VOCABULARY :

• euthanasia (merriam-webster.com)
  Etymology: Greek, easy death, from euthanatos, from eu- good + thanatos death
  = "the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy."
  - euthanasic / euthanatic (adjective) = "that which can facilitate euthanasia" or (noun) a drug suitable for euthanasia. (euthanasia.cc)

• Types of Euthanasia (world-faiths.com)
  + an interactive quiz
  
  

• Index and Glossary of Exit (euthanasia.cc)

• A euthanasia glossary (BBC)

FACTS : Click on the picture.

• Teen kidnaps puppy to save it from euthanasia
  "Public rallies around desperate pet owner to help him pay expensive vet bill.
  A New Zealand teenager faced legal action for stealing his own injured puppy from a clinic to save it from euthanasia when the family couldn't afford
  expensive surgery after it was hit by a car. "
  (msnbc.msn.com)
  Watch the VIDEO. (YouTube) - LIEN MODIFIE
  
  

• Euthanasia: a continent divided
  "Europe is deeply split over how it treats its terminally ill. The divisions were exposed on one day in March, when Belgian writer Hugo Claus ended his life under medical supervision in Antwerp and French former teacher Chantal Sebire died at home, having lost a legal battle to choose her time of dying."
  (BBC)

  

• Places in the World Where Euthanasia or Assisted Suicide are Legal : a map (2008)
  Netherlands (Green), Belgium (Red), Oregon (Yellow)
  (euthanasia.com)

• Euthanasia - Special report (BBC)
  "Five fact files cover everything from the basics to the future."
  
  

• Euthanasia and the law (November 2000)
  "What is the law on deliberate euthanasia in Britain and other European states?"
  (BBC)

• EUTHANASIA FACTS - LINKS (euthanasia.com)

DEBATES :

• The Right to Die? - Euthanasia - For and Against
  - "Each text is accompanied by tasks to do." (Frankie Meehan - tesoltasks.com)

• Conversation questions on euthanasia (esldiscussions.com)

• Euthanasia Pros and Cons - Quick list (euthanasia.com)

• Arguments Against Euthanasia (euthanasia.com)
  1) Euthanasia would not only be for people who are "terminally ill"
  2) Euthanasia can become a means of health care cost containment
  3) Euthanasia will become non-voluntary
  4) Euthanasia is a rejection of the importance and value of human life

• Reasons for Euthanasia (euthanasia.com)
  1) Unbearable pain
  2) Right to commit suicide
  3) People should not be forced to stay alive

• Key Points for Debating Assisting Suicide (euthanasia.com)

• DIFFERENT VIEWS & OPINIONS TO CONSIDER (world-faiths.com)

• Arguments for and against Euthanasia (world-faiths.com)

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES :

• Types of Euthanasia - a quiz (world-faiths.com)

• Euthanasia Quiz - Answer the 10 questions (edtech.utb.edu)

• Euthanasia - A text + questions (quiz.agencyinfo.org)

• Check yourself: What did each doctor say? (newint.org)
  "Dr Gerrit Kimsma, supports the option of voluntary euthanasia.
  Dr Peter Ravenscroft is against euthanasia."

LESSON PLANS :

• “Dr Death” Dies Aged 83 (4th June, 2011) - a lesson plan
  TOPIC : assisted suicide 
  (newsenglishlessons.com)
  
  Dr. Jack Kevorkian Dies at 83: A Doctor Who Helped End Lives
  "In arguing for the right of the terminally ill to choose how they die, Dr. Kevorkian challenged social taboos about disease and dying while defying prosecutors and the courts." 
  (nytimes.com)

• Live and Let Die (tefl.net)
  "This lesson deals with the gritty topic of euthanasia, so not a worksheet to use with a new group or students you don't know very well.
  Words deriving from the root word "die" are practised in a vocabulary exercise.
  A gap-fill exercise for associated phrases will get students thinking and the discussion questions will encourage fluency.
  E.g. "Do you believe in euthanasia?"

CARTOONS :

SONGS :

• Euthanasia by Suicide Commando (actionext.com)
  "I came to die
  Terminal patient
  Dies inside Pain and evil
  Side by side
  Final treatment
  Final fear..."

AUDIO and VIDEO :

• Euthanasia in audio and video (BBC)
  "A selection of the BBC's news reports on end-of life issues."
  
  

CINEMA :

• Million Dollar Baby
  
  

• Soylent Green (1973) - (finalexit.org)
  – Charlton Heston, Joseph Cotton, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors
  (dir. Richard Fleischer).
  "Central theme is the “Greenhouse effect”, but it contains the classic scene of Robinson’s idyllic euthanasia."
  + a VIDEO (YouTube)
  
  

• Films Dealing with Dying and Euthanasia (finalexit.org)