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Teach and learn with The Times: Resources for bringing the world into your classroom

Teach and learn with The Times: Resources for bringing the world into your classroom

Highlights

  1. What's Going On in This Graph?

    What’s Going On in This Graph? | March 27, 2024

    Over the next quarter-century, what is projected to happen to the distribution of young people around the world? What benefits and challenges might result because of this shift?

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    1. Picture Prompts

      ‘Cowboy Carter’

      Are you excited for Beyoncé’s new album? What do you think the cover is saying?

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  1. Weekly Student News Quiz: Israel-Hamas War, Medical Breakthrough, Apple

    Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.

     Compiled by Michael Gonchar and

    CreditAndrew Kelly/Reuters
    Student News Quiz
  2. Have You Ever Lost Someone as a Friend?

    A Times Opinion writer laments the loss of treasured friendships from his life. Can you relate to this regret?

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    CreditBen Wiseman
    Student Opinion
  3. Open Letters: Our New Opinion-Writing Contest

    We invite students to write public-facing letters to people or groups about issues that matter to them. Contest dates: March 13 to May 1.

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    CreditYukai Du
    Contests
  4. 310 Prompts for Argumentative Writing

    Questions on everything from mental health and sports to video games and dating. Which ones inspire you to take a stand?

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    Our list of writing prompts includes: Should the voting age be lowered to 16?
    CreditBrian Fraser for The New York Times
    Student Opinion
  5. Our 2023-24 Student Contest Calendar

    Here are 10 challenges to help us celebrate our 25th anniversary — including one open to both teachers and teenagers.

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    Winners from our Coming of Age in 2022 Contest. We’ll be running a new version of this challenge, open to both teachers and teenagers, in the fall.
    CreditFrom left to right, Shashank Salgam, Allyson Kim and Gigi Greene
    Contests

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Resources for Teaching and Learning

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  1. Lessons and Teaching Ideas

    Lesson plans and teaching resources based on Times content

     

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  2. Writing Prompts

    Student Opinion Q’s, Picture Prompts & Current Events Conversation

     

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  3. Quizzes and Vocabulary

    Weekly News Quiz, Word of the Day, Country of the Week and Student Crosswords

     

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  4. Photos, Graphs and Videos

    Film Club, What’s Going On in This Picture? and What’s Going On in This Graph?

     

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  5. Contests

    Student Contests & Our Contest Calendar

     

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Resources by Subject

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  1. English Language Arts

    Lesson plans for English language arts from The Learning Network.

     

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  2. Social Studies

    Lesson plans for social studies from The Learning Network.

     

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  3. Science & Math

    Lesson plans for science and math from The Learning Network.

     

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  4. E.L.L. & Arts

    Lesson plans for E.L.L. & arts from The Learning Network.

     

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  5. Current Events

    Lesson plans on current events from The Learning Network.

     

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Accessible Activities

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  1. Baking

    Do you create homemade cakes, cookies or pies? What are your favorite recipes?

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  2. What’s Going On in This Picture? | March 25, 2024

    Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.

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    CreditJason Gulley for The New York Times
  3. Public Selfies

    Tell us a story, real or made up, that is inspired by this image.

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    CreditMaría Jesús Contreras
  4. Snacks and Drinks

    What do you think this image is communicating?

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    CreditTomi Um
  5. March Madness

    Will you be watching? What predictions can you make?

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    CreditIllustration: Dan Goldfarb/The Athletic; Photos, from left to right: Eakin Howard/Getty Images; Adam Bettcher/Getty Images, Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire
  1. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: crucial

    This word has appeared in 2,489 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

     
  2. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: inexorably

    This word has appeared in 49 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

     
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  5. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: olfactory

    This word has appeared in 28 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

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  9. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: amorphous

    This word has appeared in 61 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

     
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