The Digital Divide

That's News to Me

Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this digital-only lesson featuring content from The Washington Post, students read about the digital divide and how it affected the back-to-school season in 2020.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

asphalt
tether
glitch
janky
yawning
portable
grass-roots
urge
alert
inequity
systemic racism
idle
A spinning paper plane