GLOBAL GANG
WWW.GLOBALGANG.ORG.UK
GlobalGang.org.uk has been brought to the Internet by the organization Christian Aid. Its aim is to generate awareness of global issues and present a place where children throughout the world can communicate and learn about each other's cultures.
There are six main sections including, Hot News, Global Gossip, Games, Homework Help, Real Life and Planet Teacher.
Each section aims to educate and entertain, which it does with the help of colorful backgrounds and site caricatures. Within this site you can read and submit jokes, submit messages for global viewing, find topics to help you with your homework, read top stories from children around the world and play games online.
If you are a teacher and are looking for ideas on how to bring global issues into the classroom then look no further. All resources presented in 'Planet Teacher' can be downloaded into PDF documents. For a complete guide to Global Gang's news, views, gossip and fun click the 'Site Map' link.
CULT SIRENS
WWW.CULTSIRENS.COM
This site pays homage to the ever comely, often badass, yet woefully under appreciated "scream queens". In other words cultsirens.com brings to you a site full of hard-working actresses who never quite gained that celebrity A-list status but who did however leave a lasting screen impression.
Their lack of dialogue and plot participation by no means wipes them from our memories. Their roles may have been cringe worthy and their failed careers may have had something to do with the fact that their most bankable assets were often gratuitously and rarely tastefully revealed.
Yet despite all the odds they are rewarded for their screen contribution within the pages of cultsirens.com.
Some of the scream queens listed on the site have broken the ranks and have managed to obtain a more salubrious status thanks to Oscar wins. For a connection to the next best thing, log onto www.cultsirens.com.
CRAZY FADS
WWW.CRAZYFADS.COM
Crazyfads.com is pretty self explanatory, within the pages of this website you will be faced with quite an interesting collection of the craziest fads that have come and gone over the years. Crazyfads.com spans the 1920s to the 1990s and is jam packed with silly and serious fads that helped change and shape our society.
Whether you simply want to reminisce or find out what was cool when your parents and grandparents were younger, then this is one site that will provide you with the bigger picture.
If there is a particular fad that sticks in your mind for a certain era but is not displayed on the website, then you are invited to submit a fad for consideration by the crazy fad crew. The layout of this site is very simple and easy to follow, simply select the era that interests you, read the fad list and if something catches your eye, click the 'learn more' link for a more elaborate and more detailed explanation of that fad.
