Reading: The History of the Internet
The history of the Internet is a B1 reading text in the technology-history genre. The text covers the Internet’s origins (ARPANET in the late 1960s), the development of TCP/IP, the invention of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, the rise of email and the browser, the dotcom boom and bust, and the social-media era. Learners read for chronological sequencing, technological-innovation identification, and historical-impact recognition.
This worksheet builds B1 reading comprehension through a technology-history text.
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What’s inside:
- A B1 historical text (~500 words) on Internet history
- Pre-reading vocabulary box with technology-history terms
- Comprehension items: chronological sequencing, innovation-identification, impact-recognition
- Vocabulary-in-context: technology-history vocabulary
- Writing follow-up: describe how the Internet has changed your own life
- Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes
Common challenges: Technology-history vocabulary at B1: network, protocol, browser, server, packet, hyperlink, search engine, e-commerce. Date and decade reading: in the late 1960s, by the early 1990s, throughout the 2000s. Distinguishing milestone events (invention, launch) from gradual developments (adoption, scale).
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1, in intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B1 Preliminary (PET) Reading. Part of the Stories, History & Biographies collection — the natural next step is The History of Money, which extends history reading into the economic-history dimension.
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