This lesson is packed with exciting activities! We recommend using a flipped format. Feel free to identify any unfamiliar expressions based on your students’ proficiency levels and share them with your students before the lesson. The great part is that it doesn’t require much preparation, but it will certainly enhance the flow of the class.
In this lesson, your students will have a blast with numerous discussions, fun activities, group games, exploring time-related phrasal verbs, getting to know every recognized generation in the West, learning useful vocabulary for discussing social issues, and practicing their vocabulary skills. The reading sections are short, approximately 100-150 words each. While it’s designed for C1 level students, you can easily adapt it for B2 levels as well. Enjoy the lesson!
| Type | Level | Vocabulary | Lesson Time |
| Flipped Lesson | C1 / Advanced | 12 expressions and 8 phrasal verbs | 60-90 min |
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Vocabulary
- Gig economy work
- Formative years
- Monumental event
- Political landscape
- Elevate the standard of living
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- Economic hardship
- Latchkey generation
- Societal divides
- Transformative inventions
- Poverty and despair
- World in turmoil
- catch up on
- count down
- run out of time
- live through
- bring up
- take after
- reminisce about
- move on
Contents
- Lead-in
- Discussion
- Reading – Lost Generation
- Reading – Greatest Generation
- Reading – Silent Generation
- Reading – Baby Boomers
- Reading – Gen X
- Reading – Millennials and Gen Z
- Reading – Gen A
- Comprehension questions
- Vocabulary practice
- Time phrasal verbs
- Opinions
- Monologue
- Game – Catch the phrase
- Gen Z slang
