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Ruby Bridges and school desegregation in the USA
This reading comprehension is about the 1960 desegregation episode when Ruby Bridges integrated an all white school in Louisiana, during the Civil Rights Movement. It is meant to be worked on before studying the Rockwell painting "The Problem We All Live With", which is based on that particular episod. Answerkeys are provided. It�s B1 in the CECR.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 103
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The Animals Save The Planet
The Animals Save The Planet:http://www.environmentteam.com/2010/04/11/the-animals-save-the-planet-watch-all-11-cartoons/
is a series of 11 funny cartoons where animals provide tips on how to live an eco-friendly lifestyle.
Pupils� task : You are a environmentalist. Prepare 2 short presentations for a group of people. Give them tips to improve t...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 43
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Test Your Awareness : Who dunnit ?
This excellent video made by the British National Road Safety is very challenging for the pupils: although it is first a �whodunit ?�, it actually turns out to be an advertisement to raise drivers� awareness to cyclists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNF9QNEQLA.First only play the soundtrack and ask pupils to find out basic information about the...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 63
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Harriet TUBMAN
A reading comprehension about leading abolitionist Harriet Tubman who will feature on the $20 bill.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 55
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reading comprehension test or exercise
Here are two worksheets that can be used either to practise the reading comprehension of descriptions (people, jobs and halloween words)or as tests. That�s why I�ve put two. They are A1-A2 in the CECR.I�ve added the answerkeys.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
Type: reading
Downloads: 72
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The self description guessing game
In this worksheet each pupil make his description card. Then the teacher will then distribute randomly the cards to the class. Each pupil has to read a card out loud for the other pupils to guess who�s being described. My young pupils really love it.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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Segregation in the 1950s in the USA
This is a reading comprehension A2-B1 level in the CECR. After explaining what segregation was like and making the students get aware of the historical reasons why it was enforced in Southern States, it gets onto the desegregation on buses with the Rosa Park story.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 87
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Mrs Bixby And The Colonel�s Coat
This reading comprehension is about the funny short story : Mrs Bixby and the Colonel�s Coat by R. Dahl. It is meant to help the student understand first the explicit and then the implicit, in the second part. It�s B1 level in the CECR. Answerkeys are provided
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 34
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The " who�s been portrayed " game.
This activity starts with a pair work and finishes as a class guessing activity. My pupils loved it.
After interviewing each other, each pupil writes a short text about his/her schoolmate on a card.
Then the teacher gathers allthe cards and give them out randomly. Then,in turn each pupil reads one outloud for the other pupils to try and guess w...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: others
Downloads: 15
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Child Labour During Victorian Times
This webquest about children�s living and working conditions in Victorian Times is meant as an introduction to my listening comprehension about Victorian Chimney Sweeps. It tries to provide basic historical information about that period.
Both documents are A2-B1 level in the European standards.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 37
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