Caring for others

Kinga | Sep 23, 2026Sep 22, 2026

LESSON OVERVIEW

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

• discuss caregiving and unpaid care work;
• watch a video about how care work is valued and supported;
• review vocabulary related to caregiving.

In this lesson, students discuss who might need help in different situations and review vocabulary connected to caregiving and unpaid care work. They watch a video about how much time people spend on care work and what advice can help employees and employers manage caring responsibilities. Students also negotiate working conditions in a role-play and discuss ways governments could support unpaid caregivers.

WARM-UP AND VOCABULARY

This lesson starts with a warm-up in which students look at photos and discuss what kind of help each person might need and who could help them. Afterwards, they choose the correct word to complete sentences about caregiving, reviewing target vocabulary (e.g. professional caregiver, care for, take time off, depend on, unpaid care). Moving on, students replace underlined parts of statements with this vocabulary. Then, they complete each statement with their own ideas.

VIDEO AND DISCUSSION

In this part of the lesson, students read three summaries of a video about care work, choose the one they think is correct and watch the first part of the video to check. They then discuss questions about their own experience of unpaid care work and how attitudes towards it are changing. Moving on, students watch the next part of the video and choose which pieces of advice for employees and employers are mentioned. Then, they say which advice they think is best and what’s missing. Following that, in pairs, students do a role-play negotiating working conditions related to caregiving. Finally, they look at ways governments can support unpaid caregivers and discuss related questions. After that, they choose one idea and write a short text explaining what the law would be about and why it’s a good one.

HOMEWORK/REVISION

This lesson also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. In the task, students complete gaps with missing letters. They then choose four sentences and say if they agree or disagree with them. The task is available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it, cut it up and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.

WORKSHEETS

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