Heroes

Who is your inspiration? Let's learn about people that have made positive differences in the world, from people in our communities to well-known figures such as Nelson Mandela and Marie Curie.

Let's learn about inspiration people and what small acts have changed history.

We'll read about people like Harriet Tubman, Ada Lovelace and Nelson Mandela. We'll discuss these people and their values. We'll also discuss the context of their lives, from the USA in the 1950s to South Africa in the apartheid era. What makes these people admirable? Would you make the same decisions in their place?

Methods:

-Reading: excerpts from non-fiction works

-Listening: information about historical context, film clips, reports

-Writing: re-telling the events, writing about a hero of their choice

-Discussion: what makes an everyday hero? How can we stand up for ourselves and our values?

-Vocabulary and grammar: learning new words, practice spelling and using the words in different contexts

-Translation: translating non-fiction excerpts to/from Swedish

-Cultures: learning about our own cultural values and comparing them with cultural values from history

Tasks:

-vocabulary quizzes, translation quizzes

-writing assignment: choose your inspiration and write an autobiography of that person

-discussion on values and cultural understanding

-quiz about cultural and historical contexts

-reading assignment: read stories about admirable people and special events