Thrills or bad taste? Debating ghost tours at real historic sites
Students read about ghost tours that visit places where real people suffered, learn debating moves and topic vocabulary, then hold a formal debate on the motion 'This house believes that ghost tours trivialise real history'.
C1Adults55 minDebate
About this lesson
A C1 speaking lesson (debate). Warm-ups, role plays and discussion tasks — get the whole class talking.
- Level
- C1
- Skill
- Speaking
- Type
- Debate
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Halloween
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, True / False, Matching, Multiple choice
- Key words
- motion, proposition, opposition, rebut, concede, the floor
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Build and deliver arguments for and against a motion
- Rebut, concede and ask for evidence using debating language
- Discuss ethical questions about tourism and history sensitively