My Perfect Country - lesson One - EIO 2 TVWO

Assignment Three (lesson 1)
My Perfect Country: 
In a world where a lot is going wrong there is also a lot going right. So what if you could build a country - with policies that actually worked? We are going to imagine your perfect country by homing in on policies from across the world that have been truly successful.


Idiom: To home in on
To focus or concentrate on something or someone
1 / 19
next
Slide 1: Slide
European and International OrientationMiddelbare schoolvwoLeerjaar 2

This lesson contains 19 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 3 videos.

time-iconLesson duration is: 50 min

Items in this lesson

Assignment Three (lesson 1)
My Perfect Country: 
In a world where a lot is going wrong there is also a lot going right. So what if you could build a country - with policies that actually worked? We are going to imagine your perfect country by homing in on policies from across the world that have been truly successful.


Idiom: To home in on
To focus or concentrate on something or someone

Slide 1 - Slide

My Perfect Country
Which policies will work? 

Slide 2 - Slide

We are on the hunt for solutions to the world’s problems. 
 The aim is to create the perfect country made up of the best global policies that actually work. In the next few lessons, you will hear some audio clips . Together, we will debate how the perfect country is shaping up.
The policies include: Rwanda reducing the gender pay gap, Norway’s prison system, Costa Rica's green policy,  People who have first-hand experience of these policies give their own personal reflection of living through them – and we will listen to their views and then think about how we could make our own perfect country. 

Slide 3 - Slide

What do you think are THE most important
policies to consider for our Utopia?

Slide 4 - Mind map

Today we are going to take a look at sustainability and policies which may help protect our environment.
Useful language
Green energy
A green environment
Generating electricity
Deforestation
Carbon neutral
National Parks
A reversal of .......
Creation of ..........








Slide 5 - Slide

Slide 6 - Video

According to the film clip, what sort of plastic does the most harm
A
large pieces
B
invisible pieces
C
plastic that gets imbedded in coral
D
small pieces

Slide 7 - Quiz

How much of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean?
A
a half
B
two thirds
C
three quarters
D
all of it

Slide 8 - Quiz

What is mentioned as a substitute for plastic
A
drinking straws
B
pineapple fibre
C
bottle tops
D
bamboo

Slide 9 - Quiz

What is meant by 'single use plastics'?

Slide 10 - Open question

How Costa Rica became one of the greenest countries on Earth
In 2007 Costa Rica announced its intention to be the first carbon neutral country by 2021, a race that includes Iceland, Norway and New Zealand. But it became an ecological example for the rest of the world much earlier, in 1949, when the government committed to generating electricity from natural resources. Since then, a reversal of deforestation and the creation of national parks have also played a part
Image: Scarlet Macaw - one of the beneficiaries of Costa Rica's conservation policy.

Slide 11 - Slide

Slide 12 - Video

Which countries have already switched to 100% renewable energy?

Slide 13 - Open question

How many people live in Costa Rica? Why is this a relevant factor in how they have been able to save money and stop pollution?

Slide 14 - Mind map

Slide 15 - Video

What did Costa Rica announce in 2007?

Slide 16 - Open question

Group Work: DISCUSS
Are you going to include any of the ideas we heard about from Costa Rica in our own Utopian Country? 
Form groups of four people and discuss what you would like to see in your perfect country


Why or Why not? 
timer
3:00

Slide 17 - Slide

EXTRA - On the next slide:
Is an audio link to a radio programme about what sort of policies could make the perfect country list! It is 26 mins long - listen to some or all of it and see how much you can understand.

Slide 18 - Slide

Slide 19 - Link