The Internet Is Born: From a Few Computers to Everyone

All levels48 minHistoryLesson 4 of 6 · Outline

Aims

Four computers, a crashed first message and a design nobody owned: how a research network became everyday life. Cause and effect for B2 students.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 181-word news story: The first message sent between two computers was two letters long, and then it crashed

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    7 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Four computers

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: A thing nobody owns

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Speed 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.

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