Man Becomes Oldest Person in Space
Easy News Stories
High Beg – Low Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12
In this lesson featuring content adapted from The Associated Press, students read a true story about Ed Dwight, the oldest person to go to space and NASA's first Black astronaut candidate.
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Focus
authentic materials
reading
space
personal interest
simple present
simple past
interpretive
Vocabulary
space
pilot
astronaut
capsule
weightlessness
construction
sculptor