Wednesday, October 31, 2012

HALLOWEEN HOMEWORK: 
1 Collect information about your country from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

and other RELIABLE websites

Write a paragraph (10 sentences) about your country that gives basic information about the country (e.g. capital, population, languages, standard of living, health care, religions, etc) and also gives information relating to our two MDGs: 
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

2. Memorize half of your paragraph so that you can present the information in class for the bilingual session on WEDNESDAY.  YOU WILL MEMORIZE ONE HALF AND YOUR PARTNER WILL MEMORIZE THE OTHER HALF. TALK TO YOUR PARTNER TO SEE WHO WILL MEMORIZE WHICH PART.


If you have UN Women, go to this website:

And find:
-         History of the organization
-         Main roles of the organization
-         The ways in which UN Women has helped the World´s Women
-         The ways in which women do not have the same access to things as men do

Write a paragraph about UN Women (DO NOT COPY DIRECTLY FROM THE WEBSITE). YOU WILL MEMORIZE ONE HALF AND YOUR PARTNER WILL MEMORIZE THE OTHER HALF. TALK TO YOUR PARTNER TO SEE WHO WILL MEMORIZE WHICH PART.