What rights should animals have?

Justa | May 16, 2019Apr 06, 2023

LESSON OVERVIEW

This flipped classroom worksheet is about animal rights and is based on a TED Talk about the remarkable work some lawyers do to get animal rights for chimpanzees. They want to change the status of these animals from “things” to “persons”. Engage your students in discussion about animals and their rights in the modern world.

PRE-CLASS ACTIVITIES

The worksheet includes three pre-class activities which students need to do on the basis of the video before the class.

First, students approach a word-building task. They are provided with the table with such nouns as defense, voice, autonomy, etc. While watching the video, they have to complete the table with adjectives they hear. The second task consists of some quotations from the video which include 3 idioms. Students should study them and match them with their meanings. Finally, students have to prepare (at least) 3 arguments in favor of and against the following topic:

Animals should have certain rights and should not be treated as the property of others.

They will need these arguments for a debate during the class.

IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES

The in-class worksheet starts with a task which should check whether your student have done their tasks and watched the video. In the first exercise, there are just 3 questions with the phrases from the student’s worksheet. The aim is to check if students understand and can use the phrases correctly.

The second activity is a discussion on the speaker’s idea and students’ own views about animal rights and protection.

At the end of this class, there is a debate. Make your students work in groups of 4 or pairs and have a debate on the topic. Obviously, they should use the arguments they’ve prepared at home.

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