Mercedes' English Class: 8 MARCH: International Women's Day

8 MARCH: International Women's Day

Have you ever heard about International Women's Day?
Why do we need a day to celebrate just half the inhabitants of our planet?

ACTIVITY 1 . Find out about this special day by reading the text you'll find in this link:
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/international-womens-day#

Then check your understanding and vocabulary

Worksheets and downloads

International Women's Day - exercises

International Women's Day - text

ACTIVITY 2 . Read the website to learn more about five women who have been in the space:
http://www.innovateher.co.uk/female-astronauts/
Webquest:
https://elt.oup.com/elt/students/oupesecondary/webquests/olz-webquests-level-3-1.pdf?cc=global&selLanguage=en

Can you imagine a future where there’s no need at all to even have an International Women’s Day?

Where there is total equality for men and women? Hmmm … something to think about but perhaps in your lifetime this could happen!?

Useful resources:

Printable fact sheet PDFs