Burnet News Club 2020-2021 | Issue 3

1. LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS
What is happening in each photo?
What are the similarities between them?
What are the differences?
5.
1. Shutterstock / Hayk_Shalunts; 2. Shutterstock / John Gomez; 3. Shutterstock / Alex Bar; 4. Twitter; 5. Getty Images / Ezra Shaw; 6. Shutterstock / David Tadevosian

2. Which photos are
examples of protest?
Which are not? Why?
5.
1. Shutterstock / Calvin Stewart; 2. Shutterstock / John Gomez; 3. Shutterstock / Alex Bar; 4. Twitter; 5. Getty Images / Ezra Shaw; 6. Shutterstock / David Tadevosian

3. Protest does not always look the same.
Let’s play match up!
1. Listen to an example of a protest
2. As a team, decide which one picture it matches
best and give your answer
3. Click on the word to reveal the answer
4. Each team with a correct answer gets a point
INSTRUCTIONS

4. 5.
1. Shutterstock / Calvin Stewart; 2. Shutterstock / John Gomez; 3. Shutterstock / Alex Bar; 4. Twitter; 5. Getty Images / Ezra Shaw; 6. Shutterstock / David Tadevosian
CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE
MARCH STRIKE
RIOT
BOYCOTT
SILENT
PROTEST
VIRTUAL
ACTIVISM

5. KEYWORDS
Nominate one student to make a list of all of the new vocabulary
in this session. They should share this at the end.
DISAPPROVAL
When someone dislikes, disagrees with, or wants to
stop something.
PROTEST
When someone shows that they dislike, disagree with,
or want to stop something.
How do these keywords link?

6. 1. Stand up
2. Listen to the Pineapple on
pizza scenario. Sit down
when you think Fred’s
disapproval turns into
protest (make sure you
can explain why)
3. If you change your
mind, stand up again
DISAPPROVAL
OR PROTEST? THINKING QUESTIONS
● How did Fred show
disapproval? How did he
show protest?
● What do you think the
manager is thinking after
each step? Why?
● How did Fred have power in
this situation? How did the
manager?
Challenge: which types of
protest can you spot in the
scenario?

7. In democratic countries like the UK
people are allowed to speak up and
protest. This is because freedom of
speech is a core value for democracy.
However the police still have some
control. For example, in the UK they
can limit a march’s size or change its
location.
In other places, the rules are
much stricter.

8. In North Korea people can be
sent to prison camps or be killed
for speaking up against the
government. Researching protest
material is also a crime,
punishable by five years of
“correction labour” (forced work).
Angle your arms in the same direction as
the emoji that best shows your opinion.
How did that statement make
you feel? Why?

9. In Egypt protesters can
go to prison for up to
seven years.
Angle your arms in the same direction as
the emoji that best shows your opinion.
How did that statement make
you feel? Why?

10. In China the government controls the
news so often, reports of protests are
not shared with the public. When they
are shared, protesters are made to
seem like dangerous or bad people.
Police have also reacted with violence
in the past.
Angle your arms in the same direction as
the emoji that best shows your opinion.
How did that statement make
you feel? Why?

11. In Russia protest is illegal
without permission from the
government, which is hard to get.
Protesting is often called
“hooliganism” and protesters can
be fined a lot of money.
Angle your arms in the same direction as
the emoji that best shows your opinion.
How did that statement make
you feel? Why?

12. In some parts of Palestine
protests are illegal. People are not
even allowed to protest peacefully
or own items that could show
disapproval of the government.
Protesters could be fined or go to
prison.
Angle your arms in the same direction as
the emoji that best shows your opinion.
How did that statement make
you feel? Why?