Who Gets to Remember?
A three-page C1 longer-reading lesson about who gets to remember?. Includes vocabulary matching, a numbered article, comprehension questions, discussion and an opinion-writing task.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Vocabulary matching before reading
- Numbered reading text with key vocabulary in bold
- Comprehension, discussion and homework writing
- Teacher answer key on page 3
Read and evaluate public memorials, omitted perspectives and contested collective memory. This C1 lesson develops text-based comprehension before a qualified argument of the learner's own.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Use pages 1–2 and reserve page 3 for feedback. Begin with the printed warm-up and six vocabulary matches, focusing on commemorate, omission and reinterpret.
- Compare vocabulary answers, then read for the central claim and reread the numbered paragraphs for supporting reasons and qualifications.
- Find why memorials reflect choices and identify alternatives to removal. Separate the article's reasoning from learners' own historical claims.
- Discuss decision-making respectfully, then plan the 180–220-word monument, street-name or exhibition proposal explaining the perspective it would add.
Support and extension
Support with a current story / missing perspective / proposed change plan. Accept accurate comprehension paraphrases; discussion and writing need reasoned individual responses. Extend by asking learners to consider whose voices a fictional public consultation should include.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
