Coco Chanel and the Little Black Dress

All levels48 minFamous PeopleLesson 2 of 6 · Outline

Aims

She took a colour people wore to funerals and made it the most useful dress in the wardrobe. Simplicity, comfort and style for B1 students.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 178-word news story: The woman who made black the smartest colour in Paris

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    6 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Three things on a rail

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Clothes and comfort

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Why some ideas catch on

    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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