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1. Voices of Youth

   Format(s): Website

   Voices of Youth is UNICEF’s online place for young people to learn more about issues affecting their world. Discover more about issues such as human rights, Education, health, the environment and learn about what young people are doing to make a difference.

2. Board Game: About Me

   In: Activate Games for Learning American English: Board Games Format(s): Text

   The board game About Me gives students a variety of prompts to talk about themselves. For this board game, you will find the downloadable game, game instructions, and game variations.

3. Board Game: Which One is Different? Why?

   In: Activate Games for Learning American English: Board Games Format(s): Text

   The board game Which One Is Different? Why? gives students an opportunity to debate which idea is different from the rest. For this board game, you will find the downloadable game, game instructions, and game variations.

4. Picture This

   In: Activate Games for Learning American English: Picture This Format(s): Text

   Picture This cards are a set of cards that can be used for a variety of conversation and word games in English classes. Picture This cards stimulate conversation through a series of thematically related questions and interesting images that engage students.

5. Picture This – In a Minute

   In: Activate Games for Learning American English: Picture This Format(s): Text

   In a Minute provides students with practice forming questions that begin with wh- words: who, what, when, where, why, and how. First, players read and respond to the six ques­tions on a Picture This card. Then players race to write as many questions as they can in a set amount of time. This game works best in small groups.

6. Activate: Games for Learning American English - Word Bricks

   Format(s): Text

   Word Bricks help students identify word patterns in sentences. This overview will teach you sentence structure and patterns and help you to master all of the Word Bricks games!

7. Word Bricks-Brick Bingo

   In: Activate: Games for Learning American English - Word Bricks Format(s): Text

   Brick Bingo helps students make connections between the spoken and written forms of words in a fun, low-stress game. Download the game and instructions!

8. Learner Training - Developing Student Autonomy to Increase Engagement

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This webinar stresses the importance of incorporating learner training into the English language learning curriculum.

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   Lainey Wilson

   Format(s): MP3, Text, Video

   Lainey Wilson is a multi-award-winning singer-songwriter and actress, who took home her first Grammy this past year for “Best Country Album.” One of the most awarded artists at the 2023 CMA Awards, Wilson has proved to be quite the “artist to watch.”

10. Unpublished

    Denyce Graves

    Format(s): MP3, Text, Video

    American mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves has graced nearly all of the major world opera house stages and concert halls during her three-decades long career. Graves is also the Artistic Director and Founder of the Denyce Graves Foundation.

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