I. School children around the world have been going on strike.  Would you protest against these things? What would you do? How effective would your protest be? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

II. Read the text and answer the following questions:

1. Who did the article say students are unhappy with?
2. What is the name of the international movement?
3. What are students skipping?
4. When did the movement begin?
5. What is the nationality of the student who started the protests?
6. Where did 45,000 students protest?
7. What did a student banner say students did, like the sea level?
8. When is the first worldwide strike?
9. Which country’s leader asked students for less activism?
10. When did a journalist want students to strike?

Source: BreakingNewsEnglish

III. Who is Greta Thunberg? What was her speech at the United Nations last year about? Listen to her and then you will comment on some of her statements.

a. “I’ve learnt that you are never too small to make a difference”.

b. “You only talk about moving forward with the same bad ideas that got us into this mess even when the only sensible thing to do is pull the emergency break”.

c. “It is the sufferings of the many which pay for the luxuries of the few”.

d. “Until you start focusing on what needs to be done rather than what is politically possible there is no hope”.

e. “We need to focus on equity and the solutions within this system are so impossible to find that maybe we should change the system itself”.

f. “We have come here to let you know that the change is coming whether you like it or not. The real power belongs to the people”.

III. Listen to what the Australia’s Prime Minister said about the school strike. What do you think about it?

IV. Check the Global Climate Strike website to know about all the demonstrations around the world.