Norway Shooting and the Debate on Multiculturalism (Upper-Intermediate Lesson Plan)

Note to teachers: This is a sensitive topic. Use only with appropriate classes.

With Answers! | Download the ESL Lesson plan here: Norway-Shooting-Multiculturalism-UppIntermediate-26072011.doc

Upper-Intermediate Multiculturalism EF Lesson Plan: Warm-up

  1. If you had to move to another country, permanently, where would you go? Why?
  2. Where did your ancestors come from originally? Were they immigrants?
  3. Prior to June 22nd, 2011, what came to mind when you thought of Norway?
  4. How would you describe the major political parties in your country?
  5. Does your city have 'ethnic' areas such as Little Italy, Chinatown, etc? If so, what do you think of these areas?

Norway Shooting Massacre and the Debate on Multiculturalism (July 26th, 2011)


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8 comments on “Norway Shooting and the Debate on Multiculturalism (Upper-Intermediate Lesson Plan)

  1. Dave (Posted on 7-30-2011 at 13:52) Reply

    Why do you use the term “right-wing” twice?

  2. admin (Posted on 7-30-2011 at 14:24) Reply

    Perhaps for lack of a better adjective. Or do you mean there’s a mistake somewhere or it should say center-right? If you have suggestions on which sentence should be rewritten, I’d be glad to hear them.

  3. Stuart (Posted on 7-30-2011 at 14:40) Reply

    This lesson plan is just a little biased, don`t you think? The liberal is merely against a ban, the conservative wants to ban immigration! So the `conservative` is the lunatic extremist.

    Why not an alternative plan where the liberal wants open borders and no controls on immigration, whereas the conservative wants to keep borders and have some control? That way the liberal looks like the crazy one.

    It`s not a good idea to bring one`s political prejudices into lessons like this.

    Here`s a personal opinion on a topic like this. With these types of topics people get over-excited and proper English goes out of the window. Great fun for the teacher, everyone gets passionate – and as a learning experience the lesson is fairly worthless.

    1. Jenny (Posted on 7-30-2011 at 15:17) Reply

      Agree entirely with you Stuart. Well said.

    2. John (Posted on 6-22-2014 at 21:25) Reply

      Stuart, your idea to make the lesson less biased is to have "the liberal look like the crazy one."

      Hmmm not really sure that is finding the neural groud.

      Also, "everyone gets passionate – and as a learning experience the lesson is fairly worthless". Are you joking. Emotion increases interest and memory. Where possible bring emotion to the lesson.

      DISagree entirely with Stuart. NOT well said.

  4. admin (Posted on 7-30-2011 at 15:53) Reply

    I can see your point. I’ve removed the labels from the debate section. Thanks for the feedback.

  5. admin (Posted on 7-30-2011 at 18:12) Reply

    I’ve now changed the debate scenario entirely. I was able to think of another scenario (based on immigration requirements in the Netherlands) that centers on the same issue but is less extreme than an all-out ban on immigration. The lesson plan is controversial, yes, hence the warning at the top of the page. Ultimately it is up to the teacher to decide which sections of the lesson plan to use. Thanks again.

  6. Colonel Neville. (Posted on 7-31-2011 at 05:30) Reply

    Are you aware that Fatah/PLO were running a terrorist training camp along with their Marxist socialist leftist pals ON the Norwegian island of Utoya, and for around fifteen years? All the links are here.

    colonelrobertneville.blogspot.com/2011/07/derek-and-clive-discuss-one-terrorist.html

    No, really. Colonel Neville.

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