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LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

JULIUS CAESAR

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Sep. 6, 2021

Level: Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
Type of language: General English
Tags: Celebrities and Historical Figures; Society and Change; War and Peace; Politics; Vocabulary and Grammar; Irregular Verbs; Past Tenses
Publication date: 09/06/2021

This audio-aided lesson tells the life story of Julius Caesar, the famous Roman leader. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, speaking, and regular and irregular past simple forms. There is also an optional extension activity that focuses on the prefix re-. (by Stephanie Hirschman)

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AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

Historian: Gaius Julius Caesar was born around 100 BCE in Rome. He was from an old family with powerful friends. At that time, Rome was the capital of a republic with land all around the Mediterranean Sea.
Several different people were trying to control the government. When his family’s enemies came to power, Caesar left Rome. He did military service in what is now Turkey and became governor in Spain in 60 BCE.
Caesar returned to Rome and made a plan with two other men to control the government together. In 58 BCE, he started a military campaign to conquer Gaul, in what is now France. This took eight years, but it made him rich and powerful.
The government asked him to leave his military command and return to Rome, but Caesar refused. A four-year war with the government followed; Caesar fought his enemies across Spain, Greece, and Egypt.
After his victory, Caesar returned to Rome and began to reorganize the government. Caesar made many important changes. He gave soldiers land to work on when they retired and allowed more people to become Roman citizens.
He also made changes to the calendar; the month of July is named after him. Caesar improved the government, but some people felt that he had too much power. On March 15th in 44 BCE, a group of men killed Caesar as he entered the Senate building.
Caesar’s death led to more war, and then his nephew became the first Roman emperor, calling himself Caesar Augustus. Rome was never a republic again.
Julius Caesar changed history forever. The Caesar family name is now used in many languages as a title for a strong ruler.
And Caesar’s calendar is still used by the Eastern Orthodox church. His story and writings continue to interest people today.

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