The Pandora Papers

That's News to Me

High Int – Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this lesson featuring a video from The Washington Post, students learn about an investigative report called the Pandora Papers. Documents in the Pandora Papers expose how the super-rich use tax havens to hide and move money around the globe. This lesson includes comprehension and discussion questions as well as a grammar review on the present perfect tense.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
present perfect
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

tax haven
prominent
unearth
alleged
asset
collude
shell company
offshore account
expose
illicit
ethics
rift
undisclosed
stash away
A spinning paper plane