Contemporary culture

Bad fads museum
ESL Lessons for Social Trends

Talking about Fashion, trends and hobbies (PDF)

Brainstorming social trends  vocabulary exercise for students (PDF)

Changes crossword (PDF)

Lesson plans for ELT and ESL featuring contemporary cultural happenings

Keep your English up todate from the BBC (Note the PDF downloads contain complete lessons)

Conversation Questions for teaching fads and trends

The Anatomy of Cool: Questionnaire

Brainstorming movies (PDF)

New International Cooking and Eating Trends

Health risks of body art lesson

Public transport survey handout

Topics for Social Trends Lessons

Readings and articles about hot topics
about teenagers (New Scientist)

Topics & Readings for Teenagers

Social trends to watch in 2005

Social Trend Lessons from the
News (from Breakingnewsenglish.com )

Breakfast helps girls stay slim

"Web users going to Wikipedia for news"

"Home robots on sale in Japan"

"BBC to put programs online"

"Site for beautiful people only" lesson about networking website

Fashion/Appearance Lessons for Teaching
ESL Students

"What people do for fashion" discussion worksheet
(PDF)

Fashion questions for an ESL speaking/discusion class

Fashion & shopping questionnaire

Fashion discussion lesson

More Conversation Questions: Clothes & Fashion

Image Conscious: ESL lesson with worksheets for teachers & students

Lesson Outline: Design a Jacket for 21st century teenagers... Secondary and Adult Students

Brainstorming hairstyles exercise (PDF)

Analyzing a social trend: hairstyles (PDF)


Technology Lessons  Plans for ESL Teachers

Technology lesson plan   including
technology survey worksheet (PDF)

Technology: a blessing or a  curse lesson

BBC Lesson: Spam

Lesson & worksheet:  The Cell Phone Age

Mobile Phones:ESL lesson & worksheets for teachers & students


Teaching Students the Language of Consumerism

The latest gadget. Consumerism gone slightly mad or consumers who are pioneering early adopters? (Upper-intermediate +)

Lesson & worksheet:  The Cell Phone Age

The Price of Happiness: Student Questionnaire

Teen consumer true/false quiz