The Aeroplane: From Twelve Seconds to Around the World

All levels48 minHistoryLesson 4 of 6 · Outline

Aims

Two bicycle makers, a cold beach and a flight that lasted twelve seconds. How flight went from impossible to ordinary, for B2 students.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 174-word news story: Twelve seconds that took the world apart and put it back together

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    7 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: The twelve seconds

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: What flight did to us

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Progress and cost

    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.

bicyclewind tunnelcontrolpilotredefineshrinktake off

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