Category: Global Issues
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What might Bill Gates be worried about?
Global IssuesDiscover what worries Bill Gates most and teach your students some fear-related vocabulary, useful adjectives for expressing opinions and practise them with a few speaking activities.
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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!
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.
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Climate change
Global IssuesThis climate change lesson plan is prepared for B2 students, touches upon the environmental issues and is based on a speech by Greta Thunberg.
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.
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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!
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Social 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.
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What’s the future of baby boomers? (verb patterns)
Global Issues GrammarThis lesson plan for upper-intermediate students focuses on the topic of retirement and includes verb patterns exercises and a debate point.
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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.
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How false news can spread
Global IssuesThis lesson plan focuses on fake news and circular reporting. Students will also have to decide whether some news stories are fake or true.
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Do the green thing!
Global IssuesThe lesson is based on the TEDTalk by Andy Hobsbawm titled “Do the green thing” and it concerns a very important issue of the environment protection. The speaker introduces his idea of a creative approach to promoting nature preservation.