Man Receives Pig's Heart

That's News to Me

Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this digital-only lesson featuring modified content from The Washington Post, students read about the transplantation of a pig's heart into a human. In addition to comprehension and discussion questions, this lesson includes a video.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading

Vocabulary

deem
survival grant
bedridden
primate
candidate
gene editing
prevent
induce
recipient
A spinning paper plane