The Colosseum: Rome's Entertainment Machine

All levels48 minHistoryLesson 5 of 6 · Outline

Aims

Fifty thousand seats, free tickets, and death as entertainment. What the Colosseum says about Rome, and what stadiums say about us. For B2 students.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 130-word news story: Free entry, 50,000 seats, and blood on the sand

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    7 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Then and now

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Bread and circuses

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: What survives

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

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