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Downloadable worksheets: July 4th - Happy Birthday America - Quiz + Reading comprehension for Elementary and Lower intermediate students Level: elementary Age: 8-12 Downloads: 672   COLLOCATION 25 - COUNTRY, LAND, NATION, STATE Level: intermediate Age: 10-17 Downloads: 324   Invictus (A tribute to Nelson MANDELA) Level: intermediate Age: 12-100 Downloads: 242   Multiculturalism: one nation Level: intermediate Age: 14-17 Downloads: 219   NATION - NATIONALITY Level: elementary Age: 8-17 Downloads: 145   PET-LOVERS- A THEMATIC UNIT PLAN INCLUDING RELATED READING PASSAGE AND COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS + ANSWER KEY - A NATION OF PET-LOVERS :) Level: intermediate Age: 5-17 Downloads: 128

TV Nation      In 1950, only 9% of U.S. homes ownownedhas owned a television. Today 99 % of households have at least one TV and 56 % of 13 to 17 years olds have a television in hishertheir bedrooms. Most people with cable or satellite TV can watch over 200 channels. A recent survey  toldshowedsaythat children aged from 2 to 17 watched television for an average of 25 hours a week. One in five children watched more than 35 hours of TV each week. By the age of 18, the average American teenager spends more time watchingwatchwatches television than learning in the classroom. Children who watch too much TV do not do other important activities such as reading, talking with other people and getting exercise. As a result, experts believebelievedwere believingthat children who watch a lot of TV are fatter , less healthy and eat less healthy food. American TV is full of adverts. Most channels have a break for adverts  foreverya five or six minutes. By the time he or she is eighteen the average American child has watched 350,000 adverts. Many of thisthatthese  are for junk food and fizzy drinks and these aren't good for their health. There is also  manya lot ofmost violence on American TV. One study estimated that children watched 8,000 murders before they left primary school. Some studies suggest that there isthere aretheir is a link between the violence children watch on TV and violence in later life. Is this why violence bewasis a problem in many American schools? What do you think?