coolstuff

Blogs	Creating Cartoons or Mini-Movies
El Civics	English for Specific Purposes
Using Games and Simulators	Grammar
Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions	Intercultural, Cross-cultural Lessons
Listening Comprehension	Literature sites
Music	Online Writing Centers
Podcasting	Pronunciation and Speaking
Reading	Using Movies
Writing	More Cool Stuff

Blogs

http://english-humor.blogspot.com/ - Find jokes for English language learners.

http://www.elcivics.com/esl_teachers_blog.html/167 - Learn important issues from Civic leaders.

http://rong-chang.com/blogs/ - For teachers.

http://inspirationlane.blogspot.com/ - Find ideas and tips for teachers.

http://www.readableblog.com/ - For ESL/EFL learners.

http://blog-efl.blogspot.com/ - For EFL teachers and learners.

http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/english/ - Finds lots of useful resources.

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Creating Cartoons or Mini-Movies

http://www.dfilm.com/index_mm2.html - A website in which students can create their own mini-movies.

http://www.matefl.org/_mgxroot/page_10673.html - adapting a picture story (find lessons and activities).

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ - Create your own comic strip with animation.

http://www.wittycomics.com/ - Create comic strips with your caption.

http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=21 - Find ideas and links.

http://www.zimmertwins.ca/ - Create cartoon movies to teach ESL.

http://www.dvolver.com/live/home.html - Have students create their own "movie."

http://nieonline.com/palmbeachpost/cftc.cfm?cftcfeature=archive - Lessons using newspaper cartoons. Find templates and downloadable handouts.

http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/nov/film.htm

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El Civics

http://www.elcivics.com/esl_teachers_blog.html/167 - Learn important issues from Civic leaders.

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English for Specific Purposes

englishmed.com - Find online exercises and games for doctors, nurses and pharmacists.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/index.shtml - Business from BBC.

http://www.businessenglishsite.com/ - Find vocabulary, idiomatic expressions and grammar exercises for business people.

http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html - Interactive English business.

http://www.te4be.com/ - Technology for business English.

http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/ - Find activities for specific workplace, such as for hotel staff, tour guides, airline staff, drink and food sector, and English for police.

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-peacekeepers-exercises-index.htm - For peacekeepers.

http://www.usingenglish.com/links/English_for_Special_Purposes/index.html - Find lots of useful links.

http://www.usingenglish.com/links/Business_English/index.html - For business English.

http://engimag.neuf.fr/default.htm - ESP for students in science, technology and engineering.

http://www.eslhome.com/esl/esp/

http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz-center/quiz.htm#business

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Using Games and Simulators

http://elouai.com/ - Find lots of sites where you can create your own avatar (a virtual image). When creating these images, students can practice describing people or places, or giving commands.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/vikings/activities/activity.html - Be part of this viking expedition.

http://elouai.com/new-room-maker - Teach prepositions in this cool site in which you can build and furnish a room by clicking on a selection of furniture.

http://www.fun-with-words.com - Find anagrams, tongue twisters, palindromes and other oddities of the English language.

http://www.uptoten.com/ - Find games and songs for "bright" kids.

http://pbskids.org/lions/stories.html - Find lots of stories and games for kids.

http://www.funtrivia.com/ - Find lots of trivia and quizzes.

http://www.kidshealth.org - It's a fun site for kids to browse.

http://www.prongo.com/ - Educational website for kids. Find games, quizzes and brain teasers.

http://www.creativepuzzels.nl/spel/speel1/madlips-2.htm - Mad Lips!!!

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.html- Create crossword puzzles, word search, mazes and other types of games.

http://www.otterarchives.com/bountygame.html - online mystery games.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/playspace/games/spacedoctor/space_doctor.shtml - be the doctor in this fascinating spacial adventure.

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Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions

http://a4esl.org/q/h/idioms.html

http://www.churchillhouse.com/english/exercises/phrasals/ - Phrasal verbs from short stories.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.asp?dict=I - Cambridge dictionary.

http://www.idiomconnection.com/ - Idioms and quizzes

http://www.english-daily.com/english-idioms.php - From English Daily.

http://www.eslcafe.com/pv/ - Phrasal verbs.

http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/

http://www.englishcaster.com/idioms/ - Listen to and find explanations for a variety of idioms.

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Intercultural, Cross-Cultural Lessons

http://www.eslflow.com/interculturalcommunication.html - Find quizzes and lesson plans.

http://wilderdom.com/games/MulticulturalExperientialActivities.html - Find games and activities.

http://www.everythingesl.net/lessons/multicultural_holidays_through_60600.php - Multicultural holidays.

http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/polite.htm - Politeness, etiquette.

http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1655_how_to_ask/page5.shtml - Polite invitation from BBC (listening part, quiz, script and activity).

http://www.linguarama.com/ps/polite.htm - Exercises.

http://genkienglish.net/wheresthe.htm - Song "Excuse me, where is the.." and cloze exercise.

http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/culture-vulture.php - Country cultural etiquette, quizzes, facts and statistics, and over 300 articles.

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Using Movies

http://www.lingual.net/lingualproductitems/ - Learn English watching movies and comercials. Find scritp and exercises.

DFILM Moviemaker - Have students create mini-movies.

http://www.dvolver.com/live/home.html - Have students create their own "movie."

http://abcasiapacific.com/livingenglish/ - The 42-part series looks at the English language used in everyday situations such as checking into a hotel or describing people. For beginners

http://abcasiapacific.com/englishbites/ - Provides a variety of stories on video with scripts, idioms and tips on how to use the information to improve speaking skills. For intermediate level.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/ - Watch movie previews.

http://www.favoritepoem.org/thevideos/index.html - Watch videos of people reading poems.

http://story.lg.co.kr:3000/index.jsp - In very cute cartoons, find Korean and other worldwide folktakes in several languages.

http://www.english-trailers.com/index.php - Find movie previews and activities (quizzes, cloze exercises, writing,etc) in three language levels.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/moviespeeches.htm - Find speeches from movies.

http://www.clipsync.com - Watch video online and chat with friends.

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Music

http://www.forefrontpublishers.com/eslmusic/ - ESL through music.

http://www.bussongs.com/ - Lots of songs, beginning to intermediate level.

http://www.caslt.org/resources/english-sl/classroom-resource-links-music_en.php - ESL through music.

http://www.uptoten.com/ - Find games and songs for "bright" kids.

http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/nov/music.htm

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Writing

http://writing.msu.edu:16080/ink/index.html - INK -A Free, Multiplayer, Online Game for Writing & Community.

http://www.writefix.com/argument/ - Learn how to write an argumentative essay.

http://www.english-zone.com/writing/para-strctr.html - Paragraph structure lesson.

http://www.1-language.com/essayedge/index.html - Find 6 lessons and over 100 pages of content.

http://www.wordq.com/ - Writing software with speech recognition.

http://www.paragraphpunch.com/ - Interactive online paragraph writing tutorial.

http://www.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/composition.html - Composition and grammar hot list.

http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/collegewriting/high_school_v_college.htm - Explains the differences between high school and college writing.

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Reading

http://www.cdlponline.org/ - Students can read and listen to easy articles related to work, law, health,s chool, housing, money, science, etc). For easy beginners.

http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/comics.htm - Comics!

http://www.mansioningles.com/Lectura01.htm

http://www.happynews.com/

http://www.elcivics.com/

http://eslus.com/LESSONS/READING/READ.HTM - Ministories with exercises.

http://www.tell-us-your-story.com/ - Disability discussion forum.

http://towerofenglish.com/humor.html - English humor.

http://www.thegreateststorynevertold.com/ - Digital storytelling competition using multimedia.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tellinglives/ - Digital personal stories from bbc.

http://readingenglish.net/ - Listen and read to Voices of America news. Each word is linked to an online dictionary.

http://www.tv411.org/index.shtml - A television series for adults who want to strengthen their literacy skills. Produced by the Adult Literacy Media Alliance (ALMA), TV411 has enriched literacy and community outreach programs since 1998.

http://www.english-to-go.com/english/free_lesson.cfm?CFID=2421445&CFTOKEN=58251979 - Find a weekly writing assignment using current news.

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/ - Have fun learning vocabulary by playing games such as, crossword puzzles, match cards, word search and hangman.

http://www.sillybooks.net/ - Find animated cartoons, comics, children's music, picture books, puzzles and games that entertain kids and teach them to read.

http://www.childrenslibrary.org - Find the biggest collection of children's books written in 38 languages.

http://www.literacy.org/cnnsf/home.html - Find CNN reading activities.

http://www.rong-chang.com/ - Find lots of activities for listening, grammar, reading, pronunciation, and vocabulary, and many useful links.

http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/reading.html - Find a number of links for readings categorized by student level.

http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/ortesol98/home.html#master - Find a number of reading links for intermediate level.

http://www.sfsite.com - Find books, magazines and e-zines related to science-fiction.

http://www.writersdigest.com - Find resources to help you be a better writer and get published. Includes information about writing contests and market listings.

http://www.eslgold.com/reading.htm - Find quizzes, learning strategies and short reading exercises.

http://www.mysterynet.com - You will find some mysteries to solve, and scary and magic tricks to have fun.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tweenies/storytime/ - Find lots of stories and games.

http://www.starfall.com/ - Contains exciting interactive books (comics, Greek myths, plays, poetry, Chinese fables, folk tales) and phonic games. Find fun online pronunciation and spelling quizzes.

http://www.criticalreading.com/critical_reading.htm - Explains how language works, and the relationship between critical reading and critical thinking.

http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp - find lots of reading materials for pre-school, kindergarten and grade 1 students.

http://www.mcedservices.com/phonics/phonics.html - Story by Story Phonics Lessons

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/literacy/ - Another site from BBC with literacy games.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/index.html - From New York Times.

http://www.rif.org/leadingtoreading/en/preschoolers/read/ - Find activities for toddles, pre-schoolers, and "grouwn-ups."

http://www.storyplace.org/storyplace.asp - A children's digital library - find lots of stories with print-out activities.

http://www.vocabularycoach.com/ - Vocabulary quizzes.

http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/spidey/spidey.html - Reading/writing activities featuring Spiderman.

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Literature sites

http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/ - contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.

http://www.literature.org/ - Find the full and unabridged texts of classic works of English literature

Poet. org - Poetry website with listening clips for intermediate to advanced levels.

Bartleby.com - Public domain literature and other texts.

http://www.favoritepoem.org/thevideos/index.html - Watch videos of people reading poems.

www.eslreading.com - Find simplifyied stories.

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Grammar

http://smccd.edu/accounts/sevas/esl/gramcheck/index.html - Find online exercises, grammar explanations, and tips for writing an effective essay.

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/index.htm - Find explanations and exercises.

http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/ - Lots of explanations for undergraduate students.

http://www.englishpage.com/grammar/ - Explanations and exercises.

http://www.elcivics.com/esl-grammar/lessons.html - From elcivics.com

askoxford.com - Rich dictionary online resource.

http://www.rong-chang.com/ - Find lots of activities for listening, grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, and many useful links.

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/wordiness.html - Strategies for reducing wordness.

http://web.uvic.ca/~gkblank/wordiness.html - "Wordiness, Wordiness, Wordiness List."

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/index.html - Find common word usage errors.

http://www.bergen.edu/faculty/rfreud/verbtense.pdf - This site offers a clear explanation of verb tenses

http://www.myefa.org/ - Find vocabulary, speaking, grammar and life skills activities. For intermediate level.

http://www.eslgold.com/grammar.html - Find lots of explanations and exercises.

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/hacker/exercises/ - Find quizzes with comprehensive feedback divided by sections: "Effective Sentences," "Word Choice," "Grammatical Sentences," "ESL Trouble Spots," "Punctuation," "Spelling and Mechanics" and "Basic Grammar." Highly recommended for academic intermediate and advanced level.

http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm - Find interactive quizzes, handouts, definitions and tips. Also for academic purposes.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html - More quizzes and handouts organized by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue University .

http://www.smccd.net/accounts/sevas/esl/gramcheck/ - Quizzes and explanations from the College of San Mateo online grammar practice.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm - Quizzes and explanations from the Capital Community College interactice practice.

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/grammar.htm - Quizzes and explanations from the University of Voctoria British Columbia.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar - Grammar reference with exercises.

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/

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Listening Comprehension

http://ressources-cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/sites/dictations.htm - Dictation exercises.

http://www.eslradio.net/ - Includes dramas and speeches from students.

http://www.theamericanstoryteller.com/listen-to-stories.cfm - Find stories and their scripts.

http://www.antimoon.com/other/shaggydog.htm - Here are 10 short "Shaggy Dog Stories" in mp3 format that you can download free of charge. You can also download a story called "Going to California".

http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/ - free online collection of stories and poems in MP3 (audiobook) format.

http://librivox.org/american-indian-fairy-tales-by-william-trowbridge-larned/ - Listen to American Indian Fairy Tales in MP3.

http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/Literature/Short-Stories#self - Public domain short stories (MP3).

http://www.languageguide.org/ - Listen to words in foreign languages. Excellent site for teaching vocabulary.

http://www.elllo.org - Find lots of listening acitivities and quizzes.

http://http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tweenies/songtime/ - Find lots of musical games, songs and nursery rhymes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/english/listenandwrite.shtml - Audio resources for primary school. Find listening and writing activities.

http://www.5minuteenglish.com/listening.htm - Free Short Self-Study English Lessons and Quick Tips for ESL Students

http://www.favoritepoem.org/thevideos/index.html - Watch videos of people reading poems.

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ - News in "easy" and "hard" version

http://www.eslgold.com/listening.html - Lots of quizzes

http://www.rong-chang.com/ - Find lots of activities for listening, grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, and many useful links.

http://www.eslfast.com/ - short stories

http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/ - more short stories.

http://www.esl-lab.com/ - Quizzes in three levels.

http://www.livemocha.com/ - Find lots of activities for listening comprehension.

http://www.1-language.com/audiocourse/index.htm. Find lessons covering daily life, telephoning, classroom English, and short academic talks.

http://www.eslpod.com/ - Listen to a dialog and answer the quizzes. Each ESL podcast lasts 10-20 minutes.

http://www.tiu.ac.jp/org/labo/ede/ - English dictation exercises.

http://www.euronews.net/create_html.php?lng=1&page=home - Watch newscasts and read them (each news has its transcripts).

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx - Free dictionary with audio.

http://www.agendaweb.org/listening/all_levels1.html - Listen to and read many stories for kids.

http://www.npr.org/ - Listen to stories and read the transcripts.

http://www.englishclub.com/webguide/Listening/ - Find a list of resources.

http://www.eslvideo.com/index.php - Free ESL video quizzes and activities, and resources for teachers and students.

http://www.shortstoryradio.com/index.htm - Not specifically for ESL, but you can listen to short stories.

http://www.mansioningles.com/listening00.htm - Short stories with transcripts. British and American accent.

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Podcasting

http://www.archiecomics.com/podcasts/ - from the Archie comics.

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php - podcasts from National Public Radio.

http://www.eslbusinessnews.com/ - Listen to and read transcripts (business English)

http://www.englishcaster.com/idioms/ - idioms and slangs.

http://www.thebobandrobshow.com/ - Created by an American and British pair. Find a a range of resources related to grammar and structure, as well as thematic concerns of a topical nature, such as the meaning of Thanksgiving.

http://historyonair.com/

http://www.eslpod.com/website/index.php - Find lots of podcasting for different levels. The podcastings are free but there is a charge for using the learning guides.

http://bylpodcasts.blogspot.com/ - Find downloadable and podcast audio resources using topics, such as dating, witches, ghost stories, and accidents.

http://www.rong-chang.com/ - Find lots of activities for listening, grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, and many useful links.

http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/ - free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format.

http://librivox.org/american-indian-fairy-tales-by-william-trowbridge-larned/ - Listen to American Indian Fairy Tales in MP3.

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts-stories-poems.htm - Listen to poems and short stories.

http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/Literature/Short-Stories#self - Public domain short stories (MP3).

http://mylcpodcasts.blogspot.com/ - Find the same blog/discussion board format as the Barcelona group, with the same target audience evident in the topics, such as song lyrics, Elvis Presley, finding your ancestors, walking in the Himalayas, running a marathon and poetry.

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Pronunciation and Speaking

http://www.languageguide.org/ - Listen to words in foreign languages. Excellent site for teaching vocabulary.

http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/vowels/chapter11/chapter11.html - Created by Peter Ladefoged. You can watch videos of the movements of the tongue, jaw and larynx, forming English vowel sounds.

http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/ - Find information about the sounds of the world's languages, compiled by Peter Ladefoged.

http://www.rong-chang.com/ - Find lots of activities for listening, grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, and many useful links.

http://www.myefa.org/ - Find vocabulary, speaking, grammar and life skills activities. For intermediate level.

http://www.elfs.com/MM5%20menu.html - Mouth work.

http://www.ezslang.com/ - Free activies to help you develop more natural conversation.

http://www.fonetiks.org/ - Free online pronunciation guide

http://www.learn-english.co.il/ - Learn vocabulary and pronunciation. There are over 1,500 words and phrases in English.

http://www.soundsofenglish.org/

http://www.starfall.com/ - Find fun online pronunciation and spelling quizzes. Contains exciting interactive books (comics, Greek myths, plays, poetry, Chinese fables, folk tales) and phonic games.

http://www.trainyouraccent.com/index.htm - Choose a lesson on the left menu, practice and reduce your accent.

http://evaeaston.com/pr/home.html - Excellent site for learning the "authentic American pronunciation." Find sound clips illustrating different sounds and quizzes.

http://evaeaston.com/pr/links.html - Intensive list of resources: find lots of links for teaching pronunciation, phonetic alphabet, testing, and also links to varieties of English (Caribbean English, South African English and more) .

http://www.englishlearning.com/ - Provides translations, definitions and pictures. Software needs to be purchsed.

http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/nov/conv.htm - Find printable worksheet and ideas.

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Online Writing Centers

http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/grammar.htm - Find grammar exercises and explanations.

http://www.1-language.com/essayedge/index.html - Find 6 lessons and over 100 pages of content.

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/ - Find handouts and explanations for academic writing topics, such as how to write a summary and include citations, and techniques for proofreading.

http://www.ccsf.edu/Services/LAC/grammarsites.shtml - Lots of online resources.

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/resources.html - From Harvard.

http://www.union.edu/writing/Help/index.html - Find handouts from professors of different disciplines.

http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/handouts.html - Find handouts and more online resources.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html - Find lots of information and exercises with answer key. For ESL and native speakers.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html - Grammar handouts, from Purdue University.

http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb.html

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/editing.html - Editing and proofreading strategies.

http://www.writingthejourney.com/workshop/index.htm - Understand writing concepts and find exercises.

http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/ - This page contains answers to questions previously asked of Dr. Grammar that may provide help with your grammar questions.

http://www.usingenglish.com/resources/essays/ - Find samples with the editors' critique.

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More cool stuff

http://iteslj.org/c/jokes-bad_english.html - Jokes, riddles, puns.

http://www.omniglot.com/ - View the writing systems, numerals in different scripts and languages of the world. Find tips, articles related to language and quizzes.

http://www.upglo.org - This organization prioritizes services for refugees and asylees. They also provide assistance and legal services with recertification in professional fields.

http://www.keirsey.com - Personality questionnaire - Discover what your vocation is.

http://www.autobyografy.com - Lists job opportunities for creative types (singer, actor, writer, comedian, etc).

http://www.vocrehab.com/webtsa.htm - You will get an analysis of your transferable skills.

http://www.stretcher.com - Learn interesting ideas to stretch your money.

http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/CFTCal1.htm - Learn what your lucky elements and prosperous decades are. It's fun for those who enjoy Chinese Astrology.

http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/index.html - Introduces children to Japan. Find information about travel, lifestyle, cooking and Japanese language.

http://www.msu.edu/~lakejess/Kanji_Page.html - Great site for testing your knowledge in Japanese, Chinese and English language. Find kanji-English, kanji-kana, and English-kanji quizzes.

http://www.japander.com/japander/index.htm - Funny Japanese commercials featuring famous Americans artists (You can have your students choose one commercial and write a dialogue).

http://www.stellarium.org/ - Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.

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