Global issues!

Discussion questions

How much do you spend each day?
How much do you spend on clothes every month?
Going out for dinner?
Do you ever buy 2nd hand clothes or things?
Do you ever give money to charity.
Do you have more than one credit card?
How important is money to you?
How much do you have to spend to get a really good meal in your country.
In the streets, would you ever give money to a homeless person? Why or why not? What about food?
How much do you tip at a restaurant?

Answer the following questions regarding the video:

1. How much time has Jacqueline dedicated to the problems of poverty?                        She has only just started her investigations.For more than twenty years.A little over five years.

 

2. How does she define the real issue of poverty?                                                      a condition about choice, and the lack of freedom.everyone has their problems.it's just a case of bad luck.

 

3. What is the size of the Mathare Valley slum?                                                                 about five square milesthree miles from Nairobione mile long by two-tenths of a mile wide

 

4. The Mathare Valley slum is populated by how many people?                                                             twenty thousand peopleover half a million peoplefifty thousand people

 

5. Mama Rose has been renting her dwelling in the Mathare Valley slum for how long?                                 twenty-two yearsthirty-nine yearsthirty-two years

 

6. In what way does she make money to send her children to school?                                          By selling water, soap and bread.She washes dishes.She works in a factory

 

7. Jane had two dreams! What were they?                                                          Firstly; to win the lottery. Secondly; to buy a big house.Firstly; to visit the USA. Secondly; to drive a car.Firstly; to be a doctor. Secondly; to marry a good man.

 

8. Where was Jane's husband?                                                                                                   He left her to marry another womanHe went to Australia.He was living with his mother.

 

9. What was the worst thing about being a prostitute?                                                         The salaryThe humiliation and the embarrassment.The late nights.

 

10. How much was the deposit needed for Jane's house?                                                               about 400 dollarsmore than one thousand dollarsonly one hundred dollars

 

11. How much does Jane have to pay for her monthly mortgage repayment?                 The same as she paid in rent for her shanty.one hundred dollars a monthshe does not pay a mortgage

 

12. What doesn't poor mean according to Jacqueline?                                                             poor doesn't mean having a nice carpoor doesn't mean going on holidaypoor doesn't mean being ordinary

4. MAKE ‘EM HISTORY: In pairs / groups, talk about whether the issues below will ever disappear from our world. Rank them in order of most important to be assigned to the history books. Make sure you all agree.

1. Poverty in Africa.
2. Nuclear weapons.
3. AIDS.
4. Terrorism.
5. Globalization.
6. Drugs.
7. Global warming.
8. Child labor.