Secret Societies Throughout History
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Secret Societies Throughout History

This ESL lesson plan explores the fascinating world of secret societies throughout history, focusing on vocabulary, listening, and speaking skills. Designed for advanced learners, it includes structured exercises like sentence matching, video-based comprehension, and word-definition activities to build key historical vocabulary and fluency. Students will engage in discussions about the role of secrecy, conspiracy, and initiation in groups like the Illuminati and Freemasons. Perfect for fostering deep, critical conversations on complex topics in English.

Skills

  • Can understand a wide range of recorded and broadcast material, including some non-standard usage, and identify finer points of detail including implicit attitudes and relationships between people.
  • Can argue a case on a complex issue, formulating points precisely and employing emphasis effectively.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Warm-up

Take a guess and match parts of the sentences together. Do any of the Secret Society names sound familiar? Have you heard anything about them?
2

Watch the video and answer the questions.

3

Here are some words that will help you discuss the topic of Secret Societies. Match them to the definitions.

4

Share your thoughts on the following questions with your tutor.

5

Watch the first part of the video for homework, and answer the questions below. Which of the Secret Societies you have learned about do you find the most interesting? Why?

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