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Standard Lesson 60 min
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Cultural appropriation
General Global IssuesIn this lesson, students watch a video about cultural appropriation in fashion and learn some vocabulary. The lesson also includes lots of speaking activities for advanced students.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Will we wear fish skin?
Global Issues LifestyleIn this lesson, students talk about the fashion industry and use advanced vocabulary to praise or criticise someone or something.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Dealing with heat waves
Global IssuesIn this lesson students learn some advanced adjectives and discuss the problem of heat waves.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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E-waste recycling
Global Issues TechnologyIn this lesson, students watch a video, learn C2 vocabulary related to recycling, and discuss some ideas for solving the e-waste problem.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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On the way to zero food waste
Global Issues LifestyleIn this lesson, intermediate students discuss food waste, share some tips on how not to waste food and learn some useful vocabulary.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
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Solar, wind or hydroelectric?
Global Issues TechnologyWith this lesson plan, students discuss different forms of alternative energy sources, learn vocabulary related to generating energy and engage in a group activity.
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Has cancel culture gone too far?
Global IssuesIn this lesson students learn vocabulary useful to talk about cancel culture, do a CAE multiple-choice cloze task, watch a video, and get the opportunity to discuss cancel culture and freedom of speech in depth.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Waste less (First Conditional)
Global IssuesIn this lesson students practise the use of First Conditional, watch a video about grocery shopping and discuss how we can waste less.
Standard Lesson 90 min
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Tackling the world’s most pervasive issues
Global IssuesWith this lesson plan on global problems students will learn some advanced language (adjectives and verbs) to talk about the world’s issues. They’ll also watch a video about reducing food insecurity.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
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Plogging ‐ make yourself and the planet better
Global Issues LifestyleThis lesson plan on saving the planet deals with plogging, i.e. the idea of picking up litter while jogging. The worksheet consists of a few vocab exercises and includes a lot of words used when talking about waste and littering.
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Happiness vs consumerism lesson plan
Global IssuesAward-winning video inspired us to create a consumerism lesson plan for teaching English. Use it to bring an important topic to the classroom and teach new vocabulary!
Standard Lesson 60 min
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For these women, reading is a daring act
Global Issues GrammarThe TED Talk that the worksheet is based on touches upon the problem of women’s illiteracy and education. It is a great starting point for the discussion on gender inequality in general and that’s what the lesson is about.