Week 15
"Hindsight is 20/20": modales en pasado.

What will we achieve today?

Session Objective: Formulates complex arguments about past events using past modals to evaluate historical and personal decisions.

Community Connection: We will connect this language structure to describe our own life experiences, family stories, and community realities in Popayán and the Cauca region.

Key Concepts

• Hindsight concept: Understanding events after they have occurred.
• Language of regret and criticism: 'If only we had...', 'They should have known that...'.
• Application: Reviewing historical decisions (e.g., environmental policies, colonisation, war choices).

Practical Challenge: The Hindsight Panel

Analyze a historical event (e.g., Chernobyl disaster) and write 4 critique statements using past modals explaining what should or could have been done to prevent it.

Reflection & Wrap-up

Self-assessment Question: Read your statements to a peer and discuss if their suggestions were realistic in that historical context.

Remember to register your findings and language achievements in your academic class portfolio.