LEAONARD CHESHIRE DIABILITY: Making the world a place for all.

"Leonard Cheshire" is a charity which provides care and opportunities to disabled people. It offers a wide range of services, including homes where disabled people can live. Click on the link below to access its website. This time you will have to use your skills with ICTs as well as with English. Browse the site and find the information necessary to say if the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE. Each sentence gives you a clue to find the information.

LEONARD CHESHIRE DISABILITY

1. The values of "Leonard Cheshire Disability" are: Valuing the individual, working together, honesty, creativity and energy.

2. One of the services that "Leonard Cheshire Disability" provides in the UK is Acquired Brain Injury services.

3. One of the events that "Leonard Cheshire Disability" takes part in is the London Marathon. It will take place on april 25th 2012.

4. If you want to get involved and help improve diabled people's lives, one of the things you can do is become a volunteer working with Leonard Cheshire Disability.

5. To get started as a volunteer, you can contact the Volunteer and enabling officer, Begoña Méndez.


Post your answers as comments, and remember to write your name if you don't sign in.

ENTER TUTANKHAMEN'S TOMB!!

Here you have a virtual visit to Tutankhamen's tomb. You can enter the corridors and experience Howard Carter's excitement when he went into the young Pharaoh's tomb. Click on the link below and follow the instructions on the screen.

Use a candle to see in the darkness and the arrows to go left, right or ahead.You can look at a map of the tomb, so you don't get lost.

Enjoy your trip.


ENTER TUTANKHAMEN'S TOMB.


When you finish your visit, write a short comment about it in your own words. Write your name if you don't sign in.

SLAVERY

Slavery is a key element in the history and culture of the U.S.A. It existed there from the beginning of the colonial period until it was abolished by president Abraham Lincoln in the 1860s. Even after that, the policy of ratial segregation in some states forced black people to live as second class citizens for decades.
If you want to learn about slavery, click on the links below.

1: A review of Slavery in America: Here you will be able to learn about the history of slavery, how it began, and the life conditions of slaves.

SLavery in the U.S.A.

Slavery in the Caribbean

2: The life of a slave: Here you can read about the life of Olaudah Equiano, a slave who wrote his own biography. Click on the link below to access the timeline and then click on any period of his life to find out about his life then.

A slave in three continents


When you finish, write a short summary of what you have read (five lines), and publish it as a comment. Don't forget to write your name if you don't sign in.

I hope you enjoy this interesting website.

Bye.

The Three Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Here's a great song about three things we all can easily do to protect the environment. Listen to the song and read the lyrics. Fill in the blanks with one of the possibilities below, and post your answers as a comment. Don't forget to write your name if you don't sign in.

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"The 3 R's"
Three it's a magic number
Yes it is, it's a magic number
Because two times three is ___________ (1)
And three times six is eighteen
And the eighteenth _________ (2) in the alphabet is R
We've got three R's we're going to talk about __________ (3)
We've got to learn to
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
If you're going to the __________ (4) to buy some juice
You've got to bring your own bags and you learn to reduce your ____________ (5)
And if your brother or your sister's got some cool clothes
You could try them on before you buy some more of those
Reuse, we've got to learn to reuse
And if the first two R's don't work out
And if you've got to make some ____________ (6)
Don't throw it out
Recycle, we've got to learn to recycle,
We've got to learn to
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Reduce, Reuse, Recycleh
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Because three it's a magic number
Yes it is, it's a magic number
3, 3, 3
3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36
33, 30, 27, 24, 21, 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, and
3, it's a magic number


1: a) eight b) six c) nine
2: a) letter b) three c) film
3: a) Away b) Gloves c) today
4: a) fear b) month c) market
5: a) waste b) week c) park
6: a) Try b) park c) trash

Song: Pocket Full of Words

It's funny. I found this video in youtube. The song shares the name with this blog, which I find curious. Fortunately the song is quite good...

I hope you enjoy it.




See you!