Pedaling Toward Freedom: Bicycles and Women’s Rights

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are:

• – to learn new B2-level vocabulary;
• – to practice reading comprehension;
• – to engage students with interactive exercises on the topic of women’s rights.

In this ESL lesson plan, students build vocabulary through matching and word choice exercises, and engage in discussions about gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Warm-up:

The lesson begins with students reading the definition of women’s rights and answering a few probing questions.

Video:

Students will view a video titled “How bicycles boosted the women’s rights movement” After watching the video, they will answer questions to check for comprehension.

Exercises:

Students will learn new vocabulary by matching terms with their definitions.

In the second exercise, students will choose words that best fit sentences.

Reading:

Students will read a short text about women’s rights. After that, they will answer questions about the text.

Discussion:

The lesson concludes with students choosing four of the listed talking points and discussing them using verbs in the box.