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Across the Curriculum – Citizenship Suggested Answer Key The Human Rights House Foundation has offices in Oslo, Warsaw, Moscow, Sarajevo, Bergen, and London. Since 1989 it has been working to enhance co-operation between various human rights groups. It helps provide free legal aid to victims of human rights abuses and improves the security of human rights defenders. It hosts meetings, seminars and offers training. The Human Rights House in Moscow is located at the Russian Research Centre for Human Rights, 4 Luchnikov Lane (Building 4, Doorway 3,
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Suite 2). It was established in 1992. The Centre monitors and protects the rights of soldiers, prisoners, children, the disables, the mentally ill, and refugees. The Centre also facilitates cooperation between different nongovernmental organizations in Russia by providing financial, technical and educational support for their activities. The Centre conducts regular projects and holds exhibitions to promote their work. If you are interested in finding out more information, or would like to participate in one of their projects, contact: HYPERLINK "mailto: hrcenter@hro.org" hrcenter@hro.org
Going Green Objectives Speaking: discussing how to become a ‘greener’ citizen Reading: a quiz Skill ― reading for specific information
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Focus ➤ Introducing the topic ñ Write the term ‘green citizen’ on the board. Explain that they are going to do a quiz to find out how ‘green’ they are. ñ Select a S to read the introduction of the quiz to the class. ñ Ss think of as many examples of being a ‘green citizen’ as they can in small groups. ñ Invite a few groups to present their ideas to the class. List Ss’ ideas on the board. Suggested Answer Key A ‘green citizen’ is someone who tries to reduce his/her impact on the environment as much as possible.
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Focus ➤ Completing a quiz; expanding vocabulary ñ Ask a few Ss to tell the class how ‘green’ they are. ñ Explain the task. Ss answer individually and find out their result. ñ Ask for a show of hands ― mostly As (‘green citizens of the year’), mostly Bs (not bad but could do better), and mostly Cs (need to get started). ñ Allow Ss time to explain the words in bold by providing a synonym, translation or example sentence. Encourage Ss to use the context to understand the meaning of the words, before they check in their dictionaries. Suggested Answer Key rely on: need something to survive/carry on in our best interests: good for us reduce your impact: not create as many problems embarrassing shade: depth of colour that shows you are shy