martes, 18 de mayo de 2021

‘Why Do India and Pakistan Keep Fighting Over Kashmir?

 

Quite often we do hear about the conflict between Indian and Pakistan over Kasmir in the news. I would like to share this initiative by The New York Times which I find fascinating for us learners of English: It's called Lesson of the Day and it consists on reading a piece of news and a comprehension based on it which in sometimes enhanced with videos, music, images, as the one I have shared in the Trinidad and Tobago-Zimbabwe unit. It is meant to be used in The USA schools. You will find more information below.

Why do India and Pakistan keep on fighting over Kashmir?



ARTICLE OF THE DAY

Learning With: ‘Why Do India and Pakistan Keep Fighting Over Kashmir?

By Jeremy Engle

Before reading the article:

What factors sometimes lead to conflict between neighboring countries? Brainstorm a list and share with a partner.

On Feb. 14, a suicide bombing in the disputed territory of Kashmir reignited a longstanding conflict between two neighboring nuclear powers, India and Pakistan.

Next, look at the map above and answer the following questions:

• What do you notice?
• What do you wonder?
• What story does this map tell about the conflict taking place in Kashmir?

Now, read the article, “Why Do India and Pakistan Keep Fighting Over Kashmir?” Then answer the following questions:

1. What are the key recent events in the escalating conflict between India and Pakistan? Give three examples.

... CONTINUE READING THIS GREAT RESOURCE and learning about Kashmir BY CLICKING HERE!


Now, what is Lesson of the Day? They are short lesson plans featuring current events articles which are posted every school day. You can access to a large library of humdreds of lessons plans related to current events. They begin with a warm up introduction, then the article from The Times along with some questions for writing and discussion.They also include one ot two activities if you want to dig deeper.

https://youtu.be/LSOrQksl3WM

Ready to teach with current events? Get started here.

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