A suggestion from a group of British teenagers is helping food banks serving people who live on the breadline. These two videos are good for discussing the social phenomenon in class.
As you can read in our article, a group of Exeter teenagers suggested putting signs on supermarket shelves next to priority items for food banks, so that customers would think to buy extra to donate. Their initiative helped triple donations.
This one-an-a-half minute video tells the story simply and can easily be used from B1. Different groups could be asked to concentrate on 1. the manager from Sainsburys 2. the teenagers 3. the volunteer from the food bank. Then in interaction they could clarify that they've got all the essential details.
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I, Daniel Blake
Ken Loach's Cannes-winning film I, Daniel Blake focuses on people living in poverty in the UK and has memorable scenes in food banks you could consider using with advanced pupils.
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