The Forces Behind Economic Struggles

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – guide students through the complexities of national economic challenges and economic resilience analysis;
• – practice critical thinking through true/false assessments, listening comprehension, sentence matching, and reading comprehension skills;
• – watch a video about why the UK’s economy stopped working and engage in thought-provoking discussions about economic systems.

This Proficiency lesson plan guides students through the complexities of national economic challenges.

Warm-up 

Students choose which statements are true and which are not.

Video 

Students watch an informative video titled “Why the UK’s Economy Stopped Working.” After viewing, they complete a quiz.

Exercises 

Students match sentence beginnings with the correct endings. 

Reading 

Students read a text about what makes economies resilient and answer questions about the text to test reading comprehension.

Discussion 

Students answer thought provoking-questions.