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The Thredbo Landslide
The Thredbo disaster is known as one of the deadliest landslides in Australia�s history. Students watch the video about it and then answer some questions, testing their comprehension and knowledge of vocabulary.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
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Downloads: 13
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I gave it all up... to live off the land
The article is from The Guardian about a woman who gave up life in the city to live off the land with her boyfriend. There are questions to test vocabulary and comprehension. Answers are included.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
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Downloads: 21
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Mount Kosciuszko
Learn about mainland Australia�s highest mountain! There are some questions to test reading comprehension and answers are included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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Downloads: 15
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The Story of Holden
Here�s a worksheet about the early years of an Australian car company called Holden. There are questions to test comprehension and also vocabulary.
I used one of the worksheet templates kindly provided by PhilipR; thank you Philip!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type:
Downloads: 26
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Weird Things About Australia
I found an article on news.com.au: "American who moved to Australia reveals �weird� things about our country"
If you wanted to, you could perhaps also include her TikTok videos in the lesson, to help with listening as well as reading subskills.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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Downloads: 15
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Zebra - John Butler Trio
The John Butler Trio are an Australian roots/rock band led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler.
This 2003 song has some good examples of opposite words. There�s an exercise to complete the missing words. There are four phrases for students to try and work out the meaning of. Oh and the answers are included!
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
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Plastic Free July
Plastic Free July provides resources and ideas to help you reduce single-use plastic waste everyday at home, work, school, and even at your local caf�. The movement has inspired over 250 million participants in 177 countries. This is a short worksheet about it, with some questions and answers to test vocabulary and comprehension.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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Downloads: 28
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Human rights activist �forced to flee DRC� over child cobalt mining lawsuit
This worksheet references an article from the Guardian about an activist who helped with a lawsuit against tech companies alleging child exploitation in cobalt mining.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
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Downloads: 27
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An electric car that can do 750 miles per charge?!
A news article about a new super-efficient electric car concept, the Vision EQXX, which will apparently be capable of more than 750 miles of range on a single charge. Let�s see if this becomes reality, and if so, when!
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
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Brexit �opportunity to ban supertrawlers from UK waters�
A reading comprehension exercise based on a recent article from The Guardian.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
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Downloads: 11
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