In this ESL lesson plan for adults and teens, students watch a news report video and do a listening exercise about the history of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. It includes discussion questions and conversation activities about war and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Students also learn some important vocabulary terms from the video. The post-viewing section includes activities on a quote from the video, vocabulary context usage, and rewriting sentences. The grammar activity features the usage of the past perfect and the present perfect. There are additional speaking and listening tasks included, as well as a quiz and review section.

Russia has launched an attack on Ukraine. This video explains the history of the conflict in a minute. The two countries have a long complex history - let's take a look at the background of the attack.