THEMES:
IDENTITIES
EXPERIENCIES
HUMAN INGENUITY
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
SHARING THE PLANET
PODCAST - FAKE NEWS-AI-
Have a look at the NHSwebpage.Go to Health News- behind the headlines. Choose a topic of your interest and prepare a presentation to your classmates following the following guidelines:
1. Text type layout and features.
2. Topic- Headlines
3. How is the content developed through the text?
4. Do you find it trustworthy? Why?
5. What are the main ideas and how do you relate them to your reality?
6. Why did you pick this bit of news? What is your point of view?
Read this text from The Lancet magazine:
Medicine in Africaspot: text type, audience, purpose, layout, connectors, persuasive techniques, specific vocabulary.
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-37572771
TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
ROBOTS in medicine
NATURE AND PANDEMICS. ARE THEY RELATED?
Read this article to find an answer to this question.
The Guardian: Would you trust a robot with a scalpe?
HEALTH AND BEAUTY
CNN False Beauty in Advertisements
TEENAGE GIRLS
ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL. New York Times
DOVE campaign for Real Beauty
HEALTHY DIETS: Listen to M.Pollan, author of "the omnivore dilemma ".
The lobbies behind food: Food around the world
Engeneering Lunch (AI and Healthy diet)
MENTAL HEALTH
How do we cope with mental illness today?
This is an article about the latest research that might put mental illness in the context of physical disorders.
And this is how "A bench and grandmothers" treat depression with good results.
HUMAN INGENUITY
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
The Guardian: "AI"
MIT news about ROBOTS
Robots in our lives:
A dystopian robo-dog now patrols New York City. That's the last thing we need
ENERGY
Energy may be the most important factor that will influence the shape of society in the 21st century. The cost and availability of energy significantly impacts our quality of life, the health of national economies, the relationships between nations, and the stability of our environment. What kind of energy do we want to use in our future? Will there be enough? What will be the consequences of our decisions? Everyone has a stake in the answers to these questions and the decisions that are being made to provide energy
NEW SOURCES: BATTERIES
ENERGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0009rhg
DEMIS HASSABIS ON ATIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009zbj
SHARING THE PLANET
THE ENVIRONMENT
GLOBAL WARMING: "THE BEGINNING OF THE END?"
CLIMATE CHANGE: Climate Change and Gentrification
IDENTITIES
THE PROBLEM OF IDENTITY IN A GLOBAL WORLD:British-african singer and song writer MICHAEL KIWANUKA'S STORY. Read and learn what identity can mean when you grow up in a culture different from your parents'.
Listen to MICHAEL KIWANUKA: HOME AGAIN. what is home?
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
When we discuss "Inequality" we always bring up "education", "opportunities", "globalization" and many other reasons why the gap between the rich and the poor of the world gets bigger and bigger. What are the consequences of this inequality? Write down the 5 most important consequences.
How can we stop it? Write the best 5 solutions to this problem.
Read the article from the New Yorker Magazine, January 6th, 2020:
They should be paying higher taxes Here are some questions you might like too answer about the article.
What is the key proposal?
Who is proposing this?
How did this person come to this conclusion?
Is it the right idea?
If it were, How could you persuade others to follow her advice?
Do you agree with her idea? What could the consequences be if it was widely implemented?
Think about it globally and then locally.
If you were in her shoes, would you do the same? Why?
CLIMATE CHANGE https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/01/bad-ancestors-climate-crisis-democracy
POVERTY
Listen to both:
1. Rutger Bergman's talk.Answer the questions on your worksheet.
2. Awareness about Poverty and Global Developement:Hans Rosling. Gapminder: https://youtu.be/hVimVzgtD6w
WORKING WITH TEXTS OR SPEECHES
Find the following information and follow these steps:
Text Type:
Key words:
Main Ideas:
Stream of thought: Mind map
Quotes:
Questions that these issues arise:
Debate:
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