ISSUE 022
Happiness ESL Lesson: The Price of Happiness
What would you give up to feel a little happier?
A ready-to-teach ESL lesson exploring happiness, money, success, well-being and the trade-offs people make in pursuit of a better life, with reading, listening, vocabulary, discussion and critical-thinking activities for B1–B2 English learners.
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Collection 04 includes Issues 021–025.
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ABOUT THIS LESSON
About This Happiness ESL Lesson
People often chase happiness through higher salaries, successful careers, comfortable lifestyles, exciting experiences and material possessions. However, every choice can carry a hidden cost.
This B1–B2 Happiness ESL lesson explores the trade-offs people make in pursuit of a better life. Students consider whether money can improve well-being and whether success is worth sacrificing time, sleep, health, relationships, privacy or personal freedom.
The lesson combines an original reading and audio with vocabulary, comprehension, discussion questions and critical-thinking activities. Students use English to discuss happiness, priorities, ambition, work-life balance, money, success and what it means to live a good life.
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WHAT'S INCLUDED
What's Included in the Happiness Lesson?
- Magazine-style B1–B2 ESL student worksheet
- Original article about happiness, money, adaptation, sacrifice and materialism with audio recording
- Five vocabulary items and true-or-false reading comprehension questions
- Five discussion questions about money, purchases, advertising and happiness
- What Would You Give Up? critical-thinking activity with six real-life trade-offs
- Language in Context vocabulary practice
- Financial-advisor speaking challenge: recommend how to spend a $1,000 bonus for long-term happiness
- 150–200 word opinion-writing task: Does money buy happiness?
- Teacher guide and complete answer key
- Ready-to-use classroom presentation
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