GS index

Global Stories online study pages

Complete the Global Stories research writing project survey.

Also, make a comment on the online forum (comment on "Refugees" or create a new discussion topic).

chapters/ topics	easy activity	challenge activity	video
6. One Rural Village Landmines	Word Quest	Word Quest	end landmines ad
3. A Young Soldier Child Soldiers	Unscramble proverbs	Read/study Jakata Tales	child soldiers
5. Gang Life Street Gangs	Proverb Practice	Grimms Fairy Tales	gangs in brazil (9 min)
4. Refugees Refugees	Scrambled Proverb Sentences	website translator Bhutan Refugees	refugees
Project Pages Student Stories	American Slang	website translator weird animal stories	cool one minute video about the letter "V"
2. Children for Sale Child Prostitution	Idioms	proverb practice	child prostitution
To read a website in English, first go here, then copy and paste the URL (web address). Then, the website you want to read will appear with a new feature: if you "point" to a word, you will receive the definition in English or Japanese (you can choose).
Weird Animal Stories	ELT Zone activities	Protective Dolphins Dog Saves Baby Killer Male Frogs	Brave Dog * Shark Won't Let Go * "Gay" Penguin Rights *
See "Links for Academic Research," about websites which you can research for your final project (below this table).
7. Runaways Runaways	EFL activities	Movie Trailers (with transcripts and activities)	On the Streets (long, difficult, interesting)
9. Bullying Bullying	ELT podcasts (basic conversation listening)	Read about Bullying	Bullying
8. Free the Children Child Labor	Vocabulary games	The Flatmates (BBC)	Child Labor (5.5 minutes) Child Weavers (3 minutes)
Project Pages Student Stories			Addicted to War
10. Factory Life Child Slaves			Sweatshops
11. Street Life Homelessness
1. A Lost and Found Child Orphans			Andre's First Words
12. Eyes of the Heart Poverty			Is Vincent understanding?

Links for Academic Research

Nature Research
Interesting Animals
British Council's Learn English Central
Stories About Nature
Mammal Fact Files
Bird Fact File
Insect Fact File
Global Issues
Child Slaves in Africa
Child Slaves in Asia
Street Children
Nuclear Weapons
AIDS
The Causes of Poverty
Suicide
Homelessness in Japan
Organizations
Cambodia Kids NGO
People Tree (Fair Trade Shop)
Peace Boat
Reference Websites
Wikipedia (online encyclopedia)
Simple Wikipedia (online encylopedia for nonnative speakers)
WordChamp (website reader (will give Japanese translations of English words))
Fact Monster (kids website with many facts)

Cost of the War in Iraq

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