Carnivals around the world :

• Barack Obama and Silvio Berlusconi feature on satirical carnival floats in Europe (11 pictures)
  "In Cologne, Barack Obama is depicted as a cowboy guarding a fort, while Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leads a Trojan horse containing a nuclear bomb towards him."
  (telegraph.co.uk)

  

• Huge crowds flock to Rio carnival
  "Thousands of people have been joining in carnival celebrations in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro."
  (BBC)

  

• Carnival : Origins of the Carnival season - Special celebrations around the world - Funfairs...
  (Wikipedia)

• Carnival : Definition - Origins - Shrovetide - Special celebrations around the world
  (The Free Dictionary)

• Carnival - with photos -
  San Francisco - Toronto - London - New York - Trinidad - New Orleans - Vera Cruz, MX
  (carnaval.com)

  

Notting Hill Carnival (in London) : Click on the map.

• London Carnival with a video and a song : FLY - Destra Garcia
  (londoncarnival.co.uk:80)

• Notting Hill Carnival (BBC)
  Explore "its history and traditions, with plenty of lively music and voices."
  
  
  
  

• The Notting Hill CARNIVAL (information) - (carnaval.com)

• The Notting Hill Carnival (BBC)
  Audio + PICTURES

• The Notting Hill Carnival - a gallery of photographs (nottinghillcarnival.org.uk)
  
  

New Orleans Mardi Gras (in Louisiana, USA) : Click on the map.

• New Orleans - Mardi Gras as History (PBS)

  

• New Orleans Mardi Gras (information, history, pictures and videos)
  (mardigrasneworleans)

Interactive exercises :

• Quiz - Mardi Gras
  - "It's Carnival Time here in Louisiana. Here are some questions on the Mardi Gras experience. Note, a Krewe is the group of people who organize and ride the floats."
  (funtrivia.com)

• Quiz - Mardi Gras
  - "There are lots of misconceptions about Mardi Gras... how much do you really know about it?"
  (funtrivia.com)

• Notting Hill Carnival - interactive exercises (formation.paysdelaloire.iufm.fr:80)

  

Lesson plans :

• Rio carnival says "no" to violence - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)

• Carnival - a lesson plan (Elementary - Pre-Intermediate)
  with Notting Hill Carnival, London - Rio de Janeiro Carnival - New Orleans Mardi Gras
  (mardigrasneworleans)

• Carnival for Pre-Intermediate - Intermediate (Reward English)

• Carnival - a lesson plan (absolutenglish-972)
  "In this lesson, you will learn some basic vocabulary and facts on the Rio de Janeiro Carnival in Brazil
  and the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Great Britain."

• The Notting Hill Carnival ( Inside Out)
  - Student's Worksheet
  - Teacher's Notes
  - Glossary

• The Notting Hill Carnival - a lesson plan (BBC)
  "The Notting Hill Carnival 2002 held in London on the 25th and 26th August is one of the biggest in the world.
  This plan contains exercises and tasks based on a report on the carnival..."

• Story telling: Carnival crime (BBC)
  Topic: Carnival in Brazil and a Diamond theft
  "This particular lesson focuses on extended listening skills and getting students to actively participate in the story telling process, allowing them to use their prediction skills in a creative and fun way..."

   

Webquests :

• Carnival (absolutenglish-972)
  "In this lesson, you will learn some basic vocabulary and facts on the Rio de Janeiro Carnival in Brazil and the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Great Britain."

• Carnival crime (theconsultants-e.com)
  "In this WebQuest students are police officers working for Interpol, and investigate a crime committed during the Carnival in Rio, Brazil..."

Literature :

• Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel)
  It "is a 1962 novel by Ray Bradbury. It is about two thirteen-year-old boys, Jim Nightshade and William Halloway, who have a harrowing experience with a nightmarish carnival..."
  (encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
  Consult SparkNotes

• The Dragon Can't Dance by Earl Lovelace
  "The novel centers around Aldrick Prospect, a man who spends almost the entire year preparing for the annual Trinidad Carnival, where he plays 'dragon'..."
  (Wikipedia)