Happy International Women's Day!

Here you have a couple of interesting links which will

help you to know everything about this day and answer

the questins below.

http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/life/topic13.html

http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/womensday/index.asp



1. What happened in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich Village (New York) on March 25th,1911?  

2. How many people died there? Were they mainly men or women?

3. Why were the doors to the fire escapes locked?

4. Why does the United Nations General Assembly dedicate a day exclusively to the celebration of the world's women?

5. Can you come up with any other reasons of your own for celebrating Women's Day?

International Women's Day

United Nations Secretary-General message

"Equal rights, equal opprtunities and progress for all"

After watching the video, answer the questions:

1. Who is the United Nations Secretary-General?

2. Mention two of the problems that women suffer today in the world.

3. Mention two problems that women have in your country nowadays.

Watch the video with Lennon's song and fill in the blanks:

WOMAN (John Lennon)

Woman I can hardly express

my mixed __________ at my thoughtlessness

after all I’m forever in your ______________

and woman i will try to express

my inner feelings and __________________

for showing me the meaning of success

woman I know you understand

the little child inside of the man

please remember my life is in your ________

and woman hold me close to your ________

however distant don´t keep us apart

after all it is written in the stars

woman please let me explain

I never meant to cause you sorrow or _________

so let me tell you again and again and again

I love you, yeah, yeah

now and forever

I love you, yeah, yeah

now and forever

I love you, yeah, yeah

now and forever

I love you, yeah, yeah

A little present for all working woman