Saturday 15 June 2019

lorry driver


The clip was filmed by Dave Woollaston - also a truck driver - when he traveled through Birmingham on Monday
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-birmingham-48588841/the-lorry-driver-in-birmingham-whose-kindness-went-viral?fbclid=IwAR3sToVlJBZHva9F5Pn4NjSxQjAcklwkpI8z9mDZ3jWRWrFujnicbsMq7Rs

Manilo Wilson is a lorry driver from Birmingham. While working last week he noticed an elderly woman having trouble crossing a busy road. Manilo stopped his cement mixer and got out, to help the stranger cross the road.

The driver behind Manilo's lorry recorded the incident and up;loaded it to social media and it had gone viral.

Manilo says, it's in his nature to help people.

What do you see in the picture?
What do you think is happening?

explain the story

- why was the elderly woman having trouble crossing the road?
- why weren't people stopping for her?
- why do you think Manilo stopped?
- why did other cars wait behind Manilo?
- How do you think the drivers behind the lorry felt when it stopped?
- How do you think the drivers felt when they realised why the lorry had stopped?
- how are Manilo and the elderly woman different?
- why do you think the film went viral?
- what does this show about people living in the UK today?
- what does community cohesion mean?
- why is this story an example of community cohesion?
- what can we learn from Manilo?
- why is this about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the equality act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat


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