International Women's Day

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Have you ever heard about International Women's Day? Why do we need a day to celebrate just half the inhabitants of our planet? Find out about this special day by reading the text. 

Students: 

Do the preparation task on the next slide first. Then read the article about International Women’s Day and do the exercises to check your understanding.

Teacher's note

Print the text from 

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/international-womens-day

1........ an achievement

2........ a protest

3........ global

4........ an NGO

5........ a citizen

6........ to raise awareness

7........ an issue

8........ to launch

9........ a campaign

10....... gender

a. to increase knowledge and understanding

b. a person’s identity as male or female

c. a public event to show disagreement with something 

d. something positive that you work hard to do

e. a subject or problem people are discussing

f. a non-governmental organisation (similar to a charity) 

g. a series of actions to achieve a particular goal

h. a person who lives in and belongs to a particular place

 i. involving the whole world

j. to introduce something new

International Women’s Day takes place every year on March 9.

1. True
2. False

International Women’s Day is only celebrated in a few countries.

1. True
2. False

International Women’s Day started over a hundred years ago.

1. True
2. False

All women around the world can have a holiday on March 8.

1. True
2. False

The idea of International Women’s Day is to raise awareness about issues True that affect women.

1. True
2. False

Less than a third of the top jobs in the UK are occupied by women.

1. True
2. False

Emma Watson’s campaign is called SheForHer.

1. True
2. False

The HeForShe campaign only involves women and men aren’t allowed to take part.

1. True
2. False

1. It was a real _______________ to become the first female astronaut.

When a lot of people disagree with something they can organise a _______________ in a public space, to make their voices heard.

3. A _______________ event involves lots of countries around the world.

4. Emma Watson’s HeForShe campaign is _______________ about gender equality.

When you want to tell a lot of people about a new project you _______________ it by talking to the press.

6. A _______________ is a series of actions to reach a goal.

7. A person’s _______________ is their identity as male or female.

8. A problem or subject can also be called an _______________.

gender           launch           global protest         achievement 

campaign      raising awareness                 issue

Discussion: What do you think about International Women’s Day?

Write any new words you have learned in this lesson.

adapted from Learnenglishteens.british council.org BY Susan Corrigan

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/international-womens-day