Remembering: How Nations Tell the Story of War

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Aims

Poppies, memorials, minute silences and the arguments underneath them: why every country remembers the world wars differently. Nuanced discussion for C1 students.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 174-word news story: The same war, a different story in every country

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    7 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Ceremonies

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Whose story?

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: After the last witness

    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.

remembrancerevealingwrite outnarrativelived memoryhollowcommemorate

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