This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at Intermediate level and above explores the theme of Inca society. Students will develop their reading skills collaboratively.

Introduction

This is a reading lesson based on a text about Inca society. Reading can be a very solitary activity, but this lesson has been designed to maximise the amount of communication and interaction among the students, so that they work collaboratively and develop their own opinions about the content of the text.

Topic

Inca society

Level

Intermediate +

Time

60-90 mins

Aims 

  • To develop students' ability to take information from a text and form their own opinions about it
  • To develop students' ability to deduce the meaning of words in a text

Materials

The lesson plan and student worksheets are available to download below in PDF format.

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Lesson plan

The topic of history and heritage could be inherently problematic for some learners, and the tribal element of this plan, and the atrocities involved with downfall of the Inca tribe, may be distressing for those who have experienced such events in their own lives.

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Comments

Submitted by hpalani on Tue, 06/13/2017 - 20:46

Thank you for the lesson. This site is truly a life saver for teacher who often don't have time to properly prep material for students. I am unable to find worksheet C.

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Tue, 06/27/2017 - 14:08

In reply to by hpalani

The worksheets are now uploaded - thanks again for letting us know! Best wishes, Cath TE Team

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