Vocabulary :

• Ways of Laughing - with definitions and examples
  (saberingles.com.ar)

  

• Happiness (Wikipedia)
  1 Philosophical views
  2 Psychological views
  2.1 Positive psychology
  3 Mechanistic view
  3.1 Biological basis
  3.2 Difficulties in defining internal experiences
  3.3 In non-human animals
  3.4 In humans
  3.5 In AI (Artificial intelligence)
  4 Behaviors and emotions associated with happiness
  5 See also
  6 External links

• Words of Love - A Valentine's Vocabulary (english-zone.com) :
  "HAPPINESS: bliss, cheerfulness, contentment, delight, joyfulness"
  

Facts :

• The top 13 French wishes for a happier life
  (timescorrespondents.typepad.com)
  + a worksheet
  (sabironlangues.typepad.fr)

• Child well-being :

  Unicef report: Key points at-a-glance
  "The UK has come bottom of a Unicef league table for child well-being across 21 industrialised countries.
  The study looked at a total of 40 indicators in six categories."
  + CHILD WELL-BEING TABLE
  (BBC)

• The secret of Vanuatu's happiness
  "The South Pacific country of Vanuatu has been voted the happiest place in the world so what makes its inhabitants such a happy lot?...
  They have no electricity or running water, no radio or television, and their only mode of transport is a rowing boat...
  On top of that, they have little money and few opportunities to make any..."
  (BBC)

  

  Country profile: Vanuatu
  (BBC)

Quotations and Proverbs :

• "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length." Robert Frost
  
  
  
• Happiness Quotations (nonstopenglish.com)
  ex : "Whoever said money can't buy HAPPINESS didn't know where to shop." Gittel Hudnick

• Happiness Quotes and Proverbs (heartquotes.net)

Listening :

• Happiness - how do we find happiness in these hard times?
  "Britain is less happy than in the 1950s despite the fact that we are three times richer. So what exactly makes us happy? A new car, an expensive holiday or simply spending time with friends and family?
  Join Rebecca and Kate as they discuss what makes them feel cheerful as well as hear from some experts about where we can find true happiness."
  - with the script
  (BBC)

• Ways of Laughing - with definitions and examples
  (saberingles.com.ar)

  

• Happiness - AUDIO with script (BBC)
  What makes you happy - or unhappy? Is it true that money brings you happiness?
  

INTERACTIVE exercises :

• Les états, les adjectifs ("hungry, sad, happy, tired"...) - exercices - (Hervé Humbert) - LIEN MODIFIE

Exercises TO PRINT :

• The top 13 French wishes for a happier life
  (timescorrespondents.typepad.com)
  + a worksheet
  (sabironlangues.typepad.fr)

Lesson plans :

• Australians happiest people in the world (Breaking News English)
  - a lesson plan with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), communication activities,
  pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."

• Happy and Sad - a vocabulary and idiom lesson (onestopenglish.com)
  "The aim is to highlight the metaphorical meanings of several words and phrases related to the emotions of happiness and sadness.The emphasis is on meaning, with an activity to incorporate these expressions into use."
  
  

Songs :

• Like a hobo (animation) - sung by Charlie Winston (YouTube)
  
  hobo n. , pl. -boes or -bos . = "One who wanders from place to place
  without a permanent home or a means of livelihood."
  (answers.com)
  
  - the lyrics :
  "I’ve always known
  Since I was a young boy
  In this world, everything’s as good as bad
  Now my father told me always speak a true word...
  The less I have the more I am a happy man...
  Like a hobo from a broken home
  Nothing’s gonna stop me"
  + the video (yayamusic.canalblog.com)
  

  
  
  

• Happiness sung by Al Jarreau
  - with the lyrics
  (YouTube)

  

• A Winter's Tale by Queen :
  "It's unbelievable
  Sends me reeling...
  Am I dreaming...?
  Oooh - it's bliss"

• Happiness by UB 40 :
  "Happiness is seeing all the stars in your eyes
  Happiness is knowing you are loved"
  
  
  
• Make Me Happy by Christina Aguilera (sing365.com) - LIEN MODIFIE

• My Happiness by Elvis Presley (sing365.com) - LIEN MODIFIE
  "Every day I reminesce
  Dreaming of your tender kiss
  Always thinking how I miss
  My happiness"
  
  
  
• Seasons In The Sun by Westlife :
  "We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun"

• Something Beautiful by Robbie Williams :
  "If you're lost, hurt, tired or lonely
  Can't control it try as you might
  May you find that love never leave you
  May you find it by the end of the day
  You WON'T be lost, hurt, tired or lonely
  Something beautiful will come your way"
  
  
  
  

Photos :

• Positive Pause - with music (beam.to)

  

Cartoons :

• The secret to happiness
  (cartoonstock.com)