Candy Airdrop

That's News to Me

Low Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this lesson featuring modified content from The Associated Press, students read about the death of the "Candy Bomber," an American pilot who distributed candy to the children of West Berlin after World War II. This lesson includes vocabulary, comprehension questions, a photo, a video, and a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

airdrop
pilot
former
allied
coal
era
belongings
black market
A spinning paper plane