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Comedy & Crime Fighting

That's News to Me

Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring content from The Associated Press, students read about how a Chicago-based police leadership program is using improvisational theater techniques to enhance communication, empathy, and decision-making skills among police captains. This lesson includes a vocabulary review, comprehension questions, and a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
improv
police

Vocabulary

nonsensical
improvisational
reserving
trauma
strategic
resettlement
engagement
morale
plummet
transparent
curriculum
in tandem
A spinning paper plane