UNIT 6: WHAT CAN I DO TO CHANGE THE WORLD?

SESSION 1: LIVES THAT CHANGED OUR WORLD EXAMPLES OF INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE

 In this session we are going to have a look at the lives of some people that tried to improve their lives and the lives of the people in their communities and societies as they could not accept that people’s rights were being denied. We are going to focus on 3 men: MARTIN LUTHER KING, NELSON MANDELA and MOHANDAS GANDHI. But we should also mention the names of other people that wanted to change some aspects of the world like Mother Theresa, John Lennon, Dalai Lama, Rigoberta Menchú, etc.

Nelson Mandela ( Umtata)

Martin Luther King   (Atlanta)









Mohandas Gandhi  (Porbandar)

John Winston Lennon,(Liverpool)

Dalai Lama (China)

Mother Teresa (India)











Rigoberta Menchú Tum  (Chimel, Guatemala )










EXERCISE 1 Answer the following questions:

1. Luther King, Mandela and Gandhi took action in different ways because they saw some human rights were being denied to some groups of people. Describe the denial of human rights in their 3 cases.
2. How did they protest against what they thought was not right? (marches, demonstrations, etc)
3. Did any of them go to prison? If so, how long were they there?
4. Are they all 3 still alive? If not, how did they die?
5. Do the problems that they wanted to solve still exist in society nowadays?
6. Do you think they contributed to improving their communities? If so, in which way?

     1- -Black americans did not have the same  rights as  white americans.
         -But independence was followed by terrible fighting between people of the Hindu religion and people who were Moslems. 
        -because of the colour of their skin. 
    2-They protested pescefully.
    3- Mandela was in prisin for 28 years.
       Ghandi was in prision for 6 years or more.
   4- Martin Luther King and Ghandi were Killed and Mandela is still alive.
   5-  Complete equality is doesn't exist for everyboby.
   6-  Yes, because human rights were improved.


EXERCISE 2:

Rosa Parks:

Rosa Parks refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man indirectly led to some of the most significant civil rights legislation of American history. She sought to play down her role in the civil rights struggle but for her peaceful and dignified campaigning she became one of the most well respected figures in the civil rights movements.