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Empower your students to be game changers!

Inspire the Game Changers of tomorrow: • Travel the world to see a traditional folk dance in Bavaria, and discover Africa’s record-breaking geography, with vibrant documentary videos in every unit. • Build confidence in writing and speaking to give students a voice, with clear examples and guided practice. • Create better learners, with activities to help them think critically and work collaboratively. • Learn on-the-go, with mobile-friendly practice activities and fun games. cambridge.org/gamechangerint

Inspire the Game Changers of tomorrow: • Travel from Canada to Mexico with the monarch butterfly, and discover how different colors feel, with vibrant documentary videos in every unit. • Build confidence in writing and speaking to give students a voice, with clear examples and guided practice. • Create better learners, with activities to help them think critically and work collaboratively. • Learn on-the-go, with mobile-friendly practice activities and fun games. cambridge.org/gamechangerint

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Explore cultural, global and real-world topics with captivating documentary videos • Documentary videos enable students to explore different cultures and find out about international values, preparing them for their future as global citizens. • Texts and topics on broad cultural and cross-curricular themes encourage students to think about the differences between their culture and other cultures. Project work • Two easy-to-teach projects are included at the back of each Student’s Book. These projects recycle and review the language learned in the previous semester, providing a fun and stimulating way for students to practice their language skills.

UNIT 7

Look at the text. Check ( ✓ ) the correct options. 1 The text is from … a a story book for children. b an encyclopedia for young people. c a history textbook for teenagers.

2 The objective of the text is to … a

tell a story about an African family.

b c

explain how some African people lived in the past.

give information about an African society.

The Himba almost disappeared in the 1980s because of war and drought. Since then, their population has grown. People think there may be more than 25,000 Himba in Namibia today.

Good thinkers The modern world hasn’t had much inuence on traditional Himba culture. That’s why scientists are interested in studying the Himba. One of the questions scientists want to answer is: “Do the Himba think in the same way as people in other societies?” The results of some studies have shown that the Himba are better at nding creative ways to solve problems. Also, their attention to detail is amazing and they achieve better results on tests like the Ebbinghaus illusion than many other people.

The Himba

7.07 Read and listen to the text. Check ( ✓ ) the false sentence. 1 Most Himba people have kept their traditional culture. 2 In Himba society, hairstyles have important meanings. 3 Scientists have tested the way Himba people think. 4 The Himba population today is smaller than in the 1980s. Circle the correct options. 1 In Himba society men and women share / don’t share the same responsibilities. 2 Himba men don’t have to take care of animals / construct homes . 3 Women change their hairstyle / skin color when they get married. 4 The Himba have shown that they can develop illusion tests / think creatively .

5 The Himba are good at / proud of concentrating on details. 6 All / Not all Himba who get a job come back to their village.

WORDS IN CONTEXT Find these words in the text and label the images. • goat • hut • leaves • braids 4

In Himba society the men make political decisions and look after the cows and goats. The women milk the animals, carry water to the village, cook, and build their huts. Himba ways

The Ebbinghaus illusion: which orange circle is bigger?

In your notebook, write captions for images 1–5 in the text. Use the words in Exercise 4 and information from the text. 5

Himba women and men are famous for their complex hairstyles. Girls, women, older boys, and men all wear their hair in braids, but in different styles. Some young girls wear braids over their faces and older girls start wearing a headpiece made of goat skin, which looks like three leaves. After getting married or having a child, they wear a different headpiece. Himba women also cover their bodies with butterfat – the fat from cow’s milk – and red coloring.

Tradition and modern life Since Namibia’s independence in 1990, some things have changed for the Himba. Some young people have already 5

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Learn more! Check ( ✓ ) the correct answer. Which orange circle is bigger in the Ebbinghaus illusion? What other illusions like this can you find?

THINK! Think about an indigenous society you know (from Africa or from another continent). What are the people good at? What can they teach other societies?

left their villages to get a job or go to school. Some haven’t come back. In the villages, some Himba think integration with the modern world is necessary, while others think it will destroy their culture. Time will tell.

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VIDEO 1 What's a djellaba and where do people wear them? 2 What is the name the fashion show that appears in the video? 7.2

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