Lesson plan -One Minute World News

Pretend you are a student and follow the steps below.

You will need internet access, speakers or headphones.

Step 1
Turn off the sound on your computer.
Step 2
Go to http://news.bbc.co.uk and click on the link ‘ONE-MINUTE WORLD NEWS’ to launch the video.
Step 3
Watch the video without the sound and try to decide how many news stories were included in the report.
Step 4
Once you have finished watching the video for the first time, discuss with a partner what you saw and what you already know about the news stories.
Step 5
Now watch the clip again with sound and see if you were correct about the number of news stories also try to make notes of any factual information included on the stories (names, place figures etc.)

Remember you can pause the video if you need to make notes.
Step 6
Watch and listen again and then try to expand your notes into a brief summary of each news article.
Step 7
Close the video and go back to the home page http://news.bbc.co.uk/
See if you can find any text articles related to the video. Use these articles to check the accuracy of facts you wrote down.