Identities

CITIZENS OF THE WORLD

THIRD CULTURE KID

Where is home for a third culture kid?

BEAUTY

Warming-up 

Beauty is Skin Deep

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Don’t judge a book by its cover

• What messages does the media usually send out about people and their physical appearances?

• The media generally presents images of men and women who are a certain size and have a certain appearance—reflecting society’s pressure on people to conform to those sizes and appearances.
• People often have unreal expectations of appearance, size and other physical attributes for themselves and others, which results in their judging others unfairly based on those expectations.

• Have you ever been on the receiving end of a cruel comment about your physical size or appearance?
• Have others ever let you know, in some way, that you’re not attractive enough?
• Do you find clothes shopping unpleasant because of fears about how others will judge you?
• Have you ever skipped an activity to avoid comments about your appearance?
• Do you think often about dieting because of comments about your weight?
• Have you considered changing aspects of your appearance to look better to others?
• Have you ever made cruel comments to others about their appearance?

PREZI   about analysing beauty ads.

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DIET AND EATING DISORDERS

1. Have you ever been on a diet?
2. Are there any dangers of dieting?
3. What´s your advice for anyone who wants to diet?
4. Do you know anyone who is obsessed with their weight?
5. Why are people so worried about the way their body looks?
6. How often do you weigh yourself?
7. Do you think the fashion industry and advertising is responsibe for encouraging women to be super skinny?
8. What are, in your opinion, the causes of eating disorders?
9. What do you know about anorexia?
10. Which do yoy consider worse: obesity or anorexia?
11. Do eating disorders affect women and men in the same way?

Watch this video: Anorexia´s living face (CBS News)

HEALTH

Health refers to the physical, mental and social well-being, as well as matters related to illnesses.

Some aspects related to this are:

• diet and nutrition
• drug abuse
• epidemics
• health services
• hygiene
• illnesses, symptoms of good/ill health
• mental health
• physical exercise
• surgery
• traditional and alternative medicine

DRUGS AND DRUG ABUSE

Key Questions for this unit of study

·         What is your definition of a "drug"?

·         Is drug abuse limited to being addicted to narcotics?

·         How is our attitude towards drugs shaped by our cultural heritage and traditions, laws, personal experience or beliefs?

·         Why are some drugs illegal, others legal? Why does this differ between countries?

·         Why do people take drugs? What emotional, physiological, social or cultural reasons are there?

·         Are all drugs detrimental to your physical and mental health?

·         Should governments play a more assertive role in reducing drug abuse? How?

·         How can schools help raise awareness of the dangers of drug abuse?

Reading

You will read a selection of texts over the course of this unit; this will include doing comprehension exercises to check and improve your understanding. You will also focus on the vocabulary in each text.

	Title	Read & exercise finished ü
1.	Teen Binge Drinking (an online advice page) http://www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au/health-relationships/binge-drinking
2.	Preventing Substance Abuse (a proposal) http://www.gibbsonline.com/prevent.html
3.	Drug Addiction Intervention (webpage) https://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/drugs/Pages/Drugtreatment.aspx
4.	Who takes drugs? Poll finds a generation happy to chance it (newspaper article)
5.	Pharmageddon: how the US got hooked on prescription drugs (newspaper article) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/09/us-drugs-oxycodone-painkillers-florida

Writing

Here are the different types of texts you will focus on in this unit:

	Type of text / assignment	completed ü
1.	Write a blog or diary entry (400 words); chose either option a) or b) a) You are the parent of a college freshman who has got involved in binge drinking; write about your personal thoughts and feelings in a diary or online blog      OR b) You are a college freshman who has got involved in binge drinking; write about your personal thoughts and feelings in a diary or online blog.
2.	Official Report (400 words) You will write an official report (following the guidelines provided on the next page) about one specific type of drug/drug abuse.
3.	Introduction to a school debate (400 words) Imagine you have been asked to give an introduction to a school debate on “Drug abuse and how to prevent it in high school”. Your introduction should explain why this is an important issue and which drugs can impact the lives of high school students;  you can outline some typical, contrasting views on the topic of drug abuse, but without stating your own opinion.
4.	Personal response A) "The central problem underlying substance abuse is the intolerance that the abuse has for emotional pain or disappointment." B) "Ignorance is still a major factor in drug abuse and so the government must continue to enlighten the youth on the evils of drug addiction and trafficking." 150-250 words

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