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September 21st - International Day of Peace
This aim of this lesson is to encourage your students to think about and discuss real-world issues. The lesson, which focuses on the International Day of Peace, helps students develop their communication skills as well as their critical thinking skills. Background Established by a United Nations resolution in 1981, the International Day of Peace was first celebrated in September 1982. The UN General Assembly decided that it would be appropriate to devote a specific time to concentrate the efforts of the UN and its Member States, as well as of the whole of humankind, to promoting the ideals of peace and to giving positive evidence to their commitment to peace in all viable ways. The International Day of Peace provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and nations to create practical acts of peace on a shared date. Download and print out the teacher's notes and one copy of the worksheet for each student. Elementary to Pre-intermediate Teacher's Notes (PDF, 42 KB) Intermediate and above Teacher's Notes (PDF, 39 KB) Author Ricardo Sampedro has taught English for various private language schools, given Ecology classes in a bilingual school in Buenos Aires, and also taught English at different levels in Spain at Euroschools. He is currently a freelance speaker and teacher trainer. He worked for Oxford University Press Argentina for nearly ten years, giving hundreds of teacher training sessions and presentations for teachers of English all over Argentina , then serving as ELT marketing manager until he left to launch an independent teacher training project on Global Issues called Education for a Change. Within this educational project he gave workshops and training courses dealing with issues such as environmental concerns, human rights, cultural understanding, education for peace, consumerism, and the mass media. The project's three main axes are the development of critical thinking skills, social skills, and empowerment. He is now based in Spain, where he is continuing his research into music and its implementation in the ELT classroom with special emphasis on Global Issues. He is co-author of Global Issues in the Resource Books for Teachers series, published by Oxford University Press. Related title Global Issues Source Oxford Teacher’s Club:
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