The Live 8 Concerts

Mini-Debates

High Int – Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

Is holding a benefit concert a good way to focus public attention on global issues? Students debate whether money alone can solve world poverty and whether the UN should take responsibility.

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Focus

topic-based
4-skills
poverty
politics & government
social justice
agreeing & disagreeing
interpretive
productive
interactive

Vocabulary

coalition
goal
debt
aid
praise
criticize
corrupt
relief
provide
eliminate
weapon
focus
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane