Period Poverty in New Zealand

That's News to Me

High Int – Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this lesson featuring content from The Washington Post, students learn about a new program in New Zealand that aims to provide free period products to students. Students discuss related vocabulary and stigmas.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

menstrual
initiative
stigma
undue
pilot
stock
opt in
track
onerous
exacerbate
nonbinary
discriminatory

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