Podcast – Plastic
Podcast: Plastic (Int) Today’s podcast features a reading from our Famous Things lesson about Plastic. In this lesson, students read about the history and different types of plastic. Students also...
View ArticlePodcast – Chocolate
Podcast: Chocolate (YL) Today’s podcast features a reading from our Discovery lesson (YL) about Chocolate. Where does chocolate come from? Who discovered chocolate? Who gave away a secret recipe for a...
View ArticlePodcast – Volcanoes
Podcast: Volcanoes (Int – High Int) Today’s podcast features a reading from our Famous Things section about the science of Volcanoes. How are volcanoes formed? Are mountains volcanoes? What is a...
View ArticlePodcast – Holi
Podcast: Holi (Low Int – Int) It’s time to celebrate Holi! Today’s podcast features a reading from our Holidays & Events section about Holi, the Hindu Festival of Color. What is the origin of Holi?...
View ArticlePodcast – Mom-and-Pop Shops
Podcast: Is Shopping Local Worth It? (Int) Today’s podcast features a reading from our Discussion Starters lesson about Mom–and–Pop Shops. In this lesson, students read about different types of retail...
View ArticlePodcast – Albert Einstein
Podcast: Albert Einstein (Int) Today’s podcast features a reading from our Famous People lesson about Albert Einstein. In this lesson, students read about a world-famous physicist whose theory of...
View ArticlePodcast – Veterinarians
Podcast: Veterinarians (YL) Today’s podcast features a reading from our Discovery lesson (YL) about Veterinarians. Many kids aspire to be animal doctors. What does it take? What is the workplace like...
View ArticlePodcast – Diets
Podcast: Are they good for you? (Int) Today’s podcast features a reading from our Discussion Starters lesson about Diets. In this lesson, students read about different types of diets, including several...
View ArticlePodcast – Thomas Edison
Podcast: Thomas Edison (Int) Today’s podcast features a reading from our Famous People lesson about Thomas Edison. In this lesson, students read about a world-famous inventor who created the light...
View ArticlePodcast – Advertising to Children
Advertising to Children High Int – Adv Today’s podcast features a reading from our Mini-Debates section about Advertising to Children. In this lesson, students read about methods that advertisers use...
View ArticlePodcast – Online Privacy
Online Privacy High Int – Adv Today’s podcast features a reading from our Mini-Debates section about Online Privacy. In this lesson, students read about Facebook’s historic privacy breach that became...
View ArticlePodcast – Residential Schools (Low Int)
Residential Schools Low Int Today’s podcast features a reading from our Historic Events section about Residential Schools. In this lesson, students read about a dark period in Canada’s history that...
View ArticleListen to an Excerpt: Anne of Green Gables
In our ready-made Famous People lesson about Lucy Maud Montgomery, students are invited to listen to an excerpt from the first chapter of the author’s most famous novel, Anne of Green Gables, which is...
View ArticlePodcast – Lucy Maud Montgomery (Low Int)
Lucy Maud Montgomery Low Int Today’s podcast features a reading from our Famous People section about Lucy Maud Montgomery. In this low-intermediate lesson, students read about Canada’s most famous...
View ArticlePodcast – The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
The Demilitarized Zone Intermediate Today’s podcast features a reading from our Famous Places lesson about the The Demilitarized Zone. In this lesson, students read about the zone that divides North...
View ArticlePodcast – Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking High Int – Adv Today’s podcast features a reading from our Famous People lesson about Stephen Hawking. In this lesson, students read about the world-famous scientist whose life goal was...
View ArticlePodcast – Tornadoes (Int – High Int)
Tornadoes Int – High Int Today’s podcast features a reading from our Famous Things lesson about Tornadoes. In this lesson, students read about the science behind tornadoes. Includes an assessment task...
View ArticlePodcast – Father’s Day (Low Int)
Father’s Day Low Int Today’s podcast features a reading from our low-intermediate Holidays & Events lesson about Father’s Day. In this lesson, students review vocabulary for different types of...
View ArticlePodcast – Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr (Low Int – Int) Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. This festival takes place the day after the new moon sighting. Today’s podcast features a reading from our Holidays...
View ArticlePodcast – Migrant Children
Podcast: Kids in Custody (High Int – Adv) Today’s podcast features a reading from our Discussion Starters lesson about Migrant Children. In this lesson, students read about and discuss a 2018 policy...
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