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Objectives
What do you think about using animals for medical research? How could you change someone else’s opinion on this issue? Working through this activity will give you the chance to think about this issue, and help you to find the best way to express your views.
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Outcomes
At the end of this activity you will have:
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a storyboard in which you have analysed the ways people use language to change opinions
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a storyboard where you have argued the case for or against using animals in medical research
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helped a character in a storyboard to rewrite their opinions in more formal English
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written a letter to a medical or animal rights organisation expressing your views on the rights and wrongs of using animals for medical research.
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Resources
To complete the activity you will need:
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Sheet 4.1 Animal Research Facts
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Sheet 4.2 Animal Testing Facts
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1. Open and watch the Animal Rights Debate storyboard, which shows a TV debate on the subject of using animals for medical research.
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to open the Animal Rights Debate storyboard
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2. Now open the Persuasion storyboard and follow the instructions given. This storyboard gives you the chance to look at parts of the TV debate again and to think about the ways the two characters are using language to persuade the audience to agree with them. Remember to save your storyboard (with a new name) so that you (or your teacher) can look at it again.
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to open the Persuasion storyboard
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3. Now open and complete either the Dog’s View or the Cat’s View storyboard by clicking on the link below. (Your teacher will help you to decide which storyboard you should choose.) Your teacher may give you Sheet 4.1 Animal Research Facts or Sheet 4.2 Animal Testing Facts to help you with your work on this storyboard.
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to open the Dog's View storyboard
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to open the Cat's View storyboard
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4. You will have the chance to watch some of the storyboards that members of your class have completed, and you may be able to share your work with them too. What methods have people used to try to persuade either the cat or the dog to change their mind? Make a list on the whiteboard and include examples from the storyboards you have watched.
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5. Your teacher may ask you to work on one of the following storyboards which will help you to think about how you can express your views on this subject more formally. You are going to help a character to write a letter to a local newspaper protesting about the use of animals for medical research in a local laboratory. Ask your teacher which one you should choose.
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to open the Informal to Formal storyboard
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to open the Suitable Language storyboard
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6. Write a letter expressing your views on the subject of animal testing to a medical or animal rights organisation. Your teacher may be able to give you the details of the best group to contact. (Your teacher may also give you a copy of Sheet 5.2 Letter Checklist to help you with this task.)
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7. Why not hold a class debate on the rights and wrongs of using animals for medical research? Your teacher will help you to organise and prepare for this.
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