I was just going through some files, and I found a bunch of links to ESL / EFL activities and materials that deal with global issues. Some are electronic textbooks, while others are in article form. I also added all of these to the global issues activities page in my collection of links for […]
Entries Tagged as 'poverty & wealth'
A Collection of Global Issues ESL Activities
April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: climate change · poverty & wealth · cultural issues · consumerism · global issues activities · ESL activity · the environment · textbooks · blog
What the World Eats
March 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Time Magazine has a slideshow showing photos of 15 families alongside a week’s supply of food. Each pictures is accompanied by information about the country in which it was taken, the amount of money that the family typically spends on food per week, and a favorite recipe of two. The images are taken […]
Tags: slideshow · pictures · food and hunger · cultural issues · health · global issues activities · consumerism · poverty & wealth · blog
M. T. Anderson: Feed
March 25th, 2008 · No Comments
In Feed,M. T. Anderson describes a dystopic future, in which the majority of Americans are continually online, via neural implants. The feed supplies a constant stream of advertisements and entertainment options, while keeping tabs on the users consumption patterns.
The story follows two high school students, one of whom (atypically) questions the value of the […]
Tags: consumerism · poverty & wealth · books · global issues activities · reading · blog
Dot Earth
February 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Dot Earth is Andrew C. Revkin’s blog at the New York Times. He covers a wide range of news related to sustainability and climate change. It is too complex for most language learners, but simplified versions of some of the articles he references could be useful.
In addition, he often refers to videos and […]
Tags: climate change · politics · poverty & wealth · health · natural disasters · war · consumerism · global issues resources · reading · the environment · global issues activities · blog
Facing the Future
February 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Facing the Future is an organization that makes activity-based, global issues curricula for students of all ages. In addition to the great stuff they offer for sale, they have a ton of materials available as free downloads. I especially like the lesson plans from Engaging Students Through Global Issues, and the Climate Change […]
Tags: war · consumerism · vocabulary · politics · climate change · cultural issues · health · poverty & wealth · global issues activities · textbooks · speaking · ESL activity · global issues resources · listening · reading · writing · the environment · blog
2007 State of the Future Report
December 8th, 2007 · No Comments
The UN recently released it’s new State of the Future Report wherein they discuss how things are going with regards to the various Millenium Development Goals.
A great review of the report is available here, from Solidarity, Sustainability and Non-Violence. Here are some of the statistics they pulled from the report:
global population keeps increasing and […]
Tags: climate change · poverty & wealth · politics · global issues activities · global issues resources · the environment · blog