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Friday, October 7, 2011

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - Nobel Peace Prize Resources

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - Nobel Peace Prize Resources:

Nobel Peace Prize Resources



As The New York Times has reported, 2011′s Nobel Peace Prize winners are “Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf — Africa’s first elected female president — her compatriot, peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakul Karman of Yemen, a pro-democracy campaigner.” Here are additions to The Best Sites To Learn About The Nobel Peace Prize.

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Three Activist Women is from The New York Times.

Nobel Peace prize winners – the full list is an infographic from The Guardian.

Yemen’s ‘Mother of the Revolution’, Liberian president, peace activist share Nobel prize is from MSNBC.

Here’s a video from CNN:

A closer look at the Nobel Peace Prize is a video and article from CNN.


Another Fun Video For ESL/EFL



I’ll be showing my Beginning ESL class this video tomorrow. It’ll be a fun one to end the week with, and we’ll write sentences together describing what we saw:


“What Are Critiques Of Standardized Tests & What Are Alternatives?”

Four Good Online Video Games

“What Are Critiques Of Standardized Tests & What Are Alternatives?”