Refugee Athletes Recover Dreams at Paris Olympics

That's News to Me

Int – Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this lesson featuring content from The Associated Press, students read about the history of the refugee team at the Olympics. This lesson includes a video as well as comprehension and discussion questions and a speaking task.

Focus

current events
Olympics
refugees

Vocabulary

inclusion
displaced
collaboration
range
spur
start from scratch
underscore
migration
dignity
humane
asylum
end goal
A spinning paper plane