GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - MAY 2014
This month, May 2014, the main topic is organ trafficking:
For all the information about organ trafficking, and several personal stories, read:
For a short article about how people need more organs, and some infographics, read:
And are electric cars always good?:
What help can activists get when they suffer from stress? Read:
Why do they build walls to keep the Roma away? And teach Roma children in separate classes? Read about Slovakia:
Read about the Romanian group fighting against the discrimination of UKIP:
Do you know about TPP and TTIP - very big international trade agreements that would give big business more power than countries? Read why they're a bad idea:
Were the missionaries good for the forest people in Central African Republic? Read this story:
We can stop sexual violence in India if more people talk about, and know about sex. Read about a new Hindi website:
Read an interview with Uri Fruchtmann - he helps people make videos to stop abuse of human rights around the world:
The argument this month:
is about killing animals - read this for an argument about halal and kosher killing:
Web exclusives:
Look at these beautiful photos of the "city of widows" in India - and read about how it's changing:
Read what Ukrainians in London think about the situation in Ukraine:
Read about ideas for and against the death penalty:
Does everyone benefit from tourism and development? Read about the new middle class in Vietnam:
From the blogs this month:
Why is all the forest in the world disappearing? Who can protect it? Read about what's happening in Cambodia:
How many cities are saying no to money for fossil fuels?
Could you live on £5 a week for all your food? Read about these people who did this to make people think about how difficult it is:
The conditions are so bad in detention centres in the UK that migrants are protesting - read this:
In some countries, like Sri Lanka, it is not easy to develop tourism and keep traditional and religious beliefs at the same time - read this about the tourist who was deported from Sri Lanka because she had a tattoo:
Ready lessons from this month's articles:
Here's a lesson based on the story about forests disappearing and activists being killed in Cambodia. It includes speaking and reading and a focus on different grammar areas (verbs, articles and prepositions):
And here's a lesson based on the main theme of this month's magazine - organ trafficking. It includes speaking, reading, poster-making and writing to interpret graphs and infographics: