How One Wrong Turn Started a World War

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Aims

A driver's mistake, a chain of alliances and five weeks of bad decisions: how a killing in Sarajevo became a war of 70 million soldiers. Cause and effect for B2 students.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 168-word news story: A driver took a wrong turn. Five weeks later, the world was at war

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    7 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Chance and choice

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Alliances

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Over by Christmas

    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.

wrong turnalliancehave no choicecontinentarms raceunderestimatechain reaction

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