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Amal (9) - Syria: Refugee puppet making 5000 mile journey

Author
Learn & Experience
Published
Fri 17 May 2024
Episode Link
https://learnandexperience.podbean.com/e/ep-4-teenage-prime-ministers-and-the-age-of-voting/

This episode, Sam, Mike and Julie learn about the Finnish teenager who became Prime Minister for the Day and the South African boy turning litter into games for kids in Around the World in 6 Stories.


We debate the age of voting in the Big Discussion, we visit Kenya in the Fact or Fiction Adventure and our Youth Spotlight is on Amal, the 3.5m puppet of a 9 year old refugee making the 5000 mile journey from the Turkish/Syrian border to Manchester, England.  Julie learns a new life skill - map reading! 


AROUND THE WORLD IN 6 STORIES:


  • Sweden: First All female Nobel Prize recipients in Chemistry

  • Italy: Cursed stolen artefacts from Pompei

  • Canada: Queen of the Ocean tagged

  • Finland: Teenage Prime Minister for the day

  • South Africa: Recycled litter made into games for kids

  • Tanzania: Miner becomes millionaire


THE BIG DISCUSSION:


  • The Age of Voting


FACT or FICTION:


  • Kenya


YOUTH SPOTLIGHT:


  • Amal, the 3.5m puppet of a 9 year old refugee making the 5000 mile journey from the Turkish/Syrian border to Manchester, England


LIFE-SKILLS


  • Using a map and compass


LANGUAGE CORNER


  • Riddles


What is the L&E Podcast?


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