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U.S. Dept of Ed source for lots of free online aids.

In a Two-Way Bilingual Immersion program, children prepare for a global future. They achieve comprehensive fluency and literacy in two languages.

A website for teaching pronunciation and speech accuracy. Students can watch the videos ans practice public speaking and pronunciation.

This the site I was talking about in our ning, go ahead, try it. Blessings

Beautiful site to study Human rights. It offersvideos to watxh and discuss, games, cartoon and a lot more funny and reflective excersises. Videos are really simple and appropiate for discussion.

I am sure you will find this website useful and interesting.

This is a blog I have used because it has black and white printables and many of the topics fits our curricula.

This is an interesting websites because it offers enjoyable activities. For example, there are several info gap activities. These information gaps usually come in twos. You will need to print both the A and B sheets. You can print them directly from the browser if you want, but they will look better if you save them and open them in any graphics program and print from there.

This website is awesome for playing grammar game. The site provides a variety of interactive games and exercises for total ESL fun. Free ESL fun games here include : Snakes and Ladders, Hangman, Spelling games, Wheel of Fortune, TV Games(Betting Game), Mazes, Memory Games, Matching exercises, Sequencing exercises, Picture Quizzes and more. Follow the links. You and your students will have FUN!!!

I use ideas from this website when my classes seem a bit squirmy and need to use up some energy to better help them concentrate!

Here you can find a very interesting explanation of the utility of twitter in the classroom to encourage students to give their opinions.

This site have a lot of interactive games where students can enjoy different topics and practice what they need to practice, there you can also find idioms to apply some real vocabulary in your classes and their earning process.

I have a cousin who contributes to this group and I often recommend articles to other teachers from the site. I find that it can help teachers who have gotten stuck in a rut to break out of it. Most of the perspective are a bit liberal for Salem, OR but they still help colleagues look at issues in a new way.

Population Diversity and Human Rights Objectives Students will understand the following:1. Nations try to influence the actions of other nations by employing economic sanctions.2. Citizens of a nation may disagree on the morality and effectiveness of economic sanctions.Materials For this lesson, you will need:* Computer with Internet access* Documents, books, articles, and editorials concerning U.S. economic sanctions currently in place against other nations* Index cards for note taking

This is an INCREDIBLE site with lots of information about how to use web 2.0 resources for language learners and it's FREE!

The Teddy Stallard Story - by Mary Robinson Reynolds. This a great inspiring video I played when I gave a workshop in El Salvador 2 years ago. I like this video because it reminds me the kind of teacher I have to be for making a difference. Just click on the PLAY button and enjoy this wonderful video.

Thanks for the reminder. It is really touching. I will share it with others.

I am very interested in adopted and foster children. I believe every child has the human right to a safe and healthy home environment. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. This is a great website I found that helps teachers navigate with this sensitive human rights issue. It's a great resource for not only understanding how to approach adopted students, but also how to teach other children about the lives of those whom live with guardians that are not their parents.

This website help us as teachers to understand the rights of inmigrants when learning English as a second language because they have to be taught in a different way, due to their background and as English is not a first language for them. This article is related with job too, because inmigrants go to other places to learn a new language like English and have the opportunity to work in those places.