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Reporter Held Hostage in Lebanon for Seven Years Dies

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 an AP reporter named Terry Anderson. Anderson was kidnapped in Lebanon in 1985 by the militant group Hezbollah and held hostage for seven years. This lesson includes photos, comprehension and discussion questions, vocabulary, and a speaking task.

Focus

topic-based
current events
war
journalism
hostage

Vocabulary

captor
abduction
memoir
persist
prominent
suspicion
threaten
hostile
demand
sign language
A spinning paper plane