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Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsIs science denial worse than it’s ever been?
Global Issues TechnologyWith this lesson plan, students reflect on a video about the role of science in the modern world, expand their vocabulary and hold a lively class debate.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsClosing the gender pay gap
Business Global IssuesWith this lesson plan, students talk about gender stereotypes, watch a video and discuss the factors driving the gender pay gap. They also reflect on solutions to this problem and discover some expressions with the word root.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsShould junk food be taxed?
Global IssuesIn this lesson about diet and obesity, students reflect on the factors contributing to the problem of obesity, listen to a news report and learn some words and phrases related to health.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsAnxiety-free news
Global IssuesIn this lesson about anxiety-free news, students learn and practise positive and negative adjectives and reflect on the impact of news stories on our lives.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsTrees – an essential part of cities
Global IssuesIn this lesson, students will watch a video about the important role of trees in urban areas, answer multiple choice questions and learn several (advanced) collocations and expressions related to the topic of green cities.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsDo we need each other? (synonyms of the word important)
Global Issues TechnologyIn this lesson students engage in a discussion about human relationships. They discover synonyms of the word important, watch a video and reflect on the future of face-to-face interaction.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsWhat is your city like? (too much, too many, enough/not enough)
Global Issues Grammar LifestyleIn this lesson students practise the use of quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns (too much, too many, (not) enough) while talking about typical problems faced by most cities.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsDo you need all this stuff? (verb formation)
Global Issues LifestyleIn this lesson based on a video about minimalism students get an opportunity to practise verb formation (exploring prefixes and suffixes) and reflect on their lifestyles.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsPlogging ‐ 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.
Flipped Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsThe urban jungle keeps getting bigger
Global IssuesIn this flipped lesson plan about megacities students will learn vocab related to cities, read urban development statistics and discuss city problems.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsUniversal basic income
Business Global IssuesThis social welfare lesson plan deals with UBI, that is universal basic income. Students will learn a lot of related vocabulary as well as express their opinions on UBI and other social welfare issues.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsHow to combat plastic packaging
Global IssuesUse our lesson plan about packaging to teach your students some packaging types and materials, revise vocabulary related to recycling as well as watch an interesting video presenting three companies and their approach to plastic packaging.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsVegan economy
Business Global IssuesWith our veganism lesson plan, students will learn new food-related words and expressions, watch a news report and discuss veganism and its pros and cons.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsHow celebrities want to make a difference
Global IssuesOur lesson plan about celebrities looks into what they can do to make a difference and why their civil disobedience might be important.
Flipped Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsInvest in travelling instead of stuff
Global IssuesThis travelling lesson plan deals with travelling as collecting experiences. Students will practise building words and learn vocab related to travelling.
Flipped Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsWhat rights should animals have?
Global IssuesThis flipped classroom worksheet is all about animal rights and is based on a TED Talk about the great work some lawyers do to treat chimpanzees better.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsHow to fight cyberbullying – lesson plan for teenagers
Global Issues LifestyleThis cyberbullying lesson plan is perfect both for your teenage ESL learners as well as parents. Learn, watch and discuss with ESL Brains lesson plans!
Standard Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsSocial media for environment protection
Global IssuesThis reading worksheet looks into the issue of the positive impact of social media on the environment and focuses on reading skills.
