Over 900 animal species have gone extinct since the year 1500, and many more are threatened with extinction.
Extinction means that an entire animal species dies. For instance, the Dodo bird, a flightless bird that used to live on the island of Mauritius, went extinct in the 18th century because of overhunting by humans.
Please have a look at the graph below and discuss what you see with your teacher.
Crowdfunding campaigns have been getting more and more popular in recent years.
They can be great for small groups of people starting a new business, or smaller companies raising money for new products.
A popular crowdfunding website is Kickstarter. You can find all kinds of interesting products and services—who knows, maybe you could discover the next big thing! If you'd like to find something more unusual, I recommend the “Food & Craft” section.
Start by finding a featured product on Kickstarter's homepage.
Next, try to "sell" this product/service to your teacher. What are the positive selling points of this product/service? What's attractive about it?
The Conversation, a publication that promotes academic debate, posits that not only do many people across advanced economies have no idea that the world is becoming a much better place, but they actually think the opposite. This is no wonder, when the news focuses on reporting catastrophes, terrorist attacks, wars and famines. These subjects simply make for more exciting coverage than stories about how more than 300,000 people a day get access to electricity and clean water for the first time.
The Conversation states that globalization has helped lift hundreds of millions of people above the global poverty line.
Take a look at the three graphs below and discuss their meaning with your teacher.
The life expectancy of people in Japan has been increasing for the past 65 years. Life expectancy means the prediction of how long people are expected to live. There are many reasons for the increase in life expectancy, such as better food, cleaner water and improved medicine.
Please have a look at the chart below and discuss what you see with your teacher.
