Notre-Dame: The Fire and the Rebuilding

All levels48 minLandmarksLesson 5 of 6 · Outline

Aims

A cathedral eight centuries old burned in front of the world in 2019, then reopened in 2024 after a rebuild that argued with itself. Debate and hypotheticals for B2 students.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 216-word news story: It burned in front of the whole world, and then it came back

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    7 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: The workshop

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Identical or new?

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: What we would save

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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