LESSON3

Discuss Social Responsibility

Community service · volunteering · organ donation · listening comprehension

GOALDiscuss ways people can take social responsibility in their communities.
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Warm-up Activity

1. Which action helps keep a public place clean?

2. What does “volunteer” mean?

3. Which action can save someone’s life?

4. Social responsibility means...

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Vocabulary · Ways to Perform Community Service

Audio 21 · Vocabulary
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Discuss social responsibility

Get Involved With Your Community!

Beautify your town

plant flowers or trees

Plant flowers or trees where there aren’t any.

Clean up litter

clean up litter

Pick up trash from parks, playgrounds, or the street.

Donate your time

donate your time

Mail letters, make phone calls, raise money, or collect signatures for a community service organization.

Volunteer

volunteer hands

Work without pay in the fire department, a hospital, or a school.

Donate your organs

organ donation symbol

Make arrangements to give organs after you die to someone who needs them.

Vocabulary Practice

Plant flowers or trees where there aren’t any.
Pick up trash from parks, playgrounds, or the street.
Mail letters, make phone calls, or collect signatures.
Work without pay at a hospital, school, or fire department.
Make arrangements to give organs to someone who needs them.
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Listening Comprehension · Part 1

Audio 22 · Listening Part 1

The Nicholas Green Story

Listen to Part 1 of the story about Nicholas Green and his family. Then answer the questions below.

Nicholas Green was a seven-year-old boy whose story changed many people’s ideas about organ donation.
Nicholas Green in Switzerland

Nicholas Green, age seven, in Switzerland, a few days before he and his family went to Italy.

Part 1 Questions

1. Where were the Greens from?

2. What were they doing in Italy?

3. What happened to Nicholas?

4. What decision did his parents make?

5. How did the Italian people react?

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Listening Comprehension · Part 2

Audio 23 · Listening Part 2

D. Read the questions and listen to Part 2.

Answer the questions below. The questions are placed directly with Part 2 so students can listen and answer in the same section.

1. What changes occurred in Italy after the Greens made their decision? What is “The Nicholas Effect”?
2. How many people received one of Nicholas’s organs? What effect did his gift have on their lives?
3. As a result of this incident, what are the Greens doing today?
1 Family decision
2 Organ donation
3 Lives saved
4 The Nicholas Effect

Part 2 Interactive Questions

1. What happened in Italy after the Greens donated Nicholas’s organs?

2. What is “The Nicholas Effect”?

3. How many people received one of Nicholas’s organs?

4. What effect did his gift have on their lives?

5. What are the Greens doing today because of Nicholas’s story?

6. Which sentence best summarizes Part 2?

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More Interactive Activities

Choose the best community-service action.

1. A park has trash everywhere. What should volunteers do?

2. A community needs signatures for a campaign. What can people do?

3. A school needs help after class. What is a good action?

4. A town has no trees in a public area. What should citizens do?

Order the story idea

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Finally
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Discussion Builder · Now discuss social responsibility

Discussion Builder social responsibility page

Step 1 · Pair Work

Look at the situations in the photo. Decide what you might do. Then check how strong your sense of community is.

Students answer by choosing the most socially responsible response. Wrong choices give “Try again” only, so students can keep trying.

Activities for the uploaded photo

1. A terrible storm destroyed many homes. Who would be the strongest example of helping beyond your family?

2. Someone needs a new liver to survive. Which response shows the strongest social responsibility?

3. Developers plan to destroy a historical monument. What is the best community-minded action?

4. Which situation in the photo is about disaster relief?

5. Which sentence best expresses social responsibility?

6. What does the builder page ask students to think about?

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Final Quiz

1. Which example shows social responsibility?

2. Which phrase best describes “donate your time”?

3. Nicholas Green’s parents showed social responsibility by...

4. “The Nicholas Effect” refers to...

5. Which action matches “beautify your town”?

6. What is the main message of the lesson?

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