Bagan: 2,000 Temples on a Plain

All levels48 minLandmarksLesson 5 of 6 · Outline

Aims

A medieval capital in Myanmar left thousands of brick temples on a dry plain, and a hard question about how to repair them. Speculation and balanced argument for B2 students.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 191-word news story: A thousand years of brick on a dry plain

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    7 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Old brick, new brick

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Why people build

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: The conservation dilemma

    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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