http://www.ypress.org/ - children's news network featuring articles written by teens
http://www.teennewspaper.com/ - teen newspaper offers the best teen news online written entirely by teens
http://home.comcast.net/~majerus-collins/homepage.htm – an online newspaper written by teens and for teens focusing on teen problems
http://www.teenmag.com/celeb-stuff/watch-t...reddie-highmore - an interview with Freddie Highmore, a 14-year old actor
http://www.backpacker.com/april_2008_featu.../articles/12362
http://www.teenink.com/Interviews/article/...risten-Stewart/ - an interview with the 16-year old actress Kristen Stewart
http://www.teenmag.com/celeb-stuff/watch-this-face/ - short interviews with young stars
Section 5. Are books media , too? - Почему чтение книг так необходимо человеку? Какие книги для подростков сейчас популярны? Какие книги советуют подросткам читать учителя в Англии, США и Канаде? Где найти в Интернете бесплатные книги для детей? Какие типы книг и книжные жанры существуют?
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/why-is-reading-important.html – a short article on why reading is important, you'll know all about benefits of reading
http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/ch...nt-for-children – an article about why reading is important for children
http://www.learn-to-read-prince-george.com...-important.html – 11 reasons of the significance of reading
http://www.whyreadingisimportant.com/ - brief information about the importance of reading, especially for children
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/books/69 - list of the currently most popular children’s books (updated hourly)
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html - links to information about popular modern and classic authors on the web
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Amer...n's_writers a list of American children’s writers
http://www.teachersfirst.com/100books.cfm - a list of 100 books recommended by an Education association for children
http://www.booktrustchildrensbooks.org.uk/Recommended-Books - books recommendations and reviews from “booktrust”, UK
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dKBrown/lists.html - several lists of recommended books, compiled in Canada
http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/toppicks/Top_Picks.htm - lists of recommended books by age and topic
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/buildingachildrenslibrary - books recommended for the children’s library by The Guardian newspaper, by age categories
http://teenadvice.about.com/cs/toppicks/tp/aatp080502a.htm – the top 10 favourite books written by teens about teen life
http://www.bygpub.com/books/tg2rw/books.htm – a list of 25 great book to read for teenagers
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=s...p;x=15&y=16 – a collection of books about teens life
http://www.laurenbaratzlogsted.com/html/books_for_teens.html – reviews of some popular books for teenagers
http://gardenofpraise.com/childlit.htm – classic literature – online books for kids and teens
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page - free e-books
http://www.bookloons.com/HANDHTML/teens.html – book reviews, contests and online reading for teens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Books_by_type - encyclopaedia entry about different types of books
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Books_by_genre - encyclopaedia entry about different book genres
Section 6. Reported speech - Где найти интерактивные упражнения на согласование времен, прямую и косвенную речь?
http://www.native-english.ru/practice/exercises/sequence/ - sequence of tenses exercises
http://home.zcu.cz/~jhamarov/Gr_sequence_index.htm – grammar exercises on sequence of tenses
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/reported.htm - grammar exercises on reported speech, indirect speech
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_reported1.htm – reported speech quiz
Section 7. Try yourself as a writer — Где найти биографию французского философа и писателя Вольтера? Где прочитать рассказ подростка о его/её любимой книге? Какие авторы - самые популярные в Великобритании и России? Как работают школьные библиотеки в Британии и России? Где найти информацию о школьных книжных ярмарках? Где найти обзоры книг, написанные детьми?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire - encyclopaedia entry about Voltaire
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7308/index.html – biographical information on Voltaire, pictures, links to outside sources of information
http://www.oppapers.com/subjects/my-favour...book-page1.html – free essays on “My favourite story book” for students
http://www.well.com/~lonewolf/essays/books.html – a reader's impressions of some of his favourite books
http://www.booksellerworld.com/popular-libraryauthors.htm top 10 most popular UK library authors
http://www.filedbyblog.com/2009/02/09/2008...n-uk-libraries/ - 2008's most popular books in UK libraries
http://www.russiandatingcenter.com/russian_literature.html – a short article about popular authors of Russian literature of the 19th-20th centuries
http://www.santafelibrary.org/authors2006.html – the 100 most popular authors in 2006
http://www.school-libraries.net/ - a website created by school librarians, contains information about school libraries of the UK, Russia, the USA and other countries
http://www.millhill.org.uk/news/archive/20...g.html#bookfair - a brief report about a book fair
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=11718 – brief descriptions about book fairs held by Scholastic
http://www.bisb.hu/index.php?page=165&l=1 – a Book Week at the British school in Budapest
http://www.homeschoolbookfair.org/ - information about a Home School Book Fair in Arlington, TX, the USA
http://www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/bookfair.html - links to the websites of book fairs and book festivals from the Library of Congress
http://www.spaghettibookclub.org/title.php - book reviews written by children
http://www.bookreviewsbykids.com/archive/r...archivelist.htm - book reviews written by children
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/books/ - book reviews written by children from a British school
http://www.cool-reads.co.uk/ - reviews written by 14-15-year olds
Unit 4. Trying to become a successful person.
Section 1. Who is a successful person? - Где найти биографии А.Пугачевой, Ю. Гагарина, У.Диснея, Ч.Чаплина, Матери Терезы, Дж.Лондона, И.Родниной, Г.Улановой, Г.Каспарова, группы «Битлз», В.Полунина?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alla_Pugacheva - encyclopaedia entry about A.Pugacheva
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin - encyclopaedia entry about Y.Gagarin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney - encyclopaedia entry about W.Disney
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin - encyclopaedia entry about Ch.Chaplin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa - encyclopaedia entry about Mother Teresa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London - encyclopaedia entry about J.London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_Rodnina - encyclopaedia entry about I.Rodnina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galina_Ulanova - encyclopaedia entry about G.Ulanova
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Kasparov - encyclopaedia entry about G.Kasparov
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slava_Polunin - encyclopaedia entry about S.Polunin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles - encyclopaedia entry about the Beatles
Section 2. Family is a good start — Почему семья так важна в жизни человека? Какие основные проблемы в семье возникают у подростков? Как избежать таких проблем и как с ними справиться? Где найти советы для родителей и подростков как сделать жизнь в семье счастливой и радостной?
http://fami.ly/important/ - this article explains why family is so important for human
http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/wha...family-578.html - an article about what is important for family
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1...tant.html?cat=7 — the real story about why family is so important in our life
http://www.burstingthebubble.com/ - this site explains how teens can identify violence and abuse within the family and what can be done to help
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/Parents/fight.html - short article explains why teens have arguments with their parents so often and what reasons for these arguments are
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/famil...to_parents.html - this article explains to teenagers the benefits of communicating with parents and other adults an everyday difficult problems and situations
http://ezinearticles.com/?Chores-For-Teena...s&id=486508 – some tips for parents on how to train their children to do chores with pleasure
http://www.realfamiliesrealfun.com/kw/ - the modern information source for kids and parents how to help make family time quality happy time
Section 3. What is bullying? - Какие основные проблемы существуют у подростков в школе и дома? Какие советы и рекомендации дают психологи, чтобы избежать этих проблем и как с ними справиться, если они есть? Где найти рассказ подростка о своих школьных или домашних проблемах? Существует ли проблема запугивания детей в Великобритании? Как посоветовать ребенку вести себя, чтобы избежать таких ситуаций? Какие службы существуют для помощи детям в таких ситуациях? Где найти информацию и сайт Childline?
http://parentingteens.about.com/b/2008/03/...t-home-help.htm — a mother seeks advise on her child's problem, including some recommendation from a guide to teen’s parents
http://www.troubledteensguide.com/ - a website dedicated to most frequent teenage problems in USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia
http://www.webmd.com/balance/stress-manage...ngers-in-school - a brief article on how teen stress at home lingers in school
http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/...has_people.html — some information about how teen problems at home and at school make them feel stressed
http://www.wikihow.com/Overcome-Problems-at-School-or-Home — tips for teenagers on how to overcome problems at school and at home
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IB...3/ai_n26948705/ - the story of a 16-year old girl who had problems at school and was diagnosed and treated for ADHD (Attention -Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), how to solve such problems
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/20...eforyoungpeople - advice to young people who can encounter bullying
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2002/11/15793/13831 - advice for parents and families, whose children may encounter bullying
http://www.bullying.co.uk/- a British anti-bullying charity
http://autisminnb.blogspot.com/2009/02/hel...pink-today.html - an article about anti-bullying day
http://www.cary-memorial.lib.me.us/bullyweb/metimes.htm - a story about what a school can do to stop bullying
http://www.bullying.co.uk/links/antibullying_websites.aspx - a list of anti-bullying websites
http://stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids/ - what children can do to stop bullying
http://www.childline.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx – the Childline website where children can find help and advice for any problem they have: bullying, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, domestic violence, self harm, etc
Section 4.Why are family holidays important? - Где найти информацию о перечисленных в учебнике праздниках? Какие основные праздники существуют в Британии,Америке, Канаде, Австралии, Новой Зеландии и России? Что семейные традиции значат для каждой семьи и как создать новые семейные традиции? Где найти описание подростком своей семьи? Как писать поздравление к празднику и как это делать с удовольствием?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas - encyclopaedia entry about Christmas
http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm – Christmas traditions around the world
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine's_Day - encyclopaedia entry about St. Valentine's Day
http://www.stvalentinesday.org/traditions-and-customs.html – information about Valentine's Day traditions and customs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day - encyclopaedia entry about Australia Day
http://www.australiaday.gov.au/experience/ - information about Australia Day awards, celebrations, aims and events
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Day - encyclopaedia entry about Canada Day
http://canadaonline.about.com/od/canadaday...dachecklist.htm - things you need to know to celebrate Canada Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_...(United_States) - encyclopaedia entry about Independence Day
http://www.americanfamilytraditions.com/independence_day.htm – family traditions of Independence Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waitangi_Day - encyclopaedia entry about Waitangi Day
http://www.wikihow.com/Celebrate-Waitangi-Day – an article about how to celebrate Waitangi Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States) - encyclopaedia entry about Thanksgiving Day
http://www.thanksgiving.org.uk/thanksgivin...-practices.html – traditions and customs of
Thanksgiving Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day_(May_9) - encyclopaedia entry about Victory Day
(May 9th)
http://www.123independenceday.com/russian/ - brief information about Independence Day of
Russia
http://www.travelcentre.com.au/travel/russ...n_christmas.htm – a short article about Russian
Christmas, its customs and traditions
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/cu...s/holidays.html – holidays and notable special
days in Great Britain
http://www.destination360.com/europe/uk/events-holidays - learn about many holidays and
festivals in the United Kingdom
http://www.usa.gov/citizens/holidays.shtml - learn about the holidays Americans celebrate throughout the year, including federal holidays
http://www.canada-city.ca/holidays.php – information about holidays in Canada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Australia - encyclopaedia entry about public holidays in Australia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_New_Zealand - encyclopaedia entry about public holidays in New Zealand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Russia - encyclopaedia entry about public holidays in Russia
http://library.adoption.com/articles/creat...traditions.html –some suggestions for creating some family traditions
http://www.americanfamilytraditions.com/ - this website is dedicated American family traditions
http://www.foreverfamilies.net/xml/article...traditions.aspx – an article about what family traditions mean, some ideas of new family traditions
http://www.bookrags.com/essay-2004/9/25/55639/6635 – a student essay about his family
http://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/all/arti...mily-Tradition/ - a teen's story about his family traditions
http://www.exampleessays.com/viewpaper/91210.html – example of an essay on My Family
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/acHowto...rojid=c00694904 – some tips on how to write greeting card messages
http://www.ehow.com/how_2073127_write-greeting-cards.html – step by step instructions on how to write greeting cards
http://www.birthday-greetingcards-tipbaske...etingcards.html – some advice on how to do writing greeting cards a pleasant activity
Section 5. Is it easy to be independent? - Что значит быть независимым? Как подростки
понимают независимость? Какие проблемы взаимоотношений существуют между родителями и подростками? Какие самые распространенные претензии родителей по отношению к детям и наоборот? Где найти советы психолога, как разрешать конфликты родителей и детей? Должны ли родители вмешиваться в отношения подростка и его друзей? Как подростки в разных странах тратят свои карманные деньги?Каково мнение родителей сколько денег на карманные расходы достаточно для ребенка и должны ли подростки сами их зарабатывать? Где найти полезные советы для подростка, как и на чем экономить? Какие обязанности по дому существуют у подростков?