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ICE Detains Children in Minnesota

That's News to Me

High Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring content from Reuters, students read about an incident in which a five-year-old was apprehended by US immigration officers, creating fear and inducing trauma among immigrant communities. This lesson includes a video, comprehension and discussion questions, vocabulary, and a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
ICE
immigration

Vocabulary

detain
asylum
whisk off
apprehend
onslaught
crackdown
deploy
unnerve
lure
paralyzed
A spinning paper plane