Difference between revisions of "GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - September / October 2020"

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Hunger - how much do you know about it? try this quiz, discuss the answers, then check on the infographic:
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Read about Brazil - police and Covid-19 both kill black and poor people more:
 
Read about Brazil - police and Covid-19 both kill black and poor people more:
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With Covid-19 many poor people were suddenly hungry. What is wrong with our food system?
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While people are suffering during Covid-19, some industries are making more money.
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*[[5 polluters make money from Covid-19]]
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We need to use data and to monitor people during Covid-19. But what are the risks?
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*[[Is our Covid-19 data safe and private?]]
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What is life like for trans women in Honduras - in prison and out of prison?
 
What is life like for trans women in Honduras - in prison and out of prison?
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Is organic food simply a preference? Or is it a human right? - read this interview:
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*[[Organic food is a 'human right' says important food scientist]]
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We can now see the end of the big oil companies. This is good news but what is the bad news?
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*[[The End of Big Oil]]
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Perhaps  we think Johannesburg in South Africa is only a concrete city. But it has a lot of trees and Yewande Omotoso’s flat is full of plants.
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*[[A Letter from Johannesburg]]
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Maysoon Zayid is a US-Palestinian comedian. She is disabled. She talks about politics, race, Covod-19, and being a disabled performer
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*[[‘My best jokes come from times that make me angry.’]]
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'''AND 2 READY LESSONS :'''
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*[[HUNGER - a 2-hr Intermediate + lesson with a quiz, reading and writing]]
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*[[POLLUTERS MAKING MONEY FROM COVID-19 - a 2-hr Intermediate + lesson with reading, vocabulary, grammar and writing]]

Latest revision as of 16:15, 1 November 2020

It's difficult to find something good from Covid-19. But there are many important lessons for us to learn in most areas – equality, health, ecology, democracy, economics, surveillance, food security... Will we learn these lessons now?

These are the main lessons we should learn from coronavirus - will we learn?:

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Hunger - how much do you know about it? try this quiz, discuss the answers, then check on the infographic:

Read about Brazil - police and Covid-19 both kill black and poor people more:

brazil-641244_640.jpg

Rich countries have the money to find and buy new vaccines for Covid-19. And each country works for itself to help its people. Is there another way?

p22_PA-54586813.jpg

With Covid-19 many poor people were suddenly hungry. What is wrong with our food system?

RTX7HTWE%20%281%29.jpg

While people are suffering during Covid-19, some industries are making more money.

foei-make-them-pay-action-crop.jpg

We need to use data and to monitor people during Covid-19. But what are the risks?

p39_2BG4KEN.jpg

What is life like for trans women in Honduras - in prison and out of prison?

p58_%C2%A9%20Frauke%20Decoodt.%208%20Brithany%20and%20Nicolle%20on%20their%20way%20to%20Tamara%20penitentiary.%20Honduras.%202020..jpg

Read about Rwanda’s only agony aunt for adolescent girls. She talks about how life prepared her for the job, the questions girls ask, and her belief in young people.

p53hr_FlaviaDSC_1351.jpg

Why are so many children in Australia in prison?

p12_fence-2163951.jpg

Is organic food simply a preference? Or is it a human right? - read this interview:

herbicide-587589_640.jpg

We can now see the end of the big oil companies. This is good news but what is the bad news?

p51.jpg

Perhaps we think Johannesburg in South Africa is only a concrete city. But it has a lot of trees and Yewande Omotoso’s flat is full of plants.

p07_527%20SarahJohn.jpg

Maysoon Zayid is a US-Palestinian comedian. She is disabled. She talks about politics, race, Covod-19, and being a disabled performer

p75hr-Maysoon1JS.jpg


AND 2 READY LESSONS :