Reporter Held Hostage in Lebanon for Seven Years Dies
That's News to Me
High Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12
In this lesson featuring modified content from The Associated Press, students read an article about an AP reporter named Terry Anderson. Anderson was kidnapped in Lebanon in 1985 by the militant group Hezbollah and held hostage for seven years. This lesson includes photos, comprehension and discussion questions, vocabulary, and a speaking task.
Focus
topic-based
current events
war
journalism
hostage
Vocabulary
captor
abduction
memoir
persist
prominent
suspicion
threaten
hostile
demand
sign language