Unit One: Peace and Conflict Resolutions

Sequence 1: Discovering Language

Task One: Watch the following video, then do these Activities

1. Circle the words that best describe what you have seen;
Fight, rubble buildings, war, refugees, victims, death, homeless people, struggle, warn-torn, atrocities

2. Answer these questions.

a. Where do think is the video filmed? Justify.
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b. What are the reasons behind what is happening there?
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Task Two: Listen carefully, then fill in the blanks.

(verse1)
Somebody's gonna wave a ……………………….
Somebody's going to …………………………….
Someone ………………..tell you to take a ………………
Tell you ………….. version of ……………….or …………….
Somebody's gonna ………………… …………….
Judged on the color of your skin
………………… a door in the face of your friend
Simply because you …… ……… ……… ……..

(Chorus)
So I built the words into a song
I'm hopin' someone's singing ………………
And even if some notes are ……………………..
I'm hopin' someone's singing ………………

cause just one voice is not enough

I need to hear from everyone
And even when I'm dead and gone
I'm hopin' someone's singing ………………….

Task Three: Find in the extract above the definition of this word.

prejudiced= .........................................................

Task Four: Complete these sentences

a. The songs’ writer wonders whether.................................................................................................................

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b. He makes a call for ...................................................................................................................................

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