Students explore famous historical landmarks and the people who built them. They describe architecture, explain historical significance, and discuss discovery, tourism, and preservation.
Practice: Vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension, and discussion.
Vocabulary: ingenuity, excavate, sensation, criticize.
Grammar: Create compound adjectives such as blue-eyed, time-saving, and well-known.
Word study: Form verbs with -ize, as in modernize, customize, and maximize.
Reading & speaking: Read about Machu Picchu; describe its construction and discuss discovery, tourism, and preservation.