Amelia Earhart: The Pilot Who Disappeared

All levels48 minFamous PeopleLesson 5 of 6 · Outline

Aims

Record flights, a career built on publicity, and a disappearance over the Pacific that has never been explained. Speculation and evidence for B2 students.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 198-word news story: Two thirds of the way round the world, then silence

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    7 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: The chart table

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Fame and funding

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: What we do not know

    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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