materialism

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In this project you will be a teacher and introduce your topic to the class and ask them questions to start a conversation. You are now in control of the class and how long the discussion is up to you. It is also up to you to make this class time active by keeping the conversation as long as possible and interesting.

Your topic is: everyone has a new mobile phone but you don't have one, we feel that we need to buy one because everybody else has one. You don't really have a need for one only to ring your friends but we feel that we should have one.

You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.

Ask the other students what is the difference between want and need, such as is owning new things now has become a need to be happy. Also prepare some more questions based on this topic so you can have an active discussion.

Your topic is: in America there is a lot of TV commercials about how to get out of a credit card debt, many Americans are thousands of dollars in debt and many don't have a family to feed. They spend more money than they earn for things they don't need and have to work two jobs to pay the debt.

You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.

Ask the other students if they had a credit card would they buy anything they want even though they will have to spend a lot of money to pay it back. Also ask them what is their opinion about people who buy things today and pay it back tomorrow.

Your topic is: men want to own a nice new car so women will be attracted to them, some men feel more confident and believe this is the only way to get a girlfriend. Most women don't know a lot about cars but some men think that if he owns an expensive car he will get a beautiful girlfriend.

You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.

Ask the other students who are girls if they would date a boy if he owned a nice car and is owning a car makes him attractive. Also ask students what their opinion is about men who need cars to attract women.

Your topic is: parents want their children to be happy but the child desire new things all the time and the parents buy them whatever they want. The child doesn't know how to be happy unless it has something and demands their parents buy new things.

You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.

Ask the other students what their opinion is about the responsibility of parents and how they should make their children happy. Also ask them will giving a child everything he/she wants would make them unhappy adults when they grow up because they won't know how to be content with little.

Your topic is: "To keep up with the Jones," this is an expression that means you want to have what your neighbour has and you feel that if you don't have the same thing people will look down at you. Fashion is important to girls more than boys and some people will look down at others based on fashion.

You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.

Ask the students what is their opinion about people who feel that we must have what everyone else has and that some people will judge others on what they have. Also ask them if not wearing the latest fashion effects their happiness or does it not effect them at all.

Your topic is: feminists say that women should not rely on men to support them but so many girls want a boyfriend or husband who is well off so they don't have to worry and live a comfortable life.

You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.

Ask the students what their opinion is about girls who want to rely on men for a comfortable life rather than work hard and make their own wealth. Also do educated girls believe they can rely on themselves but girls without education need to depend on men?

Your topic is: Some boys will only choose a girlfriend but they must get their friend's approval before he ask her to be his girlfriend. He will have feelings for her but is more worried about his friends not thinking she is not pretty enough.

You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.

Ask the students who are boys whether before they choose a girlfriend they need their friends to tell him if she is pretty or not? Also if they like a girl but their friends don't would they still like her?

Your topic is: There are people who will choose their friends based on fashion, such as if a person wears the latest fashion then they will be friends with them. They don't want to be seen with a person who doesn't care about fashion and their identity is more important than having good friends.

You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.

Ask the students if they believe that fashion is important to them and how would they treat a friend who is not fashionable. Also how important for boys is fashion or boys don't care about fashion?

Your topic is: Having a job is a good thing but some people will look down at others if they think their job is not good enough. People tend to judge another if they think the other person has a job that doesn't pay highly.

You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.

Ask the students whether a person's job equals their identity, such as a job is only to make money to pay for rent and other things. Why do people look down at someone just because of their job also how important is having a good job?

Your topic is: Some business men believe that a role of a woman in the office is only to look pretty. The most superficial people are business men who see women as an object to impress clients rather than have an important responsibility.

You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.

Ask the students what is their opinion about men who still believe that women are not as smart as men and do these kind of men still think this way. Also how do women overcome this problem in their daily life and in work?

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Group 1	In this project you will be a teacher and introduce your topic to the class and ask them questions to start a conversation. You are now in control of the class and how long the discussion is up to you. It is also up to you to make this class time active by keeping the conversation as long as possible and interesting.
	Your topic is: everyone has a new mobile phone but you don't have one, we feel that we need to buy one because everybody else has one. You don't really have a need for one only to ring your friends but we feel that we should have one.
	You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.
	Ask the other students what is the difference between want and need, such as is owning new things now has become a need to be happy. Also prepare some more questions based on this topic so you can have an active discussion.
Group 2	In this project you will be a teacher and introduce your topic to the class and ask them questions to start a conversation. You are now in control of the class and how long the discussion is up to you. It is also up to you to make this class time active by keeping the conversation as long as possible and interesting.
	Your topic is: in America there is a lot of TV commercials about how to get out of a credit card debt, many Americans are thousands of dollars in debt and many don't have a family to feed. They spend more money than they earn for things they don't need and have to work two jobs to pay the debt.
	You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.
	Ask the other students if they had a credit card would they buy anything they want even though they will have to spend a lot of money to pay it back. Also ask them what is their opinion about people who buy things today and pay it back tomorrow.
Group 3	In this project you will be a teacher and introduce your topic to the class and ask them questions to start a conversation. You are now in control of the class and how long the discussion is up to you. It is also up to you to make this class time active by keeping the conversation as long as possible and interesting.
	Your topic is: men want to own a nice new car so women will be attracted to them, some men feel more confident and believe this is the only way to get a girlfriend. Most women don't know a lot about cars but some men think that if he owns an expensive car he will get a beautiful girlfriend.
	You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.
	Ask the other students who are girls if they would date a boy if he owned a nice car and is owning a car makes him attractive. Also ask students what their opinion is about men who need cars to attract women.
Group 4	In this project you will be a teacher and introduce your topic to the class and ask them questions to start a conversation. You are now in control of the class and how long the discussion is up to you. It is also up to you to make this class time active by keeping the conversation as long as possible and interesting.
	Your topic is: parents want their children to be happy but the child desire new things all the time and the parents buy them whatever they want. The child doesn't know how to be happy unless it has something and demands their parents buy new things.
	You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.
	Ask the other students what their opinion is about the responsibility of parents and how they should make their children happy. Also ask them will giving a child everything he/she wants would make them unhappy adults when they grow up because they won't know how to be content with little.
Group 5	In this project you will be a teacher and introduce your topic to the class and ask them questions to start a conversation. You are now in control of the class and how long the discussion is up to you. It is also up to you to make this class time active by keeping the conversation as long as possible and interesting.
	Your topic is: "To keep up with the Jones," this is an expression that means you want to have what your neighbour has and you feel that if you don't have the same thing people will look down at you. Fashion is important to girls more than boys and some people will look down at others based on fashion.
	You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.
	Ask the students what is their opinion about people who feel that we must have what everyone else has and that some people will judge others on what they have. Also ask them if not wearing the latest fashion effects their happiness or does it not effect them at all.
Group 6	In this project you will be a teacher and introduce your topic to the class and ask them questions to start a conversation. You are now in control of the class and how long the discussion is up to you. It is also up to you to make this class time active by keeping the conversation as long as possible and interesting.
	Your topic is: feminists say that women should not rely on men to support them but so many girls want a boyfriend or husband who is well off so they don't have to worry and live a comfortable life.
	You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.
	Ask the students what their opinion is about girls who want to rely on men for a comfortable life rather than work hard and make their own wealth. Also do educated girls believe they can rely on themselves but girls without education need to depend on men?
Group 7	In this project you will be a teacher and introduce your topic to the class and ask them questions to start a conversation. You are now in control of the class and how long the discussion is up to you. It is also up to you to make this class time active by keeping the conversation as long as possible and interesting.
	Your topic is: Some boys will only choose a girlfriend but they must get their friend's approval before he ask her to be his girlfriend. He will have feelings for her but is more worried about his friends not thinking she is not pretty enough.
	You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.
	Ask the students who are boys whether before they choose a girlfriend they need their friends to tell him if she is pretty or not? Also if they like a girl but their friends don't would they still like her?
Group 8	In this project you will be a teacher and introduce your topic to the class and ask them questions to start a conversation. You are now in control of the class and how long the discussion is up to you. It is also up to you to make this class time active by keeping the conversation as long as possible and interesting.
	Your topic is: There are people who will choose their friends based on fashion, such as if a person wears the latest fashion then they will be friends with them. They don't want to be seen with a person who doesn't care about fashion and their identity is more important than having good friends.
	You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.
	Ask the students if they believe that fashion is important to them and how would they treat a friend who is not fashionable. Also how important for boys is fashion or boys don't care about fashion?
Group 9	In this project you will be a teacher and introduce your topic to the class and ask them questions to start a conversation. You are now in control of the class and how long the discussion is up to you. It is also up to you to make this class time active by keeping the conversation as long as possible and interesting.
	Your topic is: Having a job is a good thing but some people will look down at others if they think their job is not good enough. People tend to judge another if they think the other person has a job that doesn't pay highly.
	You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.
	Ask the students whether a person's job equals their identity, such as a job is only to make money to pay for rent and other things. Why do people look down at someone just because of their job also how important is having a good job?
Group 10	In this project you will be a teacher and introduce your topic to the class and ask them questions to start a conversation. You are now in control of the class and how long the discussion is up to you. It is also up to you to make this class time active by keeping the conversation as long as possible and interesting.
	Your topic is: Some business men believe that a role of a woman in the office is only to look pretty. The most superficial people are business men who see women as an object to impress clients rather than have an important responsibility.
	You can introduce this topic by giving a short presentation for a minute and then interact with the class by giving them your questions.
	Ask the students what is their opinion about men who still believe that women are not as smart as men and do these kind of men still think this way. Also how do women overcome this problem in their daily life and in work?