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Essential UK provides lesson plans, materials, activities and useful links based on contemporary United Kingdom topics and issues.

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3.666665	Who does better? Theme: Girls’ performance in the GCSE exams. UK exam system. Lexical area: School subjects and exam related vocabulary Cross curricular link: Relevant to all areas of the curriculum
3.77778	Christmas Theme: Christmas Lexical area: Christmas vocabulary
5	Reading house Theme: Buildings and lifestyles, personal taste. Lexical area: Buildings, features of buildings and decoration Cross curricular links: History, Geography, Art.
3.75	Halloween Theme: Halloween Lexical area: Superstition Cross curricular links: Personal and social education
3	Toys, fads and fashion Theme: Toys, fashions and consumerism Lexical area: Toys, definitions Cross curricular links: History, social science, economics.


5	Tattoos Theme: Tattoos Lexical area: Tattoo designs and body parts.
5	Cool Brands UK Theme: What’s cool and what’s not Lexical area: Fashions and branding
5	Reading house Theme: Buildings and lifestyles, personal taste. Lexical area: Buildings, features of buildings and decoration Cross curricular links: History, Geography, Art.
5	Child’s play Theme: Childhood games – in connection with the recent ban of conkers and other typical playground games in UK schools.
5	Changing lives Theme: Downshifting and the difference between rural lifestyles and urban lifestyles. Lexical area: Adjectives to describe lifestyle, comparatives and descriptions of routines. Cross curricular links: Personal and Social Education, Social Science, Geography.


5	A Boyhood Home Theme: The National Trust, the restoration of John Lennon's childhood home and the life of Lennon Lexical area: Historical periods, talking about past memories and life histories. Cross curricular links: History, Music, Cultural Studies.
3.333335	A fizzy drink and a bag of crisps Theme: Talking about healthy eating and eating habits. The poor dietary habits of children in the UK and recent reports on child obesity. Lexical area: food and drink, nutritional content of foods Cross curricular links: Personal and social education, biology and the science of nutrition.
4	A Generation of couch potatoes Theme: Health, fitness, lifestyles Lexical area: Sports, recreational activities, frequency adverbs Cross curricular links: Personal and social education
4.444445	A Multicultural Society Theme: Immigration, demography, ethnic minorities Lexical area: Countries, religions Cross curricular links: History, geography, citizenship, citizenship
4.666665	About a novelist Theme: The author Nick Hornby and tastes in books and films. Lexical area: Adjectives to describe books or films, types of story and the language to describe future ambitions. Cross curricular links: Literature.


ved12 United States of America	video game addiction is common but there it can shows number of side effects on your health.... read comment
Rob Lewis Poland	Hi seemoo I'd say a intermediate/high intermediate level - though if you're teaching a... read comment
seemoo Australia	Hi, What level would you say this lesson is written for? Cheers s read comment

ved12
United States of America

video game addiction is common but there it can shows number of side effects on your health....
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Rob Lewis
Poland

Hi seemoo

I'd say a intermediate/high intermediate level - though if you're teaching a...
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seemoo
Australia

Hi,

What level would you say this lesson is written for?

Cheers


A Boyhood Home
A fizzy drink and a bag of crisps
A Generation of couch potatoes
A Multicultural Society
About a novelist
And the Romans came
Animation
April Fool’s Day
Bonfire Night
Brit awards 2010
Changing lives
Charity Wristbands
Child’s play
Chocolate
Christmas
Computer Gaming
Consumer Power
Cooking and TV chefs
Cool Brands UK
Credit Crunch