Level: B2 and up

This is a worksheet based on 2008 movie ‘Summerhill’ about Summerhill School. It is a boarding school in Suffolk, England. It was founded in 1921 by Alexander Sutherland Neill with the belief that the school should be made to fit the child, rather than the other way around. It is run as a democratic community; the running of the school is conducted in the school meetings, which anyone, staff or pupil, may attend, and at which everyone has an equal vote. These meetings serve as both a legislative and judicial body. Members of the community are free to do as they please, so long as their actions do not cause any harm to others, according to Neill’s principle “Freedom, not Licence.” This extends to the freedom for pupils to choose which lessons, if any, they attend. It is an example of both democratic education and alternative education. 

Students call Summerhill the happiest school in the world.

Check out why:

Link to the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9BgrGiIYc0

Introduce the two main characters Ryan and Maddy with the poster and then just follow the worksheet questions.

I was too lazy to do the Answer Key for this one. Hope you manage 🙂