Description: As COVID-19 sets about to destroy everything we hold dear, millions of families are finding themselves thrown together with no schools, cinemas, theatres, no socializing or anything else to alleviate the boredom.
"Today’s super-rich are putting record sums into tackling the world’s most pressing problems. But how altruistic is this golden age of charitable giving?" This worksheet contains a before you watch vocabulary task and 'true or false' activity to complete while watching the Economist documentary, available on YouTube, this is the teacher's worksheet which contains answers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaN6ibm5r-I&ab_channel=TheEconomist(student's worksheet without answers also available)
In this communicative task ESL students are required to work together to develop their own charity. Student's work in groups to prepare a presentation which meets a criteria and presents it to their class. This activity helps to develop communication skills in all students, not only ESL/EFL and also develops critical thinking and problem solving. This task can be used as part of a role play activity.