{"id":806,"date":"2026-11-04T15:14:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/lesson-plans\/news-lesson-us-midterm-elections-b2\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T15:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:14:30","slug":"news-lesson-us-midterm-elections-b2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/lesson-plans\/news-lesson-us-midterm-elections-b2\/","title":{"rendered":"News Lesson: US Midterm Elections (B2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 3 November 2026, Americans voted in the midterm elections, halfway through the president&#8217;s term. News organisations said the Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate. Students learn election vocabulary, read a longer text and discuss voting, campaigns and the news. This B2 version focuses on election vocabulary and reporting what the news says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Level:<\/strong> B2 \u00b7 <strong>Time:<\/strong> 45 to 90 minutes. Pick the activities that suit your class. They work in almost any order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lesson Activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/reveal\/picquiz.php?w=54e3bd60\">Warmer: Where Is This Building?<\/a> &#8211; students guess the picture as the squares are revealed. (Answer: the US Capitol in Washington DC, where Congress meets.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/sentence\/match.php?w=795a87ea\">Vocabulary Match<\/a> &#8211; 10 words from the reading, matched with simple definitions. Do this before reading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/cloze\/exercise.php?w=1d68a5f0\">Reading: US Midterm Elections<\/a> &#8211; a gap-fill text. <a href=\"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/cloze\/exercise_hint.php?w=1d68a5f0\">Same text with a word bank<\/a> for students who need more support.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/categorise\/activity.php?w=4a2f8a47\">Sort: True or False?<\/a> &#8211; 12 sentences to sort. Students can predict before reading, then check after reading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/cards\/cardset.php?w=929e46de\">Discussion Cards<\/a> &#8211; 12 questions, from personal to opinion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/ranking\/exercise.php?w=a3f390d8\">Ranking: What Matters Most in an Election?<\/a> &#8211; students rank 9 issues and defend their choices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teacher Tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For a shorter lesson (45 minutes), use the warmer, the vocabulary match, the reading and the discussion cards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Language focus: reporting the news (news organisations said that&#8230;, results were projected, votes were still being counted). Ask students to find two passive forms in the reading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow-up: students write a short paragraph comparing how elections work in their country and in the USA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking for an easier version? Try the <a href=\"\/hub\/lesson-plans\/news-lesson-us-midterm-elections-a2\/\">A2 lesson<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 3 November 2026, Americans voted in the midterm elections, halfway through the president&#8217;s term. News organisations said the Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate. Students learn election vocabulary, read a longer text and discuss voting, campaigns and the news. This B2 version focuses on election vocabulary and reporting what the &#8230; <a title=\"News Lesson: US Midterm Elections (B2)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/lesson-plans\/news-lesson-us-midterm-elections-b2\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Lesson: US Midterm Elections (B2)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":593,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-806","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}