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Flipped Lesson 60 min
Big Brother is watching you
Business TechnologyThis surveillance lesson plan looks into the topic of employee monitoring software and questions the use of this technology raises.
Flipped Lesson 45 min
Deepfakes – Is seeing still believing?
TechnologyThis ESL flipped lesson plan deals with deepfakes, i.e. fake videos in which a person in a video is replaced with someone else using computer science.
Flipped Lesson 30 min
Why Finland has the best education system
Global IssuesUse our lesson plan about education to learn about the Finnish school system, watch a part of Michael Moore’s documentary and discuss it with your students.
Flipped Lesson 45 min
How drones and other technologies will change our world
TechnologyIn this C1/C2 lesson plan, your students will discover various applications of drones, learn some advanced vocabulary and talk about the world’s future!
Flipped Lesson 30 min
What do good hackers do? (cybercrime vocabulary)
TechnologyTeach your students about cybercrimes and let them discover what a good hacker does with our Flipped Lesson Plan.
Flipped Lesson 30 min
Political cartoons and freedom of speech
Global Issues GrammarHave some fun and develop your students’ critical thinking skills with our new political cartoon lesson plan based on the work of Patrick Chappatte!
Standard Lesson 75 min
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!
Flipped Lesson 45 min
Invest 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
Using Agile for your family life (conditionals review)
Grammar TechnologyUse this flipped lesson plan to do conditionals review, teach your students new vocab and practise using new language items orally.
Standard Lesson 75 min
How video games change the world
TechnologyUse our C2 lesson plan to get your students talking about video games and teach them some new vocabulary as well as talk about the impact of video games.
Flipped Lesson 30 min
Honeybees are important
Global IssuesThis honeybees lesson plan is about beekeeping in cities and bees’ impact on our lives. The worksheet is based on a TED talk by Noah Wilson-Rich.
Flipped Lesson 45 min
What 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
How 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 60 min
What geotagging does to nature (adjectives for describing places)
Global IssuesThis lesson plan deals with the effect of Instagram and Facebook on nature! It focuses on teaching adjectives synonyms used for describing places.
Standard Lesson 45 min
The problem with fast fashion
Global Issues LifestyleThis lesson plan focuses on the issue of fast fashion and engages students in a discussion about fashion and the environment in the 21st century.
Standard Lesson 60 min
The smartphone problem
Grammar Lifestyle TechnologyThis B2 (upper-intermediate) video lesson plan touches the issue of smartphone addiction and structures for expressing preference.
Standard Lesson 90 min
Scrum for IT – Agile Project Management (teaching IT vocabulary)
TechnologyTeaching IT vocabulary is going to be fun for your ESL students when you focus on some key project-related vocabulary and comparing Scrum to Waterfall.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Problems with the education system (learning collocations)
Global IssuesWhat’s wrong with the schooling system? This education lesson plan focuses on learning collocations, a video presenting 6 problems and a group debate.