Growing up black in America

Imagine strangers crossing the street to avoid you, imagine the police arbitrarily stopping you, imagine knowing people fear you because of the color of your skin.  

Watch the video. What experiences do they talk about. Try to write down some of them?

US ELECTIONS

Donald Trump becomes the new president of the United States.

But who is Donald Trump and what does he stand for?

Trump: 30 things he believes


Who voted for Trump? 

And what about you? Would you have voted for Trump or for Clinton? Why? LEAVE YOUR COMMENT and remember to mention your name!

Lamb to Slaughter

2016 marks the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl's birth in Cardiff, Wales. Dahl was a British writer famous for books such as Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or The witches.

This month we are going to read a short story called

Lamb to Slaughter




What books or stories by Roald Dahl have you read? What is your favourite? Leave a comment.

The Logical Song

The Logical song, one of Supertramp's biggest hits, from the album Breakfast in America



See how many adjectives - and a few adverbs  - you can hear

Thank you for suggesting it to me, Salvador

Lyrics

Speak Truth to Power. Robert Kennedy Foundation.

Kerry Kennedy, from the Robert Kennedy Foundation, visited our school this morning to talk about Human Rights, as part of the programme Speak Truth to Power .

I'd particularly like to thank my students Mateo and Ella for their interesting questions.

What did you think of the talk ? I'd love to hear your opinion, so please, leave your comments below.




 I look forward to your presentations on Human Rights Defenders  next week (20th of May)

Keep working!!

Human Rights

On 10 December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 

What are Human Rights?    


You can read a simplified version here.





Speak Truth to Power is a global initiative to educate students about HUMAN RIGHTS through the experiences of defenders from around the world. It is based on the book written by Kerry Kennedy, who is visiting our school on the 11th of May, and it is supported by the  Robert Kennedy Foundation.



Find out about human rights defenders here
Do you know any human rights defenders ? 

Hackers: Heroes or Villains?

Watch the video and answer the questions.

What examples of good hackers does Keren Elazari give us? And bad hackers? 

Why does she compare hacking with our inmune system?

What does she tell us about her years at school?

 What was her first experience as a hacker?

 What did Khahl, the young man from Palestine do?

 How did Anonymous become famous?

 What happened in Egypt?

 What is DEF CON and why is it mentioned?

 So are hackers heroes or villains?

A film review of the film Boyhood

 After watching the movie BOYHOOD, you are now going to write a review of the film.
 Your review should include:

• information about who is in the film, who it is by and when it was made.
• a description of  the story, characters and some of the action - without giving too much information away. No spoilers, please!
• your opinion on whether the film is good or not and why.
• your  advice: do you recommend watching the film?

Deadline: Friday 18th

But first, here is an interview with the main actor Ellar Coltrane.

• How does the interviewer describe the film?
• What does Coltrane think the film is really about?
• How does he feel about social media?