• Talk about how far you can go to stand up for something.
• Plan your own demonstration and pitch your ideas.

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• Watch a video about a demonstration and answer this question:
  

Which reasons for protesting do you hear in the video?

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• Have you ever been to a large demonstration like this? 

Or would you like to?
• Why do you think people protest?

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2. Brainstorm about actions and demonstrations you know.

Make a word web

1. In the middle: Demonstrations
2. What did you see in the news recently? Add to word web
3. What other themes do you know that can be demonstrated for or against?
   

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Add to the word web in a different colour

1. What would you demonstrate for or against?
2. Can be big: free education for everyone
3. Can be small: gender neutral toilets at school
4. Add these ideas to your word web.
   

. Taal aanpassen in boeken (denk aan voorbeeld Roald Dahl in Groot-Brittannië).
• Het mogelijk uitbreiden van vliegveld Schiphol en openen van vliegveld Lelystad.
• Lokale thema’s, zoals het opheffen van een buslijn of lichtvervuiling in de stad.
• Thema’s op school, zoals het invoeren van kledingvoorschriften of aanpassingen in het menu van
de kantine.

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3. Choose a theme that you feel strongly about.

Decide on an idea to explore further and write down your reasons why you choose this idea.

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4. Talk about how far you can go to stand up for something.

• What did you see?
• What did these activists protest against?
• What do you think of their actions?
• Which protest do you think will have the biggest impact? Why?
• Can you think of other ways to stand up for what you believe in?

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4. Talk about how far you can go to stand up for something.

• What did you see?
• What did these activists protest against?
• What do you think of their actions?
• Which protest do you think will have the biggest impact? Why?
• Can you think of other ways to stand up for what you believe in?

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5. Plan your own demonstration and pitch your ideas.

Think of a protest action for your theme. Be careful: how far can you go?

• What is the goal of your protest?
• How will you grab attention?
• What will you do?
• Where will it be?
• What do you need?
• What will you say?

Rihanna

Her full name is Robin Rihanna Fenty	She was born in 1999 in Barbados	Rihanna used to be in the military service
Rihanna was married to Jay-Z	February 22 is Rihanna Day in Barbados	Rihanna is in the Guinness Book of Records
Rihanna was the head of a fashion house in Paris	Barack Obama declared Rihanna a national hero in 2021	In 2021 Rihanna's wealth estimates over 1 billion dollars

Her full name is Robin Rihanna Fenty		Rihanna used to be in the military service
	February 22 is Rihanna Day in Barbados	Rihanna is in the Guinness Book of Records
Rihanna was the head of a fashion house in Paris		In 2021 Rihanna's wealth estimates over 1 billion dollars

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