PEACE DAY

"We must be the change we wish to see"

                                           Gandhi

SCHOOL DAY OF NON-VIOLENCE AND PEACE

DÍA ESCOLAR DE LA PAZ Y LA NO VIOLENCIA



The “School Day of Non-violence and Peace” is an initiative of Non-violent and Pacifying Education, which is now practised in schools all over the world and in which centres of education, teachers and students of all levels and from all countries are invited to take part.

It advocates a permanent education in and for harmony, tolerance, solidarity, respect for human rights, non-violence and peace.

It is observed on January 30 or thereabouts every year, on the anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi.

Its basic message is:

           “Universal Love, Non-violence and Peace.             

                                         Universal Love is better than egoism,                                        

   Non-violence is better than violence,  

 and Peace is better than war”.

READING TASK: Answer the following Question Words about the previous text:    
1.- WHAT?, 2.- WHERE?, 3.- WHICH?, 4.- WHAT FOR?, 5.- WHEN? & 6.- WHY?

Why don't we celebrate the School Peace Day with a famous song?

We refer to the Classic "Imagine", by John Lennon

LISTENING TASK:  JUMBLED "IMAGINE'S"

*Watch & Listen to "Imagine", by John Lennon and ...
Put the (6) sentences starting with "Imagine" into the correct order:

a) Imagine there's no countries
b) Imagine all the people sharing all the world...
c) Imagine no possessions
d) Imagine all the people living for today...
e) Imagine there's no heaven
f) Imagine all the people living in peace...
                                                                              

                    "Imagine" (Lyrics)

1……………………………………………………………………………..
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
2……………………………………………………………………………..

3…………………………………………………………………………..                                                   It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
4………………………………………………………………………….

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

5……………………………………………………………………….       
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
6………………………………………………………………………

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

               SELF-CORRECTION:
You can check your answers at: http://www.lyrics.com/imagine-lyrics-john-lennon.html 

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                        Spanish Version of the song:

¿Quieres saber ahora qué dice la canción exactamente en español? ¡Adelante!

Para ello, antes de visionar el siguiente video, te sugiero que cojas lápiz y papel, y te invito a que corrijas y anotes todos los fallos que aparecen en la traducción al español. ¿Cuántos fallos encuentras?

Si necesitas ayuda, échale un vistazo al DRAE

( Diccionario de la Real Academia Española): http://www.rae.es/rae.html 

CUIDADO:

Contiene muchas incorrecciones. Material altamente contagioso.

* Valga esta actividad de"Find the mistakes", a la española, para mostrar que NO todo lo que está en Internet es válido / correcto. ¡Sé selectivo! ¡Saldrás ganando!

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Let's finish this post on PEACE with some Quotations by famous people.

Pay attention to the next video and Select the Quotation you like most.

Just to finish, Remember only one thing!

"Imagine all the people living in peace ...

                                   John Lennon

... 24 hours a day - 7 days a week!

Let's try it! We can!

                                   Jesús Canca

Words of Gratitude:

In the spirit of giving thanks, feeling gratitude and staying in the mood of appreciation, I'd like to thank the journalist Rafael Delgado for so magnificently summing up the philosophy of this blog in an article published on the local newspaper "El Faro de Ceuta" (thursday, 27th January).

Nota de Agradecimiento:

El periódico local "El Faro de Ceuta" se hace eco del presente blog en un fantástico artículo publicado el pasado jueves 27 de enero de 2011, escrito por el periodista Rafael Delgado.

You can read the article here:                                                           http://www.elfarodigital.es/ceuta/cultura/35073-learning-con-los-beatles.html

Simply,

A Nice Surprise!

Thank you!