Machu Picchu: The City in the Clouds

All levels48 minHistoryLesson 4 of 6 · Outline

Aims

A lost Inca city, a mountain nobody wanted to climb, and stones that fit together with no cement. Mystery and travel talk for B1 students.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 127-word news story: The city the Spanish never found

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    6 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: The mystery

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Discovery

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Building to last

    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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