LC-7009 - Get to know Finland - H08, 22.01.2021-19.02.2021
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Topic outline
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Lesson 3: The Finnish way of life
Today, Finland is a nation of 5.3 million people and 3.3 million saunas.
The Finnish parliament has its own sauna chamber for MPs to debate in,
and all Finnish diplomatic and consular missions around the world have their own sauna.Learning goals:
Students analyze their own societies and compare it to the Finnish society
Students learn some Finnish habits and ways of doing things
Students learn about the welfare state and understand the concept or social trust and how it affects the society
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1. Watch the video How to measure happiness. According to the video: Which 5 things enhance happiness? Why are Finns happy?
2. OVERALL PROSPERITY
Finland is 5th in the overall Prosperity Index rankings. Since 2010, Finland has remained at the same position.
Finland performs most strongly in Governance and Natural Environment but is weakest in Health. The biggest improvement compared to a decade ago came in Personal Freedom.
Explore the 2020 Rankings Table and write where your country performs the best and where the score is the lowest. Compare some pillars with Finland.
First you'll see this site
Then choose
Then you'll see a spider net and you can compare your country with Finland
Write your findings in the Discussion Forum: Prosperity Ranking.
3. Video: Watch the video about Finnish school system (made by Australians).
4. Read the short text about Finnish Education.