miércoles, 9 de noviembre de 2011

Saving a school

Self-study activity:
Watch this VOANEWS report about an old schoolhouse in the American state of Georgia and say whether statements 1-6 are true or false.

By clicking on the picture below you will be directed to the Voice of America site, where you will be able to listen to the story and read the accompanying transcript.


1 The School only has one room.
2 The building fell down recently.
3 In 1953 blacks and whites went to the same schools in US.
4 Harrington school has always been used as a school.
5 Julius Rosenwald was a philanthropist at the beginning of XX century.
6 Five thousand black children benefited from Rosenwald’s generosity.

Key:
1T 2F 3F 4F 5T 6F