In this course unit you are going to explore the world of leadership through Martin Luther King's and Nelson Mandela's biographies. Moreover, you will be exposed to the notion of citizenship.Grammar(Simple Past, Modal Verbs and other grammatical phenomena) and vocabulary activities will give you the chance to revise previous knowledge. Various worksheets and videos will lead you to (creative) writing activities and some quizzes will let you have fun.
Read about Famous leaders EOC
Watch Nelson Mandela a brief biography.Great for kids and esl
Work on and check yourself in Nelson Mandela.Reading text about Nelson Mandela
Study Simple Past grammar guides
Do Past Simple two simple exercises to practise past simple tense of both regular and irregular verbs
Write Activity 15 in Further Practice Unit 6
Watch Martin Luther King's and Nelson Mandela's biographies.
Martin Luther King's biography
Answer the following questions:
a. Can you guess what qualities King and Mandela had as leaders? Justify your answers.
b. What similarities or differences can you find between the two leaders?
Do you want to display the description of yourself? Create a word cloud in order to depict the identity of your class by feeding all the texts you can collect into Wordle. The clouds ptoduced will reveal which words appear most frequently.
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You volunteer for the local council. This means that you want to work without being paid. The head of community affairs is trying to find ways to improve deprived neighbourhoods(neighbourhoods that do not have facilities or interesting things to do)in your town. He/She has asked you to write a proposal suggesting how this can be achieved. Write what kind of improvements could be implemented(made) in each area and outline the benefits for the residents in it. Write a proposal(130-180 words) and submit it to the town council.
You are eager to perform community service. This means that you are looking forward to offering help to the place in which you live and more specifically to help homeless people. Write a proposal (130-180 words) to the town council suggesting ways to help deal with the problem referring to what the benefits and the results will be.
