B2: Can men and women be friends?

B1: Wonders of the world

A2: More than words

B2: You've gotta be

4: The Edible Schoolyard Martin Luther King Junior Middle School

A Delicious Revolution

What we are calling for is a revolution in public education - a Delicious Revolution. When the hearts and minds of our children are captured by a school lunch curriculum, enriched with experience in the garden, sustainability will become the lens through which they see the world.

— Alice Waters

2: Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world

Earth Hour 2012

"This Earth Hour 2012: 8.30pm, Saturday 31 March, celebrate your action for the planet with the people of world by switching off your lights for an hour, then go beyond the hour.

From its inception as a single-city initiative -- Sydney, Australia - in 2007, Earth Hour has grown into a global symbol of hope and movement for change. Earth Hour 2011 created history as the world's largest ever voluntary action with people, businesses and governments in 135 countries across every continent coming together to celebrate an unambiguous commitment to the one thing that unites us all -- the planet."

7A: LUCK OR HARD WORK

7A: Ironic

6B: Holding out for a hero

6B: See the film... get on the plane

Have you seen any of these films? Did you like it/them?

Which of the three places would you most like to visit?



6A: Shopping at the market

What's the 100 mile diet?

5C: WORK

Watch the concert and find those positive qualities that would help you get a job and feel happier.

5C: WORK

FIND YOUR PASSION

5B Sk8er Boi

5A Less stuff, more happiness

"We’ve got to cut the extraneous out of our lives, and we’ve got to learn to stem the inflow. We need to think before we buy. Ask ourselves, ‘Is that really going to make me happier? Truly?'" (Graham Hill)

4C Used to / any more / any longer

4A A school without walls

4B Our house

4A: Wonderful World

4A Education, education, education

4A First conditionals

4A Real conditionals

St Valentine's Day

Are you romantic?

3 Pronunciation shock

Find four misunderstandings

3C You can get it if you really want

3C Soul surfer

3C If at first you don't suceed, ...

3B Not judging by appearances

BOB from Jacob Frey on Vimeo.

3A Modern manners

Using your mobile to make a starry sky ...

2 Working as a volunteer

"Helping others brings good feelings to the giver and the receiver of the good deeds. Using your special gifts to help others can be a gift to yourself as you enjoy a self esteem boost for making others’ lives better, and make the world a better place. You feel more worthy of good deeds yourself, your trust in the decency of people is reinforced, and you feel more connected to yourself and to others."

 

2C Race to the sun: HOME

It's too late to be a pessimist. It's time we come together and work as one.

2B Changing your life

If you could only see the beauty and feel inspired to find your passion

2A Living without money

"Is it possible to feel rich without possessions?

Can you live happily without money?

In the documentary Living Without Money, we meet the German woman Heidemarie Schwermer who made a deliberate choice to live without money 14 years ago."

2A A mysterious donor

Where was the money found?

How much money was there?

Who is going to get that money?

2A Ka-ching

1C Personality

1C Modern British Families

What is the traditional picture of a happy family living in Britain?

Which changes have the past 20 years seen in the lives and structures of families in Britain?

Have the changes been positive or negative?

Vocabulary

1 divorce

2 a huge rise

3 to support

4 childcare facilities

5 raising

6 breadwinners

7 sharp

8 single mothers

9 lack

10 male role model

11 nurseries

12 dealing with

13 mixing with

1C We are family

1C Personality

1B Do you like sport?

Passion for sport...

1A Food: fuel or pleasure?

"Vancouver is celebrated for its rich variety of restaurants and dining opportunities. Explore the city's finer restaurants and tour the UBC Farm, which is where many of these restaurants obtain their fresh, local and organic produce."

1A Food: fuel or pleasure?

"Jose combines egg whites, yolk, chorizo and garlic to make this dish from Madrid."

Values and principles

Why are we here?
What’s our motivation?

What would happen if you were not afraid of making mistakes in class?

If you really felt that failing is part of the learning process?