http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007...6/climatechange — this article tells how environmental failures 'put humanity at risk'
http://www.takecareofyourshare.com/ - a website dedicated to environmental protection
http://www.members.tripod.com/nature210/id2.htm — provides simple suggestions for kids and teens to help prevent environmental problems
http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/thesustainables/ten.htm — 10 things we can do to save the planet
Section 2. Conditional II and III – Где найти интерактивные упражнения на отработку Conditional II and III ?
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/if.htm — conditional clauses exercises
http://www.eslprintables.com/buscador/busc...ditional#thetop - conditional clauses exercises
http://www.smic.be/smic5022/conditionalmixed1.htm - conditional clauses exercises
http://www.englishforjapanese.com/exercise...onditional.html - conditional clauses exercises
Section 3. What's wrong with us? - Каковы основные глобальные проблемы человечества и как они связаны между собой? Где взять интерактивные упражнения, тесты на отработку грамматической конструкции to be/get used to/smth/to doing smth?
http://www.globalcollab.org/gps/intro/whatareGPS - an article about what global problems of the world
http://www.globalworldproblems.com/ - a website dedicated to global problems of the world with links to descriptions of the main ones
http://www.mac.edu/faculty/richardpalmer/P...pplication.html – some information about the 12 main world problems
http://geography.about.com/od/globalproble...obal_Issues.htm – learn about global environmental, climate and political problems
http://www.globalissues.org/ - a global issues website, presents numerous global issues, aiming to show how they are inter-related
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4796909.stm – an article about water shortage as a global problem
http://www.theaccessproject.com/index.php/..._global_problem – brief information about some dangerous diseases which are most crucial in our days
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.used.p.htm – used to / to be used to - exercises
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/115.html - used to / to be/get used to – online language quiz
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_g...r/usedtodo.php3 - used to do - exercises
http://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons...used-to_ex..htm – free printable English exercises on used to / to be/get used to
Section 4. Why throw away? Why not recycle? - Почему сегодня многие люди, а особенно подростки, мусорят на улицах? Как заставить подростков соблюдать чистоту и не сорить? Какие штрафы и наказания существуют в Великобритании и её провинциях за бросание мусора на улице? Как противоборствуют этому в разных странах и какие службы для этого существуют? Как в разных странах сортируют и перерабатывают мусор? Какие мусорные баки установлены на улицах различных городов, где посмотреть их изображения? Где найти
упражнения на смешанный тип условных предложений?
http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/corpora...rop_litter.aspx — research into teenagers' attitudes to litter dropping
http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2076780 — an article about litter, its hazard to health, why people and especially teenagers drop litter
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12...litter-bin.html — an article about an interesting way to make teens not litter
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/animals/...000/2743625.stm — how the problem of dropping litter is solved in Britain
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news...k-up.4811618.jp — an article from Yorkshire Evening Post about how to make teens not drop rubbish on the city's streets
http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/04/10/b...es-in-sandwell/ - what punishment for litter offences in one of the British cities
http://news.scotsman.com/litter/Litter-war...over.3326346.jp — information about fines dished out for offences such as littering and dog fouling in Scotland
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/n...ast/7274751.stm — a brief article on how pupils are fined for dropping litter in Wales
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/chat/you...000/3707597.stm — how should litter louts be punished — what young people from different countries think about it
http://www.litterheroes.co.uk/ - this website of people who want to do something about litter
http://community.adn.com/node/141511 — an article on how one copes with city's litter in one of American state
http://www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/facts/litter.htm — how litter is recycled
http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/litter-bins.html — litter bins photos and images
http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/mixedconditional.html - mixed conditionals theory and exercises
http://www.imparareinglese.co.uk/esercizi_...onditional.html – exercises on 2d, 3d and mixed conditional forms
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_g...nditionals.php3 – mixed conditionals exercises
Section 5. What can we do to save the Earth? - Как борются с мусором в разных странах? Как долго сохраняется мусор в природе? Где найти информацию о Гринпис? Где найти интерактивные игры про экологию для детей и подростков? Где найти примеры школьных проектов, посвященных защите окружающей среды?
http://www.coral.org/node/3916 - information on how long it takes trash to biodegrade. Did you know that it takes 400 years for a plastic sandwich bag to biodegrade?
http://cleanupday.org/education.htm - information about the annual California coastal cleanup day
http://shea20020.tripod.com/trash/trash.htm - an American tells about the differences between trash disposal in the USA and Germany
http://www.ehow.com/about_4568299_nonbiode...able-trash.html - brief information about non-biodegradable trash
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenpeace - an encyclopaedia entry about Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/ - the website of Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/fungames/games - online games to help children learn about ecology
http://www.itu.int/osg/spuold/wsis-themes/...nvironment.html – examples of ICT- projects dedicated to environmental protection
Unit 3. Mass Media: Good or Bad?
Section 1. What is the media? - Что такое Mass Media? Какие средства массовой информации бывают? Где найти информацию об основных из них? Какое положительное и негативное воздействие оказывают СМИ на подростков? Как можно использовать СМИ в образовательных целях? Каковы достоинства и недостатки СМИ? Какие СМИ самые популярные в России, США? Где взять информацию об истории радио? Где найти подкасты, созданные для подростков?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media - encyclopaedia entry about mass media
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-mass-media.htm – brief information about what mass media is
http://ezinearticles.com/?Types-of-Mass-Media&id=1311276 – an article on types of mass media
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/different-t...mass-media.html – a short article on different types of mass media
http://maxibona.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/m...and-influences/ - information about types of mass media and its positive and negative influences
http://hubpages.com/hub/Mass-Media-Influence-on-Society – links to information about mass media and its ifluence on society and particularly on young people
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ma/Mass_media – kids encyclopaedia entry about mass media
http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/health...ens_media.shtml – information for parents to help children and teenagers use various forms of mass media reasonably
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_American_...ia_in_Education – an article about the role of Mass Media in American education
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/advantages-...rint-media.html – brief information about advantages and disadvantages of print media
http://intermediate5.blogspot.com/2008/05/...es-of-mass.html – an article on advantages and disadvantages of mass media
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_adv...rs_in_education – an article about what the advantages and disadvantages of using computer in education are
http://www.russianembassy.org/RUSSIA/mass_media.htm – brief information about the most popular mass media in Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_of_the_United_States - encyclopaedia entry about mass media of the US
http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Mus...adiohistory.htm - a brief history of radio development
http://inventors.about.com/od/rstartinventions/a/radio.htm – information about the invention and inventors of radio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_radio - encyclopaedia entry about the history of radio
http://www.podfeed.net/tags/Teens – podcasts focusing on topics for teenagers
http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Podcasts_%26_Teens - a list of podcasts created by teens
http://www.podcastdirectory.com/genre/inde...ormatword=Teens – most popular teens podcasts
Section 2. What do you think of television? - Где найти информацию о создании телевидения и его истории? Какие телевизионные жанры существуют? Какие телевизионные каналы самые популярные в Британии , России? Как создавались первые журналы и когда они появились? Где найти сайты журналов, популярных среди тинейджеров?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_television - encyclopaedia entry about history of television
http://www.askkids.com/web?q=History+of+Te...p;o=0&l=dir – links to websites for children telling about the history of television
http://www.freebase.com/view/tv/tv_genre – information about TV genres with their descriptions and examples
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Television_genres – list of television genres with links to them
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_television - encyclopaedia entry about the genre of TV shows called "Reality TV"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_in...sion_Programmes - encyclopaedia entry about television in the UK, includes information about 100 Greatest British TV Programmes
http://www.mediauk.com/tv – a full directory of British television channels addresses and details
http://www.russia-ic.com/business_law/Russian_companies/643/ - brief information about the most popular and highly rated TV channels in Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_in_Russia - encyclopaedia entry about television in Russia
http://www.russia.com/tv/ - a guide to Russian television, TV stations and channels
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine - encyclopaedia entry about magazines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ne...s_and_magazines - encyclopaedia entry about history of newspappres and magazines
http://www.world-newspapers.com/youth.html — a list of popular teen magazines with links to their websites
http://www.teenmag.com/ - the online home of TEEN magazine, teen letters, lots of advice for youth, etc
http://www.fazetehttp://www.fazeteen.com/en.com/ - online version of Faze, Canada's largest teen magazine, with lots of articles, reviews, photos and contests
http://www.allyoucanread.com/teen-magazines/ - top 10 teen magazines with links to their websites
http://www.teensnowtalk.com/tnt/home/ - Teens Now Talk Magazine online
Section 3. Do you read newspapers on Sundays? - Как создавались и печатались первые газеты? Когда они появились? Когда стали выпускаться первые газеты в Британии и Америке? Где найти онлайн-версии газет для детей и юношества на английском? Где найти пример веб-квеста на тему “Today's news”? Где найти информацию о broadsheets, tabloids с примерами?Где посмотреть сайты британских газет?
http://www.wan-press.org/article.php3?id_article=2821 – a brief history of newspapers
http://www.newspaper-industry.org/history.html – the history of the first news sheet, the first newspapper, the first daily newspapper
http://www.newspapersoc.org.uk/default.aspx?page=304 – links to the chronological history of British newspappers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_newspapers - encyclopaedia entry about history of American newspappers
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ - the 50 most popular online USA newspappers, world newspappres and magazines
http://www.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/News/Newspapers/ - links to the websites of newspappers in English for kids and teenagers
http://www.ugr.es/~inped/module4_4/m4_2.htm – a sample of the webquest “Today's news”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadsheet - encyclopaedia entry about broadsheets
http://mytop3.net/Top-10-Broadsheet-Newspa...In-The-USA.aspx – top 10 broadsheets newspappres in the USA
http://www.world-newspapers.com/uk.html – links to the websites of newspapers, magazines and news of different countries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid - encyclopaedia entry about tabloids
http://www.tabloidmedia.co.za/faq.php – brief information about tabloid newspappers, some tabloid newspappers online
http://www.britishcouncil.org/sr/serbia-li...ers-tabloid.htm – links to UK tabloid newspapers, online news and reference resources
Websites of the main British newspapers:
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/ - Scotland on Sunday
www.guardian.co.uk – The Guardian
www.express.co.uk – The Daily Express
http://www.theherald.co.uk/ - The Herald
www.independent.co.uk – The Independent
www.mailonsunday.co.uk – The Mail on Sunday
www.observer.co.uk – The Observer
www.thescotsman.co.uk – The Scotsman
www.spectator.co.uk – The Spectator
www.dailymail.co.uk – The Daily Mail
www.thesun.co.uk – The Sun
www.sunday-times.co.uk – The Sunday Times
www.thetimes.co.uk – The Times
Section 4. Is being a reporter a dangerous job? - Где найти информацию и краткие описания основных профессий в сфере mass media? Где найти советы и рекомендации о том, как написать газетную статью? Где прочитать статьи, написанные подростками для газет и журналов? Где найти интервью со знаменитостью для молодежного журнала?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporter - encyclopaedia entry about a reporter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographer - encyclopaedia entry about a photographer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalist - encyclopaedia entry about a journalist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoonist - encyclopaedia entry about a cartoonist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editing - encyclopaedia entry about editing and an editor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_editing - encyclopaedia entry about copy editing/ a copy editor (sub- editor)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondent - encyclopaedia entry about a correspondent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_presenter - encyclopaedia entry about a news presenter
(a newsreader)
http://newspaper-journalism.suite101.com/a...wspaper_article – a guide to writing a newspaper article
http://www.ehow.com/how_2002073_write-newspaper-article.html – a short instruction on how to write newspaper article
http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/webi...w_newspaper.htm – step by step guide to a good newspaper article
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/reso...per_article.cfm – lesson plan on writing a newspaper article
http://www.jhuapl.edu/education/elementary...forstudents.htm – project for students “Let's write a newspaper story”
http://www.teenink.com/About/FAQ.php – the website of a magazine where all articles are written be teen authors who are students at school