Time Travel Dilemmas

B1 · Intermediate48 minConversation SkillsLesson 4 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: answer time-travel questions with the Past–Present–Impact framework — the era, your plan there, and the ripple effects on today.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Choose your era

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: If You Could Go Back in Time

    Read a 220-word text about If You Could Go Back in Time

  2. Framework6 min

    Framework: Past–Present–Impact

    Past–Present–Impact, 3 steps

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Historical & Temporal Vocabulary

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Time Travel Plans

    Role-play: You're in a history class and the teacher asks each student to describe a time travel plan. You present your plan and defend your choices when classmates ask questions. Use the Past–Present–Impact framework. (4 lines)

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the time-travel plan

    5 discussion questions

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