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Comedy & Crime Fighting

That's News to Me

High Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring modified 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

participant
judgment
soft skills
morale
inspector
prevent
traumatic
complaint
allegation
funder
A spinning paper plane