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. There are also a number of suggested follow ups.
Topic: Inca culture and society
Age: Teenage/adult
Level: Intermediate and above
Timing: 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
Plan components
Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure and answer keys.
Download lesson plan 99k pdf
Worksheets: worksheets which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:
- a 'jigsaw' text activity
- a text about the Inca
- a vocabulary matching activity
- a comprehension development activity
- a vocabulary revision / pronunciation task
Download worksheets 85k pdf
For more information about this topic you can visit the BBC site:
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1880611.stm
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1403740.stm
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/586810.stm
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1937001.stm
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2029466.stm
Nik Peachey, teacher, trainer and materials writer.
The plans and worksheets are downloadable and in pdf format. If you have difficulty downloading the materials see the download section of the Help page.
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Comments
Thank you
it's very useful
It's very useful, and I am gonna use it for my students.
Thank you a lot, and expect more...
My adult students really loved it and we all learnt a lot about this ancient culture.
The text has mistakes in it!
They took control of other cultures through a mixture !! arms and gifts.
Today it still stands, at the top !! a mountain...
in both cases the word of is mising and need to be inserted wher the !!s are.
TE Team
Hi Mat
Thanks for pointing out the missing 'of'!
Sally
I think this lesson will be a kind of good refreshment because my course book is good but does not have anything about Incas .I will try this with my students for sure.
Hi, I did this lesson today with my adult teachers class here in Madrid, and at least one was offended - maybe he was speaking on behalf of the others feelings. He said it reflected negatively on spain and spanish people. I don't agree with his opinion but as a teacher I have to aacknowledge it. Everyody is entitled to their own opinion and I would recommend English teachers in Spain to be careful using this lesson..
thank you so much