Consumer Pushback

That's News to Me

Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring content from The Associated Press, students read about how consumers are changing their shopping habits in response to inflation. This lesson includes vocabulary and comprehension questions as well as a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
inflation
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

gourmet
pushback
accelerate
jack up
debilitating
persist
disparity
alternative
no-brainer
exploit
disruption
skeptical
A spinning paper plane