Today is ...  International Peace Day

ACTIVITY 1

Why International Peace Day? What do people celebrate on International Peace Day? To know more about it, let's read the text on this website.

Read the text and find the answers to these questions:



1. Where is International Peace day celebrated? And when?

2. What activities are organised for this day?

3. Who established this day and when?

4. What was the UN (United Nation)'s aim when they established this day?

5. Name four ways of celebrating this day.

6. Find words that mean:

    a. midday:

    b. transmit by radio or television:

    c. a thing that takes place:

    d. offer:

    e. dedicate:

    f. the human race:

    g. all around the world:

    h. objective, aim:

ACTIVITY 2

Are you familiar with a song called "Imagine"? Now listen to it and pay special attention to the lyrics.

- Why is the song connected to peace?

- It's time for you to imagine other things and change the lyrics. You must copy the song and complete the gaps provided so that the whole song makes sense. YOU CAN WORK IN PAIRS!

(examples: "Imagine there are no teachers", or Imagine there are no politicians", "Imagine there are aliens", ...  BE IMAGINATIVE!)

The best versions will be read out loud in class!

IMAGINE

Imagine there's/are no ___________ It's easy if you try No __________ below us Above us only sky Imagine all the ___________ __________ Imagine there's no __________ It isn't hard to do Nothing to ___________ And no religion too Imagine all the ___________ Living life in peace... You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no __________ I wonder if you can No ___________ or ___________ A brotherhood of man Imagine all the ___________  Sharing all the world... You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will live as one