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ESL / EFL Current Events Lesson Plans: July - October 2009

Lessons from July - October 2009

• 2009-10-31: McDonald's pulls out of Iceland
• 2009-10-28: Twitter conference held in Los Angeles
• 2009-10-25: Obama declares H1N1 national emergency
• 2009-10-22: Drinking wine can rot your teeth
• 2009-10-19: Police charge Balloon Boy father
• 2009-10-16: Arctic ice may disappear in a decade
• 2009-10-13: Children can “imagine” pain away
• 2009-10-10: Miley Cyrus quits Twitter
• 2009-10-07: Mediterranean diets keep you happier
• 2009-10-04: Scientists find oldest human ancestor
• 2009-10-01: ‘Witch’ link denies JK Rowling top US award
• 2009-09-28: Smacking kids lowers their IQ
• 2009-09-25: Scientists say water is on the Moon
• 2009-09-22: Rent-a-friend agencies growing in Japan
• 2009-09-19: 3.8 million Kenyans in need of food aid
• 2009-09-16: Taking a shower may be bad for you
• 2009-09-13: World’s oldest person dies aged 115
• 2009-09-10: Samoa drivers switch to left side of road
• 2009-09-07: Put more babies into care: UK charity
• 2009-09-04: Woman fired for using capital letters
• 2009-09-01: EU switching to greener light bulbs
• 2009-08-29: California abduction: mystery deepens
• 2009-08-26: South Africans support Caster Semenya
• 2009-08-23: Australia may need extra seasons
• 2009-08-20: Europe celebrates 1989 ‘freedom picnic’
• 2009-08-17: Facial expressions are not universal
• 2009-08-14: Alcoholism – Russia’s ‘national disaster’
• 2009-08-11: China bride wears 2km-long wedding dress
• 2009-08-08: Scientists find a reason for itching
• 2009-08-05: ‘Sexting’ craze increasing among children
• 2009-08-02: Taiwan bans find-a-foreign-bride firms
• 2009-07-30: Coldplay to appear on The Simpsons
• 2009-07-27: Justin Timberlake opens own golf course
• 2009-07-21: World population aging at record rate
• 2009-07-18: Brazil fury over Britain’s toxic waste
• 2009-07-15: Microsoft to offer Windows online
• 2009-07-12: South Korea hit by cyber attacks
• 2009-07-09: Standing room on airplanes a possibility
• 2009-07-06: Dollar under threat as the global currency
• 2009-07-03: Israel and Hamas reject Amnesty report