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The welcome page of the English teachers' association I run.

This site goes over the general facts about NSA surveillance programs. It describes the basic metadata that is collected for US phone calls:"the telephone number of the phones making and receiving the call, and how long the call lasted." It mentions the NSA program PRISM which collects emails, instant messages, and both private and public facebook data. It also mentions the program XKEYSCORE which gathers massive amounts of data from internet traffic. This FAQ also mentions what sort of things can be revealed by metadata and why critics of these programs find them alarming and illegal. This is a great article that covers the basic issues and concerns associated with NSA and mass surveillance. You could have students read it as a way to prep them for a project or discussion on this topic.

Human Rights ,its history,philosophy and all the contents associated

This is the page of our ELT Association website where you can find some examples of lesson plans on teaching tolerance developed on the iBooks Author platform by me and my colleagues. If you are a Mac user, there is a simple instruction how to transfer the file to your iPad. Now you can download and view it on your Mac also (using the iBooks app). Would be grateful for your feedback!