Holland’s Tulip Fields: Exploring the Garden of Europe

The main objectives of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – combine practical language skills with cultural education about Holland’s tulip heritage;
• – practice reading comprehension and discussion skills about tulip farming traditions;
• – watch a video about Keukenhof Gardens and tulip fields tour from Amsterdam.

In this B2 level lesson plan, combines practical language skills with cultural education through diverse activities.

Warm-up 

Students analyze two scenarios and discuss how to preserve Holland’s Tulip Heritage.

Video 

Students watch an informative video titled “Keukenhof Gardens and Tulip Fields Tour from Amsterdam.” After viewing, they complete a matching exercise connecting sentence beginnings with appropriate endings based on the video content.

Exercises 

Language skills are reinforced through various activities. Students analyze expressions and explain their underlying meanings. In the second exercise, they use given phrases to rewrite the sentences. Lastly, they find the phrases in a given text that correspond to provided definitions.

Reading 

Students read a text about the Tulip industry and answer questions about the text to test reading comprehension.

Discussion 

Students explore different strategies for preserving Holland’s tulip farming traditions.