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A- Do you know these people?

( Right click on their names if you need to find out more about them)

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____Nelson Mandela_______________George Bush________________Mahatma Gandhi
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______David Beckham________________Simón Díaz__________________Shakira

OO B- Do you think all of them:

______-have lived similar lives?
______-went to University?

______-have had the same opportunities?

______-are rich?

C- What makes the difference between them?

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1- Right click here and read the different definitions of inequality. Then, make your own concept using the information given and post it in this page as a comment. Make sure you write your name on it.

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2- Income and Food supply are two of the things whose proportion of distribution lacks equality all around the world. Here are some activities regarding these issues which show how groups of people differ from one another.

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a- Under the category "Income", How wide is the breach between the richest and the poorest people in world? (Rigth click on Income to answer the question. Then, write your answer here).

b- Concerning "Food supplies", starvation and undernourishment affect every country in the world. However, between industrialized and developing nations, there is a difference in the number of people who suffer it. What are those figures?

(Rigth click on Food Supplies to answer the question. Then, write your answer here).

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c- Michael Jackson has written several songs that promote concern for injustices. The following video has one these songs and it is addressing some of the most critical problems in Africa. Watch the video and write a proposal to counter extreme poverty in underdeveloped countries. (Write your proposal here).

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“We Are the World" is a song written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and recorded by a supergroup of popular musicians known as USA for Africa. The charity single was intended to raise funds to help famine-relief efforts in Ethiopia, which experienced unusual drought in 1984/1985.
The artists who participated in the event included Bette Midler, Diana Ross, Cyndi Lauper, Willie Nelson, Tina Turner, Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, Ray Charles, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, and many other well-known singers and musicians.

As a final activity, watch the video and listen to the song while you think of how your life would be if you had been born in an extremely poor country.

(Take note of your reflections in order to discuss them next class).

We Are the World

There comes a time// When we heed a certain call// When the world must come together as one

There are people dying // Oh, and it's time to lend a hand // To life, the greatest gift of all

We can't go on // Pretending day by day // That someone somewhere will soon make a change

We are all a part of // God's great big family // And the truth, you know, love is all we need

We are the world

We are the children

We are the ones who make a brighter day

So let's start giving

There's a choice we're making

We're saving our own lives

It's true we make a better day

Just you and me

Woah, send 'em your heart // So they know that someone cares // And their lives

will be stronger and free // As God has shown us // By turnin' stone to bread // And so we all

must lend a helping hand

[Chorus]

When you're down and out // And there seems no hope at all // But if you just believe

There's no way we can fall // Let us realize // Oh, that a change can only come //

When we // stand together as one...

[Chorus]Repeat 9 times