Title: Welcome Back Date: 1 March 2018 Topic: A school told a girl to stay at home because of her pink hair, but now she can go back to school. Parents in Ginza, Tokyo are surprised because their children's school wants designer uniforms for students. (School uniforms, civil rights, hairstyles, using will to make future predictions, designing a school uniform). Level Elementary
Title: Thinking of You! Date: 1 March 2018 Topic: London police are sending criminals birthday cards with a picture of their local police station. Estonian police are sending Christmas cards to the country's worst drivers. Do this lesson to discover why. (Police, crime, birthday cards, 'present continuous') Level Pre-Intermediate
Title: For a Laugh Date: 14 March 2018 Topic: The usual swag of April Fool's Day pranks and jokes. Has the world gone mad? No. It was just another April Fool's Day, the international day of tomfoolery when pranks, hoaxes, and practical jokes remind us not to take ourselves too seriously. (April Fool's Day, tricks and hoaxes, listening for specific information, scanning, reading for meaning, information exchange.) Level Intermediate
Title: Let's All Move To Finland Date: 3 April 2018 Topic: Finland is the world’s happiest country, according to an survey that also found Americans were getting less happy even as their country became richer. (United Nations, Finland, discrimination, discourse markers) Level Upper-Intermediate
Title: Designing The Downhill Date: 26 January 2018 Topic: It’s the ninth time he’s designed the Olympic downhill ski course, but Bernhard Russi will still feel his nerves tauten when racing gets under way in South Korea next month. Further playing on his nerves, though, is the knowledge of the extreme risks faced by the men and women trying to conquer the course he has set. (Downhill skiing, Winter Olympics, safety.) Level Advanced

Key:
	Click on this icon to view the lesson on the screen.
	Click on this icon for a better quality printout of the lesson (requires Acrobat Reader from Adobe)
	Click on this icon for linked Instant Workbook exercises.