This is the social issues section of the site where teachers can find worksheets on topics such as being polite, drug abuse, and child labor. Currently there are 224 social issues worksheets that you can print and use in your own lessons. This worksheet contains a lot of activities based on a reading passage about a study of polite behavior in the United Kingdom. It is for intermediate students and includes some nice practice activities for using comparative and superlative adjectives. You can download the worksheet for free to see if it is suitable for your students; use as many or as few of the activities as you choose and make changes if necessary. There are other worksheets too including listening activities based on songs so take a look at some of them too.
Social issues are important in today’s world. More and more people are taking an interest in events that occur in places hundreds of miles away from where they live. While every country and community has its own social issues, we often focus on the ones facing people in other parts of the world. It is important for students to reflect on the issues their community has, but in a classroom setting it could be less controversial to choose other topics and then relate them to the local community. What you choose to discuss in your classroom will depend on the age of your students and their interests as well as what your school deems acceptable material.
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This worksheet was created to make my students think of bullying and Cyber bullying, and how it affects our society. It was also created to help them with the pronunciation of the ed ending o ...
If you lead the Speaking club, it is a nice topic to discuss. Students mostly share their experience and knowledge. Some facts could be logically understandable or you can use this link to discove ...
This worksheet is supposed to be used with a group of upper-intermediate/advanced students to lead them into the discussion of different social issues. But it is also possible to use it with lower ...
This is one of the most inspiring videos of a man who is trying to change the world for poor people. I am sure that students would certainly get inspired cause its a quiet an emotional video. The ...
This is a reading comprehension exercise for pre-intermediate and intermediate students regarding food crisis in the world. Students must read the text and then answer a few questions along with a ...
This worksheet is based on the video (the link is provided) about the modern Japanese society. The main issue discussed there is whether we live to work or work to live. So it can be used to deve ...
I use this song with high school levels as it has good social lyrics to generate discussions around inequality and problems with current day US. The lyrics can be used to generate present continuo ...
I use this with my basic class to teach simple present with a focus on habits and facts. The issue of homelessness is common enough for everyone to talk about and to have thoughts on. There is a c ...
This is a song worksheet for pre-intermediate or intermediate students about worldwide problems. The song's name is "There Must Be More to Live than This", by Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury. ...
This worksheet has students discuss some bad habits. There is a warm-up discussion section that can be done with a partner or as a class. There is also vocabulary to do before the listening activi ...
Discussion worksheet about gun laws and massive shooting in the United States.The worksheet provides a text in which president Obama talks about new restrictions to gun laws and execises the vocab ...
Level: Intermediate or higher. Time: 40 mins. This is a great listening exercise based on a podcast from BBC 6 minute English (link included in the lesson plan). Teachers can lead i ...
This two-page worksheet focuses on the issue most European countries are faced with - brain drain. The pre-viewing activities include a commentary on the phenomenon and a short discussion on the ...
A short reading about graffiti artist Banksy with some comprehension questions included. Can be used for individuals or pairs and requires students to consider their own points of view to answer q ...
This is a set of five sheets that can be used for speaking lessons. The first sheet offers an introduction to the members of the royal family, the second sheet uses a youtube inter ...
This is a set of five sheets that can be used for speaking lessons. The first sheet offers an introduction to the members of the royal family, the second sheet uses a youtube inter ...
This is a set of five sheets that can be used for speaking lessons. The first sheet offers an introduction to the members of the royal family, the second sheet uses a youtube inter ...
This is a set of five sheets that can be used for speaking lessons. The first sheet offers an introduction to the members of the royal family, the second sheet uses a youtube interview ...
This is a set of five sheets that can be used for speaking lessons. The first sheet offers an introduction to the members of the royal family, the second sheet uses a youtube interview with ...
This presentation introduces students to the education system in the United Kingdom, giving them examples of how the system works and a few of the key issues currently relevant to the system. Idea ...
This presentation introduces students to the Women's Suffrage movement in the United Kingdom, starting from the early beginnings of the movement in academia until when women were granted the right ...
It was created to promote an interesting discussion about controversial topics. Teachers must be aware of students' opinion and act as a guide in the discussion. It would be helpful if p ...
This presentation introduces students to the 'indie kid'. It would be an ideal warmer activity when learning about youth culture and different tribes young people can join. Contains some pictures ...
This worksheet is about The Cranberries's song, Zombie. There is a summary of the troubles in Ireland, then students can listen to the song and watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejg ...
This worksheet accompanies a video lesson "Dos and Don`ts in Germany". It has 3 parts with questions to discuss before and after watching a video.The main part is a matching activity to help s ...
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