Older than the pyramids? The deep history of fairy tales
An article on research tracing fairy tales like Beauty and the Beast back thousands of years; students evaluate the method and retell a tale.
C2Adults55 minArticle
About this lesson
A C2 reading lesson (article). Graded texts with key words, comprehension questions and printable versions.
- Level
- C2
- Skill
- Reading
- Type
- Article
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Stories & fairy tales
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Multiple choice, True / False, Matching
- Key words
- folklorist, ancestor, heritage, catalogue, millennium (plural millennia), weld
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Understand a research method and evaluate criticisms of it in a popular science article
- Understand idiomatic and academic vocabulary in context
- Retell a traditional tale, keeping its essential structure