International women

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY ACTIVITIESGROUPS 3º 4º DIVERSIFICACIÓN

TEACHER: FERNANDO BRAÑA ASENSIO

March 2015IES CALDERÓN DE LA BARCA-GIJÓN

WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL DAY ©fbrana15

Job/occupation

names

suffragettes/social activists

writersqueensspies

scientistssoldiersDoctors

astronautsAnthropologist

spoliticians

AstronomersModelssingersWATCH THE E-MAZE-ING PRESENTATION AND DO THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES

Activity 1

Write the names of the women in the corresponding column


Activity 2WRITE THE NATIONALITY OF THE WOMEN NEXT TO THEIR NAMES


NAME NATIONALITYABIGAIL ADAMS IS…

ALICE PAUL IS…BEATRIX POTTER IS…

BOUDICCA IS…CHRISTINNE GRANVILLE

IS…DOROTHY HODGKIN IS…

DOROTHY LAWRENCE IS…ELIZABETH GARRET

ANDRSON IS…EMMELINNE PANKHURST

IS….FLORA SANDES IS…

HELEN SAHRMAN IS ….JANE GOODALL IS…NANCY WAKE IS…

ROSALIND FRANKLIN IS…SHIRLEY CHRISHOLM IS…

CECILIA PAYNE IS…AMELIA JENKS BLOOMER IS

…DONYALE LUNA IS…

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE IS…

HARRIET TUBMAN IS…HARRIET HANSON

ROBINSON IS…LILIAN ROLFE IS…LINDA BRENT IS…ROSA PARKS IS…NINA SIMONE IS…

TONY MORRISON IS…


Activity 3ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS

a. Who was Abigail Adams husband?

b. When was Alice Paul born? And when did she die?

c. What was the name of Beatrix Potter’s famous rabbit?

d. What was the name of the tribe Boudicca was the queen of?

e. In which war was Christinne Granville a spy?

f. When did Dorothy Hodgkin win the Nobel Prize?

g. Why did Dorothy Lawrence call herself Tommy?

h. What did Elizabeth Garret found in London?

i. When did Emmeline Pankhurst die?

j. Which was Flora Sandes’s country of adoption?

k. How old was Helen Sharman when she went to space?

l. Which are Jane Goodall’s favourite animals?

m. Who did Nancy Wake fight?

n. Why was Rosalind Franklin’s photograph important?

o. When was Shirley Chrisholm elected for Congress?

p. What did Cecilia Payne discover about the sun ?

q. What did Amelia Jenks Bloomer advocate?

r. In which magazine did Donyale Luna appear ? Why was this important?

s. Which famous book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write?

t. What was the name of the secret routes used by slaves to escape?

u. When and where did Harriet Robinson start work?

v. How did Lilian Rolfe die?

w. What was Linda Brent’s real name? What was the name of her famous book?


x. Why did Rosa Parks become famous?

y. Which was Nina Simone’s favourite instrument?

z. Which two important prizes did Tony Morrison win?


Activity 4

Reading comprehension

International Women's Day

International Women's Day (IWD) is marked on March 8 every year. Countries around the world celebrate IWD to give credit to the economic, political and social achievements of women and to show respect to their contributions in the development of their countries. The IWD was first celebrated on 19 March 1911 in Germany following a declaration by the Socialist Party of America. It's only in the beginning of the 20th century that the day was officially and internationally acknowledged due to the rapid industrialization and the social protest that it accompanied.

On this day women are usually given flowers and small gifts. It is also celebrated as an equivalent of Mother's Day in some countries. Children also give small gifts to their mothers and grandmothers. In countries like Portugal, it is customary, at the night of 8 March, for groups of women to celebrate the holiday with women-only dinners and parties. In 1975, the United Nations gave official sanction to and started financing International Women's Day.

Although, women are becoming more powerful in business, entertainment, politics and many more areas, there are still a lot of inequalities around the world which call for the mobilization of everybody to grant women the proper status they merit.

Source: Wikipedia

When was the first IWD celebrated?a. In the end of the 20th century

b. In the middle of the 20th centuryc. Early in the 20th century.

1. Social unrest and industrialization were some of the causes that led to IWD a. Trueb. False

2. The IWD is celebrated _____ around the world a. similarly b. differently


3. Women still need to fight a. for more equality b. for higher wages


Activity 5

Wordsearch 5

Activity 6


Listening comprehension

Listen and answer these questions

a. When is women’s day? b. Where is it celebrated?c. Why is it celebrated?d. Where is a national holiday?e. How long have we been celebrating women’s

day?f. When was the first women’s day?g. Which country was the first to give women the

right to vote?h. When were women in Britain given the right to

vote? How old did they have to be?i. What is difficult for women nowadays?j. What is the percentage of women’s work force

in the world?k. How much (%) do women earn globally?l. Is the speaker optimistic about women’s

situation for the future?

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http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/pages/level3.shtml

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