Reading Page 2

Level 100 = beginner/advanced beginner
Level 200 = intermediate
Level 300 = upper intermediate
Level 400 = advanced

Level 300 and up	Annenberg/CPB's Exhibits - These excellent exhibits extend Annenberg/CPB's well known video series into the area of multimedia web projects. For each topic, you will not only see text and graphics, but will be invited to take part in hands-on, interactive activities to help you learn. There are fifteen exhibits, including cinema (try to write a movie script!), weather (want to chase a tornado?!), amusement park physics (design your own roller coaster!), medical ethics (post your opinions to the Internet), and more! Enjoy these high quality exhibits. Spend some time on them and you will learn a lot! http://www.learner.org/exhibits/
Level 300 and up	Anthropology Tutorials (Dennis O'Neil)- Beautifully designed and intelligently organized resource from Palomar College presents physical and cultural anthropology tutorials. Topics include evolution, genetics, heredity, ethnicity and race, sex and marriage and much more! There are flashcards, comprehension questions, crossword puzzles and more to help you acquire knowledge and test your learning at http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/
Level 300 and up	Ask a Biologist - Seeing Color (Arizona State University) - Some people cannot see color--we say they are "color-blind." Do humans and animals see the same colors? How do our eyes see color? Find out! You can test yourself to see if you are color-blind. You can learn what colors animals see. And finally, you can take a quiz to see how much you learned about seeing color! http://ls.la.asu.edu/askabiologist/research/seecolor/index.html
Level 300 and up	Culture Lab UK - This British Council site has interesting articles on design, digital, fashion, film, life, and music. Double click any word in the articles for definitions. There are interactive "fact files" and links to learning activities for many of the articles at http://www.culturelab.co.uk/site/templates/issue1/home.asp Click here if you need to download Shockwave® or Flash®.
Level 300 and up	Educational Web Adventures - Discover the world of art, science, nature and social studies with Web Adventures and online activities! Here are two Web Adventure activities to learn about the environment: Build-A-Prairie: Take the Build-a-Prairie challenge! Choose the best plants and animals to bring to your prairie restoration site&emdash;and be sure to avoid dangerous exotic species! Then watch the prairie come to life in exciting animations! http://www1.umn.edu/bellmuse/mnideals/prairie/ Want to try another? Here's the Watershed Game: Did you know that 99% of the earth's water is salt water? How can we be sure that the 1% of earth's fresh water stays clean and pure? Watersheds are one part of the answer. Make choices in the Watershed Game and see how your decisions affect the balance of nature! http://www1.umn.edu/bellmuse/mnideals/watershed/watershed2.html
Level 300 and up	Field Trip Trail Heads (Tramline, Inc.) - Use the web to take virtual field trips. A few example field trips are Deserts, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Sharks, and Fierce Creatures. Before beginning the field trip, print out the Trailhead page, which has vocabulary and questions about your field trip. Then, click on the "Let's Go" button to begin. Your trip will go from Web site to Web site by clicking on the Forward Arrow in the bottom right of the screen. When you finish your field trip, check to see if you have learned the vocabulary and can answer the questions you printed out at http://www.field-trips.org/
Level 300 and up	Happy News - Our basic belief is not that people should be insulated from bad news. Far from it. We encourage people to be fully engaged, fully informed citizens. That means we need to know the good and the bad. We just believe much of the traditional media has strayed from this course, and reports a disproportionate amount of negative news. We are trying to balance the scales back out. Plus, let's be honest, there are some days when we have just "had enough" and need a pick-me-up. Hopefully this site accomplishes that. http://www.happynews.com
Level 300 and up	Hye-Jin's Tale (Brian Rhodes) - A story about a North Korean soldier who meets a South Korean woman, and their adventure. The story is based on a 1996 incident where a North Korean spy submarine ran aground on the east coast of South Korea. There are 12 chapters, each in PDF (adobe portable document format), including comprehension questions. There is also a 23-page pdf file about the submarine incident and the status of life in North Korea. There are no audio files yet at http://international.ouc.bc.ca/hyejin/ Click if you need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader®
Level 300 and up	In Search of the Ways of Knowing (Brookfield Zoo) - Explore the Ituri Forest in Central Africa with the help of Kenge and his friends. Using the Forest Factbook as a helpful guide, you'll work your way through this branching adventure to proceed along The Ways of Knowing Trail. Hope you're successful at http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/pagegen/wok/ways_index.html Click here if you need to download Shockwave® or Flash®.
Level 300 and up	InterLink Reading - There are "mini" stories (adapted from longer works) along with cloze exercises; speed reading exercises (a phrase is flashed on the screen and you choose the correct one in a multiple choice format); and extensive readings (full articles/stories), just for reading--no exercises. http://eslus.com/LESSONS/READING/READ.HTM
Level 300 and up	Kiosk-Journal of Geopolitics - This is one-stop shopping-for "country" research projects. Click on the name of a country; you'll get a map and basic background information (like in an encyclopedia). However, there is much more. You'll find links organized into groupings such as: News and Current Events, History and Culture, Government and Politics, Economics and Development, In-Country Information, and Travel and Tour. Even if you are not doing a research project, this makes for fascinating and educational reading! http://www.bay.k12.fl.us/pdk/kiosk/
Level 300 and up	LawBuzz - You really can't understand U.S. history or culture if you don't know about some of the country's most famous legal cases. LawBuzz is the place to read about them. The English is not easy, but it is easier than if you read the actual legal cases. You will see categories which include: Famous Trials, Trials without Justice, Can you believe?, Stories Behind the Movies, Legal Tyranny, and more! Want to read one of the U.S. Supreme Courts worst decisions? Have a look at Plessy v. Ferguson! http://www.lawbuzz.com/story_directory.html Click here if you need to download Shockwave® or Flash®.
Level 300 and up	Learners Online Weekly Online Lessons - This resource is designed for native English speaking students, but is great for high intermediate/advanced ESL/EFL learners. The Weekly Online Lessons guide you through an interactive thematic unit that links you to a series of related Web sites. To complete the lesson, you visit an online news source to connect your learning to current events. There is a new lesson each week. There is also an archive where all past lessons are collected. Themes include: Social Studies & History, Math, Language Arts, Science, Technology, Art, Government/Politics, Multidisciplinary, Health/Sports, and Business/Marketing http://www.learnersonline.com/weekly/index.htm
Level 300 and up	National Geographic Features - When you think of beautiful images and fascinating information about far away places, National Geographic magazine comes to mind. Here is a listing of the online feature stories of National Geographic from 1997 to the present. The variety is amazing: see features such as Lightening: the Shocking Story, Lewis & Clark Online Base Camp, Fallout: Eye on the Volcano, Secrets of the Gene, Trekking Nepal, Pearl Harbor: What Really Happened. There is something here for everyone! Click here if you need to download Shockwave® or Flash®.
Level 300 and up	New York Times Online News Summaries - Daily summaries of all the top news stories. Just click on the link to see the full story. Also, click at the top of the page to turn on the on-line vocabulary dictionary and geography encyclopedia. Read these summaries and you'll know the important world and U.S. events each day! http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/index.html Review by Shan Rahman
Level 300 and up	Short Stories at East of the Web - Excellent short stories in the following categories: fiction, sci-fi and fantasy, horror, romance, humor, non-fiction, crime, children, and hyperfiction (coming soon). NOTE: You can click on the "length of story" link to find stories of only 1 or 2 pages if you like! http://www.short-stories.co.uk/
Level 300 and up	Tell Us Your Story: A Discussion Forum on Disabilities - What does it mean to be "disabled?" How do disabled people live, go to school, work and raise families? Most of the articles on this site are written by and about disabled people. Writing by Saeed Al-Dhaheri
Level 300 and up	Time 100 - The Most Important People of the Century - Who has had the greatest impact on the 20th century? TIME magazine has profiled 100 remarkable people who changed the world during the last 100 years, for better or worse. The five categories are Leaders & Revolutionaries, Artists & Entertainers, Builders & Titans, Scientists & Thinkers, and Heroes & Icons. In December, 1999, Time will choose the Person of the Century. There is a pull-down menu so you can easily choose to read about any of the 100 persons. There is also a *cool* Time 100 Challenge. You have to match famous names and faces--or listen to famous quotes and match them with the speaker. It's great fun and you'll learn a lot about historical figures! Before you play this game, follow these steps: 1) Select this text with your mouse--> http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/reading2.html 2) Choose "copy" from the "edit" menu 3) Open a new browser window (In Netscape, go to File--> New Navigator. In Explorer, go to File--> New Window) 4) Click in the box where the URL (Web address) goes. Choose "Paste" from the "Edit" menu. 5) Finally, click this link: biography.com Now, if you want to find out more information about any of the people you see in the Time 100 Challenge, you can look up their names at biography.com. With two browser windows open, you can move back and forth between the Time 100 site and biography.com. Cool!!! Review by Anonymous M.L. King - by Yu-Shan Liu M.L. King - by Mohamed Al Hurmoodi Thomas Edison -by Saif Al Khaili
Level 300 and up	Tower of English Humor - These sites contain some very silly stuff! But for most of them, you'll have to read to understand! If you can't understand the humor, ask an English-speaking friend or teacher for help. Don't forget that the "Your Turn" activities will give you a chance to improve your English! http://towerofenglish.com/humor.html
Level 300 and up	TV411 Reading - (ALMA- Adult Literacy Media Alliance) - Interactive activities that help you learn reading skills. Some topics include: Comprehending Business Problems, Finding Faulty Logic, Parts of a Newspaper, Reading Charts and Graphs, Reading Maps, Scanning for Specifics, Structure of a News Story, Summarizing, and Using Context Clues. Some exercises also include follow-up writing activities! You'll need Flash v. 6 or later. http://www.tv411.org/reading/ Click here if you need to download Flash®.
Level 300 and up	Who's Who and What's What - NY Times Quiz - Do you know the answer to this question? "Of the 43.4 million Americans that do not have health insurance, according to the Census Bureau, what group is the most likely to be without it?"   a) Children b) Sick people approaching age 65 c) People over 65 d) Adults who work for low wages? You choose an answer, then click the button, "See how you did." Your answers are graded and the correct answers are given. Or, click on links to go to articles in the NY Times where you will find answers to the questions. There's a new quiz every day of the week! http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/quiz/index.html Review by Yeo Sun Yoon Review by Mansour Al-Dhaheri
Do you want more?	See Reading Resources for English Language Learners (John McVicker - Ohio University) - You will find links for Reading resources for everyone, Reading resources for English language learners, Activities and Quizzes, Stories, Songs, Poems, Interactive Fiction, Etcetera. http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/reading.html See also World News Sources (John McVicker - Ohio University) - The main categories are: Today's News, News Topic Search, News Directories, Newspapers, Magazines, Radio, Television and Sports. You can find the news you want on-line! Use this source for pleasure reading or research! http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/news/index.html Click here if you need to download RealAudio®.

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