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Unit 5: Global challenges

Check-in: We the people

Ex. 1

Discuss these questions. Do some research if necessary.

a What is the UN?

b What is the UN’s goal? Why was it assembled?

c If you had to do some research, which sources did you

use?

Ex. 1

Discuss these questions. Do some research if necessary.

a What is the UN?

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security

b What is the UN’s goal? Why was it assembled?

The UN was established after World War II with the aim of preventing future world wars

c If you had to do some research, which sources did you

use?

e.g. https://sdgs.un.org  - https://www.un.org etc.  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations 

Ex. 2

Watch the video and answer the questions.

a Name 5 of the celebrities in the video and say how you know them.

Aamir Khan, Ai WeiWei, A R Rahman, Ashton Kutcher, Bill and Melinda Gates, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Martin, Colin Firth, Daniel Craig, Djimon Hounsou, G.E.M., Gilberto Gil, Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Lopez, John Legend, Kate Winslet, Kid President, Lang Lang, Michelle Yeoh, Malala Yousafzai, Matt Damon, Meryl Streep, Natalia Vodianova, One Direction, Pink, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, Richard Branson, Robert Pattinson, Robert Redford, Sami Yusuf, Stephen Hawking, Stevie Wonder, Tanya Burr, Zhou Xun - and many more.   

Ex. 3

Watch the video again and answer the questions.

a What are the global goals?

b How long will the UN work on these goals?

c Name the first 3 of the sustainable development goals.

d Describe for each of those 3 goals what the UN wants to accomplish.

e Which of these goals do you think is the most important? Why?

a What are the global goals?

a plan to end extreme poverty, to fight injustice and inequality, and to save the planet from climate change

b How long will the UN work on these goals?

b How long will the UN work on these goals? for fifteen years

c Name the first 3 of the sustainable development goals.

c Name the first 3 of the sustainable development goals.

1  no poverty    2 zero hunger      3 good health and well-being

d Describe for each of those 3 goals what the UN wants to accomplish.

d Describe for each of those 3 goals what the UN wants to accomplish.

1 a world where no one anywhere lives in poverty.

2 a world where no one goes hungry or has to ask themselves whether there will be food that day.

3 a world where no child dies of diseases we know how to cure and where proper healthcare is a life-long right for everyone.