Related pages :

Ethnic groups (civilization)
Ethnic groups (vocabulary and activities)

Charities + Poverty + Community helpers + Population Day
+ Health + House

Disabled people

Facts :

• Prince William Spends Night Sleeping On The Streets
  "A cold alley in central London is a far cry from a palace – but it was the spot Prince William chose to sleep to highlight the plight of homeless British teenagers...
  A photograph released by the charity shows William, 27, in the alley in jeans, a gray hooded sweat shirt and a knit hat pulled low."
  (huffingtonpost.com)

  

• Facts about homeless people + History (mungos.org)
  
  

• BRITKID (britkid.org)
  "This is a website about race, racism and life - as seen through the eyes of the Britkids.
  Would you like to...hang out with a Britkid, or go into town?"
  
  

• MINORITY ETHNIC GROUPS: NUMBERS (britkid.org)
  

Clipart :

Homeless (clipartguide.com)

Vocabulary :

• Words and terminology about 'race' (britkid.org)

• Vocabulary tips - Positive Language Empowers - ex :
  - Affirmative Phrases : "Person with psychiatric disability"
  - Negative Phrases : "Crazy, nuts"
  (ucp.org)
  

  
  
  
  

INTERACTIVE exercises :

• Should we give money to beggars? - compréhension orale (Ac. Poitiers)
  
  

• Minorities (Hervé Humbert)
  ( = the visually impaired - the elderly - the blind - the sick - the unemployed -
  the deaf and dumb - the handicapped - etc.)
  - Matching exercises (3 pages)
  
  

Exercises TO PRINT :

• French homeless campaigner dies (BBC) - with a worksheet (sabironlangues.typepad.fr)

  

Lesson plans :

• Youth Homelessness - Documents divers et pistes d'exploitation rassemblés par Cyril Brot
  (mind-the-blog.eklablog.com)

  

• HOMELESSNESS - a lesson plan (absolutenglish-972)
  + A SONG STUDY: "It's probably me" by Sting and Eric Clapton

Idioms and Proverbs :

• Newborn by Elbow :
  "I'll be as deaf as a post"

Cartoons :

		I used to pray for hope and change (anglonautes.com)
Disability	Danger! (newyorker.com)	Blind and dyslexic (londonstimes.us)

Ads :

• The ad that got MTV censored... - Présentation PowerPoint (slideshare.net)
  
  
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Songs about Homelessness :

• Voir Songs sur la page : Pauvreté
  
  
  
• New York New York: Delusion of the American Dream
  (mind-the-blog.eklablog.com)
  
  
• Hobo's Lullaby by Arlo Guthrie (YouTube)
  + the LYRICS
  "I know your clothes are torn and ragged
  And your hair is turning grey
  Lift your head and smile at trouble
  You'll find happiness some day"
  (lyrics007.com)

• LIKE A HOBO by Charlie Winston :
  
  

  • Charlie Winston- Like a hobo : Gap-fill exercise + A Quiz
    Created by Sylvie Blanchin. (uk3.hotpotatoes.net)

    
    
  • “Like a Hobo” by Charlie Winston 
    + Activities :
    "The activities consist in
    - a matching exercise of the lyrics before listening
    - a sequencing activity of the lyrics while watching, with no sound
    - a series of questions about the title, the characters’ philosophy of life,
    and the grammar in the song"
    Like a Hobo, Charlie Winston + the VIDEO or on YouTube - a worksheet
    (absolutenglish.org)
    

    

  • Like a hobo (animation) - sung by Charlie Winston (YouTube)
    
    hobo n. , pl. -boes or -bos . = "One who wanders from place to place
    without a permanent home or a means of livelihood."
    (answers.com)
    
    - the lyrics :
    "I’ve always known
    Since I was a young boy
    In this world, everything’s as good as bad
    Now my father told me always speak a true word...
    The less I have the more I am a happy man...
    Like a hobo from a broken home
    Nothing’s gonna stop me"
    + the video (yayamusic.canalblog.com)
    

    
    
    

• It's probably me by Eric Clapton :
  "When your belly's empty and the hunger's so real
  And you're too proud to beg and too dumb to steal,
  You search the city for your only friend,
  No one would you see."

• Folk Songs About Homeless People (nwfolk.com)

• HOMELESSNESS - a lesson plan (absolutenglish-972)
  + A SONG STUDY: "It's probably me" by Sting and Eric Clapton

• Another Day In Paradise by Phil Collins :
  "It's cold and I've nowhere to sleep"
  Watch the video! (YouTube)
  - UPDATED

• Even Flow by Pearl Jam (YouTube)
  - the lyrics
  - UPDATED

• Mr. Wendal by Arrested Development :
  "Two dollars means a snack for me,
  but it means a big deal to you...
  I saw a man with no clothes, no money, no plate...
  no one ever knew his name cause he's a no-one...
  Now that I know him, to give him money isn't charity
  He gives me some knowledge..."

• Only A Hobo by Bob Dylan :
  "I spied an old hobo, in a doorway he lay.
  His face was all grounded in the cold sidewalk floor...
  A blanket of newspaper covered his head,
  As the curb was his pillow, the street was his bed."

• Talkin' Bout A Revolution by Tracy Chapman :
  "While they're standing in the welfare lines
  Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
  Wasting time in unemployment lines..."
  
  
  
• The Streets Of London by McTell Ralph or The Beatles :
  "Have you seen the old man
  In the closed-down market
  Kicking up the paper,
  with his worn out shoes?...
  Have you seen the old girl
  Who walks the streets of London
  Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?...
  ... a world that doesn't care"

Videos :

• The Power of Words (YouTube)
  - "a great video to get students to think more carefully about their writing." (Larry Ferlazzo)

  

• BEING HOMELESS
  "Stephen's father was an alcoholic and died when Stephen was 17. Family life was in turmoil and two days later Stephen was kicked out."
  (BBC)

  

• More videos on Homelessness (BBC)

Cinema :

• Moments - with a lesson
  "This lesson is designed around a beautiful short film called Momentos by Nuno Rocha and the theme of homelessness.
  Students use vocabulary to describe appearance, character and feelings, write a story, watch a short film and speak about homelessness."
  Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Advanced (C1)
  Time: 90 minutesActivity: Writing a story, watching a short film and speaking
  (film-english.com)