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Robots, a project and Amelia Earhart

Lessons 47–49 · 3 lessons · S. Khan, L. Kamalova, L. Jurayev. Teens’ English 8 (English, Grade 8). “O‘qituvchi” Publishing House, Tashkent, 2020
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Home reading

Textbook: p. 60
GoalHome reading: Amelia Earhart – the first woman to fly across the Atlantic alone; dates and order of events.
New words
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Explanation

Amelia Earhart was born on 24 July 1897 in Kansas, USA. She loved sports and active games that were thought “unsuitable” for girls. During World War I she worked as a nurse; at the end of 1920 she took her first flight and decided to learn to fly. On 17 June 1928 she crossed the Atlantic from Newfoundland to Wales as a passenger, the first woman to do so by air. On 20–21 May 1932 she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic alone. In 1937 she set out to fly round the world with the navigator Fred Noonan; they could not find Howland Island in the Pacific, radio contact ended, and she and Noonan were declared lost. The story uses the Past Simple and the Past Perfect (had learned).

Worked examples
Timeline: 1897 born in Kansas. 1920 first flight. 1928 crosses the Atlantic as a passenger. 1932 flies across the Atlantic alone. 1937 disappears over the Pacific Ocean.
Before she became famous, Earhart had worked as a nurse and had learned to fly. After she had flown across the Atlantic alone, many people called her the first lady of the air.
Class activity

“Timeline”: arrange date cards in order and tell each event in the Past Simple.

Practice
1
In which year did Earhart fly across the Atlantic alone?
2
What was she on the 1928 flight?
3
Past Perfect: Before 1932 she ___ (learn) to fly.
4
Why did Earhart inspire many people?