Lesson Overview
In this B2 ESL lesson plan, students explore the topic of climate change and discuss how it affects people’s emotions, thoughts, and feelings about the future.
Students then explore the concept of climate anxiety through an engaging video about how climate change can affect mental health.
They learn useful vocabulary related to emotions, environmental issues, and solutions, including how to describe worries about the future, discuss the impact of climate change, and talk about ways people can take action.
Finally, students take part in a variety of conversation activities, including picture discussions, environmental case studies, and decision-making tasks about solving climate problems.
- Climate Change Problems
- Green or not Green
- Video: Key Words
- Video: Comprehension
- Discussion
- Debate
- Grammar: First Conditional
- What Would You Do?
- Picture Round.
Homework
There is an excellent homework task to supplement this awesome B2 ESL lesson plan on climate change. Students are challenged to write detailed answers to topic-based questions. Activity layout:
- Writing Task: Questions
