These shocking pictures illustrate the sad reality of everyday life humans live now, and the sad part is, change doesn't seem to be near.

Art has its own language that can communicate with everyone without any words involved Max Eddykin

These shocking pictures illustrate the sad reality of everyday life humans live now, and the sad part is, change doesn't seem to be near.

This is a 41 slide PowerPoint ESL adult conversation lesson in editable PPT format with a work sheet, an activity quiz and teacher’s notes. Art theft is a fascinating subject for most people, including those who don’t care for art. Movies have painted this topic in a romantic brush that make art thieves seem: sophisticated, intelligent, carefully calculated, knowledgeable, sensitive and intellectual, while nothing can be further then the truth (the thief who stole “The Scream” from Oslo’s Munch Museum in 2004 had to have the painting pointed out to him, since he couldn’t recognize the artwork). The contrast between fact and fiction makes this lesson a great conversation topic and it is also a good teaching opportunity. The quiz at the end is based on information and statistics collected from newspaper articles and from FBI and Interpol sites and it is eye-opening (and sad). The lesson: This lesson was created for ESL adults but will also benefit art students and high school students. This lesson contains: · Art theft vocabulary · How is the value of an art work determined? · The general stereotype of an art thief · The real average art thief – according to FBI and Interpol · The difficulty in selling stolen art · Why do art thieves steal art work that they can’t sell? · The ransom angle · The tragedy in art theft · Art theft Quiz I loved making this lesson and I hope that you’ll enjoy teaching it. Checkout my latest lessons: Superstitions quiz The end of the world – are you prepared? Faketion – A Vacation metamorphosis Making a presentation in English – Business English Introductions – Business English Chores - which can you do without? Cleaning it's culturally subjective! 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These shocking pictures illustrate the sad reality of everyday life humans live now, and the sad part is, change doesn't seem to be near.

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