GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - September 2015
This month, the main topic is Syria
First, try this quiz about Syria, then check your answers on the infographic:
Now read about the activists in Syria who are trying to start a new civil society:
What do Syrians want in the future, after the fighting ends? - read about these interviews:
Read about some of the brave activists in Syria who have been helping in hospitals, playing music or telling ISIS what they think:
Planet Syria is helping bring together many groups in Syria:
Art, posters, singing and creativity continues through the war in Syria:
Read about The White Helmets - a group of volunteers who save thousands of people from bombed houses in Syria:
This article discusses the MDGs - have they really been a success?:
From the web:
Read about a plan to really help the Syrian refugees:
This is written by a photographer who has been taking photos at Calais in the crisis:
Read about migration - and how the West has caused the problems by telling the Global South how good it is to live there:
And read about the terrible situation on the island of Lesvos in Greece - they don't have enough support:
From the blogs this month:
The refugee crisis is in the whole world - so the whole world needs to look for solutions and work together:
Many people in Britain want to welcome refugees here - maybe it's the time for a new 'open borders' plan:
Britain also has a lot of responsibility for the refugee problems:
Many people in Iceland have offered homes to refugees - will the world be kind?:
And read about the changing life of nomads - is their type of life ending because of climate change?:
Leonardo Di Caprio has produced a new film about the dangers of eating meat and dairy and the meat and dairy industry. Many young people watch the film and become vegan or vegetarian. Read why:
And here's a Ready Lesson for Intermediate learners about this Cowspiracy film: