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U.N. Creates Nelson Mandela DayThe United Nations General Assembly has created a special day to celebrate Nelson Mandela. July 18th, Mandela’s birthday, is now officially Nelson Mandela International Day. The UN said it decided to create this occasion to say thank you to a “great man”. The day celebrates Mandela’s “promotion of a culture of peace throughout the world”. It also recognises Mandela’s contributions towards improving race relations and human rights. The president of the U.N. General Assembly Ali Treki stated the day highlighted how Mandela suffered to create a better world. Mr Treki said Nelson Mandela played a "leading role in and support for Africa's struggle for liberation...and [made an] outstanding contribution to the creation of a non-racial, non-sexist democratic South Africa.”
Nelson Mandela led the fight against apartheid in South Africa for several decades. He spent 26 years in prison for his efforts. The international community campaigned for many years to get him released. Finally, he was freed in 1990. He worked tirelessly to help South Africa move toward reconciliation and a multi-racial democracy. In 1994, he became his country’s first black president and served for five years before stepping down in 1999. He has won many awards in his life, but perhaps his greatest is the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Since his retirement from South African politics, he has remained active on the world stage. One of his biggest commitments is in the fight against AIDS. He is today one of the world’s most respected statesmen.
WARM-UPS1. NELSON MANDELA: Talk to other students about Nelson Mandela. Change partners often. Sit with your first partner(s) and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. GREAT PEOPLE: Who are the world’s greatest people? Complete this table with your partner(s) and give reasons. Change partners and share what you heard.
4. THE GREATEST: Students A strongly believe Nelson Mandela is the greatest man alive; Students B strongly believe he isn’t. Change partners and role play again. 5. SPECIAL DAYS: Which of these special days are most important? Rank them most important at the top. Show your rankings to your partner and talk about them.
6. PEACE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘peace’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING Listen and fill in the gapsThe United Nations General Assembly has created _________________ celebrate Nelson Mandela. July 18th, Mandela’s birthday, _________________ Nelson Mandela International Day. The UN said it decided to create this occasion to say thank you to a “great man”. The day celebrates Mandela’s “promotion _________________ peace throughout the world”. It also recognizes Mandela’s contributions towards improving race _________________ rights. The president of the U.N. General Assembly Ali Treki stated the day highlighted how Mandela suffered to create a better world. Mr Treki said Nelson Mandela played a "_________________ support for Africa's struggle for liberation...and [made an] outstanding contribution to the creation of a _________________ democratic South Africa.” Nelson Mandela _________________ apartheid in South Africa for several decades. He spent 26 years in prison for his efforts. The international community campaigned for many _________________ released. Finally, he was freed in 1990. He _________________ help South Africa move toward reconciliation and a multi-racial democracy. In 1994, he became his country’s first black president and served for five years before stepping down in 1999. _________________ awards in his life, but perhaps his greatest is the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Since his retirement from South African politics, he has remained _________________ world stage. One of his biggest commitments is in the fight against AIDS. He is today one of the world’s _________________ statesmen. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘peace’ and ‘prize’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
STUDENT NELSON MANDELA SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about Nelson Mandela in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
NELSON MANDELA DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGE MULTIPLE CHOICEThe United Nations General Assembly has created a (1) ____ day to celebrate Nelson Mandela. July 18th, Mandela’s birthday, is now (2) ____ Nelson Mandela International Day. The UN said it decided to create this occasion to say thank you to a “great man”. The day celebrates Mandela’s “promotion (3) ____ a culture of peace throughout the world”. It also recognizes Mandela’s contributions towards improving (4) ____ relations and human rights. The president of the U.N. General Assembly Ali Treki stated the day highlighted how Mandela suffered to create a better world. Mr Treki said Nelson Mandela played a "leading (5) ____ in and support for Africa's struggle for (6) ____...and [made an] outstanding contribution to the creation of a non-racial, non-sexist democratic South Africa.” Nelson Mandela led the fight against apartheid in South Africa for (7) ____ decades. He spent 26 years in prison for his (8) ____. The international community campaigned for many years to get him released. Finally, he was freed in 1990. He worked tirelessly to help South Africa move toward reconciliation and a (9) ____-racial democracy. In 1994, he became his country’s first black president and served for five years before stepping down in 1999. He has won many awards in his (10) ____, but perhaps his greatest is the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Since his retirement from South African politics, he has remained (11) ____ on the world stage. One of his biggest commitments is in the fight against AIDS. He is today one of the world’s most (12) ____ statesmen. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITINGWrite about Nelson Mandela for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about Nelson Mandela. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. NELSON MANDELA: Make a poster about Nelson Mandela and the different stages of his life. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. NELSON MANDELA DAY: Write a magazine article about the very first Nelson Mandela Day. What happened around the world? Include an imaginary interview with Nelson Mandela. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. LETTER: Write a letter to Nelson Mandela. Ask him three questions about his life. Give him three opinions on how people should celebrate Nelson Mandela Day. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: U.N. creates Nelson Mandela DayThe United Nations General Assembly has created a special day to celebrate Nelson Mandela. July 18th, Mandela’s birthday, is now officially Nelson Mandela International Day. The UN said it decided to create this occasion to say thank you to a “great man”. The day celebrates Mandela’s “promotion of a culture of peace throughout the world”. It also recognizes Mandela’s contributions towards improving race relations and human rights. The president of the U.N. General Assembly Ali Treki stated the day highlighted how Mandela suffered to create a better world. Mr Treki said Nelson Mandela played a "leading role in and support for Africa's struggle for liberation...and [made an] outstanding contribution to the creation of a non-racial, non-sexist democratic South Africa.” Nelson Mandela led the fight against apartheid in South Africa for several decades. He spent 26 years in prison for his efforts. The international community campaigned for many years to get him released. Finally, he was freed in 1990. He worked tirelessly to help South Africa move toward reconciliation and a multi-racial democracy. In 1994, he became his country’s first black president and served for five years before stepping down in 1999. He has won many awards in his life, but perhaps his greatest is the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Since his retirement from South African politics, he has remained active on the world stage. One of his biggest commitments is in the fight against AIDS. He is today one of the world’s most respected statesmen. LANGUAGE WORK
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