Sample

Can the World Be Governed?

That's News to Me

Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring content from The Associated Press, students read about the challenges the United Nations faces as it tries to bring unity and peace to the world. Includes photo task, vocabulary, comprehension and discussion questions, and a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
United Nations
politics
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

squabble
multilateralism
holy grail
conundrum
fragmentation
unhinged
hammer home
aspiration
axiom
anarchic
sublimate
contentiousness
A spinning paper plane