Mother & Son Reunited after Counterfeit Adoption

That's News to Me

Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring modified content from The Associated Press, students read an article about a man who was reunited with his birth mother 42 years after a counterfeit adoption. This lesson includes a video, comprehension and discussion questions, vocabulary, and a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
adoption
crime
Chile
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

embark
adoptee
nonprofit
prematurely
incubator
dictator
reunion
trafficking
pledge
resilience
A spinning paper plane