The power of the Crowd

• Engels
• Secundair onderwijs

Do you like working in group?
Why (not)?

Have you ever organised something with other people? If so, what?

What is the author's attitude towards crowds?

1. completely positive
2. mainly positive
3. mainly negative
4. completely negative

In which order do these main ideas appear in the text?

In which order do these main ideas appear in the text?

1 Crowds are attractive to many people.
3 Crowds are inherently dangerous.
5 Crowds are useful economic tools.
7 Crowds are useful instruments in creating beauty.
6 Crowds are useful to increase your knowledge.
4 Crowds can achieve great things.
2 Crowds can turn into a force for evil.
8 Crowds have formed more easily in recent decades.

crowdfunding =

crowdsourcing =

to raise money from a crowd

getting information / skills / ideas from a crowd

Fill in the specific name for this group of animals: a ... of bees.

1. gaggle
2. pack
3. parliament
4. swarm

Fill in the specific name for this group of animals: ... of frogs

1. an army
2. a flock
3. a murder
4. a caravan

Fill in the specific name for this group of animals: a ... of camels

1. pride
2. caravan
3. flock
4. parliament

Fill in the specific name for this group of animals: a ... of sheep

1. army
2. gaggle
3. school
4. flock

Fill in the specific name for this group of animals: a ... of wolves

1. pride
2. pack
3. parliament
4. murder

Fill in the specific name for this group of animals: a ... of lions

1. gaggle
2. pack
3. caravan
4. pride

Fill in the specific name for this group of animals: a ... of fish

1. pack
2. school
3. parliament
4. gaggle

Fill in the specific name for this group of animals: a ... of geese

1. gaggle
2. parliament
3. pack
4. murder

Fill in the specific name for this group of animals: a ... of owls

1. pack
2. murder
3. parliament
4. swarm

Fill in the specific name for this group of animals: a ... of crows

1. caravan
2. pack
3. parliament
4. murder