Global Rich List

Go to the Global Rich List Web site.

Choose a currency (Canadian dollar might be closest to the Australian dollar).

Enter the amount you or  a friend might earn from a part-time job (for example someone working at a fastfood restaurant (one day / week might earn $35 / week x 52 = $1820 per year).

Try putting in the average income for a typical Australian: $64,641 per annum in 2010. (According to the Bureau of Statistics.)

CLAIM-SUPPORT-QUESTION

  1. Make a claim about the topic
  2. Identify support for your claim
  3. Ask a question related to your claim

Chocolate and Fair Trade

“Parts” Cluster

 

  1. Use clustering software like Bubble.us or Thinkature
  2. What’s the main idea or feeling? Put it in the center.
  3. Work as a class to brainstorm as much as you can about the movie.
  4. Group or connect any of the items into larger sets.

Only 100 People on Earth!


Watch this thought-provoking presentation and consider the following question:

  1. How does the presentation make you feel about your own existence in the world?
  2. What is it about the presentation that surprises you?
  3. How can you make a difference in the  lives of those less fortunate than yourself?

Dealing with Telemarketers

(Suitable for older students only)

Do you think this is an appropriate way to deal with unwanted phone calls?

Imagine that you work in a call centre and are just doing your job, how do you think you would react?

Does everybody get the job they want or enjoy?  What are some reasons people might do a job they do not enjoy?

Global Debt


What is the current US National Debt?

Based on this clock, how much did it go up in one second?

Claim-Support-Question

  1. Make a claim about the topic
  2. Identify support for your claim
  3. Ask a question related to your claim