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Session 2 : research nonviolent campaigns
Session 2, Microtask 1 : Quest Documents
Topic 1 : women's and minority rights
Topic 2 : animal rights
Topic 3 : environmental activism
Topic 4 : economic justice
Topic 5 : government accountability
Topic 6 :
youth and education
Session 2, Activity 1 :
Discussion : Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 of Quest Documents
With your partners, do Pt. 1 (Main Idea) and Pt. 2 (Questions) of your quest document.
While discussing, be sure to use English !
Speak up and share your thoughts with your group !
If you need help, go ahead and ask your teacher !
Session 2, Activity 2 :
Pt. 3 of Quest Documents
Define the vocabulary words from Pt. 3 of your quest document.
Make use of on-line language tools, such as :
The Free Dictionary by Farlex :
Word Reference :
Now, use the vocabulary from Pt. 3 to complete the corresponding gap-fill exercise.
Women's and Minority Rights
Animal Rights
Environmental Activism
Economic Justice
Government Accountability
Youth and Education
Session 2, Activity 3 :
Phonetics exercise : noun-verb pairs
First, listen to the differences in pronunciation between the noun and the verb of each pair below. Then, use the Vocaroo widgets to record yourself saying the noun-verb pairs and compare your results to the original recordings.
Noun
conflict
contest
contrast
object
permit
Verb
conflict
contest
contrast
object
permit
present
present
protest
protest
reject
reject
subject
subject
survey
survey
Session 2, Activity 4 :
Pt. 4 of Quest Documents
First, read which organizations from your quest document you are in charge of researching ; note that each group's first organization is the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, for which you have already gathered information (refer to the pinboard that you have completed as homework). The second and third organizations listed in your quest documents are specific to your respective topics, and the fourth organization is the choice of your group.
Now, begin finding information on all four of your organizations ;
for the first organization, the pinboard is available here :
For the website of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, click here :
Session 2, Homework :
What you have gathered in the research of your four organizations will directly serve you during the teach-in for you will be representing each organization, like spokespersons !
Assign an organization to each member of your group, making clear each person's role ; decide this amongst yourselves.
Once you have this figured out, create a document at justpaste.it, write the roles of each of your group members for the teach-in, save it and send the URL to your teacher.
For the website, justpaste.it, click here :