Einstein: The Clerk Who Rewrote Time

All levels48 minFamous PeopleLesson 5 of 6 · Outline

Aims

In 1905 a patent office clerk published four papers that changed physics. Ideas, outsiders and consequences for B2 students.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 209-word news story: 1905: four papers, written in the evenings, by a man with a day job

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    7 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Two clocks

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: The outsider

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Consequences

    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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