Richard MacAndrew, Ron Martinez-Taboos and Issues_ Photocopiable Lessons on Controversial Topics (LTP instant lessons)-Heinle ELT (2001)

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- = :fl = fl = =t = =fl t'l - :e - I =e =r E I F r F r F FF Language Ghoose the correct ending for each sentence: 1. What we're dealing 2.'What we're talking 3. What we're looking 4. What we're saying 5. What we're seeing a. at is a steady increase in the number of child crimes. b. with is a new kind of childhood criminal. c. here is a trend that shows no sign of slowing. d. about is the future of our country. e. is that children must start to take full responsibility for their actions. Work with a partner. Circle the vocabulary item that does not belong you don't know in your dictionary. 6. law1,er, evidence, defendant, judge 7. murder, fine, assault, manslaughter 8. adult, minor, infant, adolescent 9. witness, crirninal, suspect, offender 10. parole, release, sentence) pardon Discussion in each group. Check any words Discuss the following situations in small groups. Decide what should happen to the people in each situation. Should they go to prison - an adult prison or a young offender's institution? How long for? Or should something else happen? 1. Sean, 9, brings a gun to school. He shows it to his friends <strong>and</strong> says, "Nobody messes with me or I use this!" 2. Two teenagers, aged 15 <strong>and</strong> 16, come to school with two semi-automatic guns <strong>and</strong> begin shooting people at r<strong>and</strong>om. They shoot 5 of their classmates dead <strong>and</strong> critically wound another 12. The 16-year-old commits suicide before he is captured, the younger boy is caught <strong>and</strong> arrested. 3. l7-year-old Bobby fatally stabs a shop owner in the town centre in an attempted robbery. The shop owner tried to phone the police during the robbery <strong>and</strong> Bobby panicked. 4. A l4-year-old boy shoots another 14-year-old member of a rival gang. "I had to do it so that they would let me be in their g2flg," he says. The victim did not die. 5. A 16-year-old shoots his father dead after the father has a violent confrontation with the boy's mother. "He got what he deserved," says the boy. "My mother has put up with enough abuse already." 6. A 6-year-old boy gets so angry with his younger brother that he sits on him until he stops breathing, shouting "I hate you, I hate you." The brother dies. The 6-year-old told his parents he had had enough of his brother. Discuss your conclusions with another group. bI F r F F F F F ft Discuss the following as a class: 1.\X/hen a child kills, who do you think is most responsible? The parents? Society? The child? 2. Are there any obvious ways to prevent such horrors? \What are they? 3. If you feel your country's situation is very different from or better than the one in the US, can 1'ou explain why? 'What 4. \flhat is the worst story of child killers you remember reading about in the newspapers? makes it the worst? Iaboos <strong>and</strong> /ssues Children who kill 13
Gays <strong>and</strong> jobs Discussion Discuss these questions with a partner: 1. Are there any well-known gay people in your countryin the following areas: politics the cbttrch TV sPort 2. Arc there more gay people in some professions than in that is? Reading Read the articles below <strong>and</strong> answer these questions: the military the law 1. Which article is about someone starting a job? What's the problem? 2. Which one is about someone leaving a job? Why is the person leaving? others? Which ones? Why do You think SECOND OFFICER RESIGNS Another senior naval officer resigned last night as a result of the Government's decision to allow homosexuals to join the armed fbrces. Comm<strong>and</strong>er James MacDonald,43. who fought in the war in Bosnitr. said of the Government's decision: "There are many good military reasons why homosexuals should not be allowed into the armed fbrces. The Government. however, has chosen to make a decision for political <strong>and</strong> legal reasons." Comm<strong>and</strong>er MacDonald's resignation came a day after Brigtrdier Howard Jones,47, asked to retire early fbr similar reasons. Brigadier Jones said: "l have no personal problem with homosexuals, but I do believe strongly from both a moral <strong>and</strong> a military point of view that there is no place for them in the army. The Government has reached its decision fbr no good military reason." ANGER OVER LESBIAN MAYOR Janis Hewitt will be ready fbr some strong opposition when she becomes mayor of the small Welsh town of Llanforcl next week. She announced yesterday that her lesbian partner will be mayoress. Ms Hewitt points out that she has never made any secret of her relationship <strong>and</strong> she sees no reason to start doing so now. "We have been together for 20 years," she said, "<strong>and</strong> we have never hidden the fact. It really shouldn't be a problem. There are more important issues, ltke getting a better life for people." Gareth James, chairman of the local Conservatives, disagrees strongly. "This has come as quite a shock." he said angrily. "It degrades the position of mayor. It is not the sort of thing we associate with this town. Things like this don't happen here." True or false? Read the articles again <strong>and</strong> decide if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F): 1. Both officers feel there are military reasons why gays should not be allowed in the armed forces. 2. Brigadier Jones has a personal dislike of homosexuals. 3.Janis Hewitt's lesbian relationship has been a secret for 20 years. 4. Garcth James is unhappy with the idea of Janis Hewitt's partner being the mayoress. Discussion Discuss these questions in small groups: 1.Do you think it is OK ro have gay people in the armed forces? Vhy?'$7hy not? What's the situation in your own country? 2. Should Janis Hewitt be allowed to choose her lesbian partner as mayoress? Would it be a problen-r in any way? Could this happen in your country? 14 Gays <strong>and</strong> jobs <strong>Taboos</strong> <strong>and</strong> /ssues
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