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We Should All Be Worried About The Future Because We Will Have To Spend The Rest of Our Lives There

John Lennon's song "Imagine" envisions an ideal future world without possessions or divisions between people. It imagines a world of unity where everyone shares and lives in peace. The song suggests this type of future is possible if people stop fighting over religious and societal differences and instead view themselves as part of one humanity. It promotes imagining a better future without greed or hierarchy.

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We Should All Be Worried About The Future Because We Will Have To Spend The Rest of Our Lives There

John Lennon's song "Imagine" envisions an ideal future world without possessions or divisions between people. It imagines a world of unity where everyone shares and lives in peace. The song suggests this type of future is possible if people stop fighting over religious and societal differences and instead view themselves as part of one humanity. It promotes imagining a better future without greed or hierarchy.

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“We should all be worried about the future

because we will have to spend the rest of


our lives there”
~Charles F. Kettering

Lesson 7
Thursday 12th, November 2009
Recalling previous knowledge
Today,
We will continue imagining . . .

Goals of today’s lesson:

• To reflect on the world of the future

• To comprehend the message of


John Lennon’s Imagine
Pre-Listening Activity:

We will listen to John Lennon’s IMAGINE

• Have you ever listened to this song


before?

• What do you think it is about?


Listening Activity I:

• Listen to the song and choose the word that


goes in each blank ( empty space: ______ )

• * Listen to the song, draw a picture to represent what you hear


and then explain your pictures in small groups.

* Optional activity
1. (Dye - Cry - Try )

2. (Sky - Rye - Spry)


Let’s check
3. (Yard - Card - Hard)
them now
4. (Steeple - People - Maple)

5. (Sunday - One day - Someday)

6. (Sessions - Possessions - Decisions)

7. (Cheering - Sharing - Changing)

8. (Sunday - One day – Someday)


Listening Activity II:
Work in small groups.

• Watch another video of the song by John Lennon


and discuss his vision of the future with your
classmates. Consider these points:

1. Is the imaginary world of the song better or worse


than the real one?

2. Is the world a peaceful one?

3.Is the singer/song writer the only who believes in


this imaginary world?
Watch the video and try to comprehend the
message of the song by listening and
observing the images.

The lyric of the


song is also
available in this
video
Post- Listening Activities:

According to your opinion:

• What do you think is the message of the song?

• Can you imagine a world like the one described


in the song?

• Do you think a world like this is possible?


“The future is always beginning now.”
~ Mark Strand,
Reasons for Moving

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