Age: Teens to Adults
Theme: Animals, Conditionals, Life or Death situations
Do or Die is a great TV series from the National Geographic Channel and so guarantees lots of informative engaging content that can be used in class.
Here are some warm-up questions that I set (copy and past onto preferred presentation program:
1. What are the
most popular sports in the USA/Middle East/Europe/Asia?
2. Do you
know about any strange sports that are unique to particular countries?
Gaelic
football / Bull fighting / Basque pelota / Highland games
Watch the start of the video clip, did your group mention these sports?
Answer this question:
3. How many
people a year typically attend the major sports stadiums in North America? 277 million
Stop the video clip
Next section:
4. What are the bulls selectively bread
to possess?
Enhanced aggression, strength and
stamina
5. What speed can a bull reach when
charging?
40 mph
6. What is being hit by bull like?
An 1,100 pound battering ram
What would you do?
Stop video and ask question in pairs
/ groups
Then show the three options on the
clip.
What does flank / bleacher mean?
Which option would you choose?
Here’s what you should consider.
Q1.
What do loud noises do to the bull? Raise its hearbeat.
Q2.
How far can a large fighting bull toss a full grown man?
More than 30 feet / 10 feet higher
than a single story house.
Q3.
How big is a bull’s fight zone? 100 feet
Make your final choice: A, B or C.
Stop clip, students pick final
choice and write on mini whiteboards.
Which choice is correct / wrong? Why?
A – Move towards the bull’s flanks:
Lateral positioning of eyes, 330 degree panoramic vision, blind-spot behind,
bucking bull not appropriate.
B - Wave a Light-Coloured Cloth:
matador waves red cape, white has opposite effect? No. Bulls are colour blind.
C – Run down the bleachers: forelegs
shorter than hind legs. Poor depth perception shadows/downwards slopes.
