Read the “Did you know...?” box to find out about Greta Thunberg. Then, watch and listen to a video titled Greta Thunberg Is Leading a Global Climate Movement and decide if the statements are True (T) or False (F). Justify your answers.
Did you know…?
Swedish teen Greta Thunberg held a solo protest outside the Swedish Parliament to claim for policies against climate change when she was only 15 years old. Since then, she became a global phenomenon, speaking at the UN and appearing on the TV news all over the world. Her climate strike inspired thousands of other young people across the world to carry out similar protests.
(From: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greta_Thunberg&oldid=1078710699 (24/03/2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRgJ-22S_Rs (13/02/2022)
BBC. (2021). Greta Thunberg: Who is the climate campaigner and what are her aims?. BBC [online]
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49918719 (24/3/2022)
1. Greta Thunberg wants adults to be hopeful.
2. Greta Thunberg understands why some people don’t believe climate change is a real problem.
3. Greta Thunberg thinks that climate change will be a threat in a near future.
4. Greta Thunberg decided to sit in front the Parliament every Friday after school.
5. Greta Thunberg stopped taking planes to travel.
6. At first, Greta Thunberg’s Asperger syndrome was an obstacle to start the strike.