The City Between Two Continents

All levels48 minHistoryLesson 5 of 6 · Outline

Aims

Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul: one city, three names, two continents and centuries as the hinge between empires. Passives and layered history for B2 students.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 175-word news story: One city, three names, and a strait that decided everything

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    7 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Standing in the hall

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Geography as destiny

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Layers

    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.

straitByzantinebesiegeOttomanlayeredcontinuitybuild on

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