Have you found new ways to work with others over the internet? What have you accomplished? What do you miss, if anything, about working together in person?
In this lesson, students will learn about the state of the presidential race the morning after Election Day, and consider what the results might mean for a deeply divided nation.
In this lesson, students will learn about the Electoral College — how it works in a presidential election and why it was created — and consider whether it needs to be reformed.
We invite middle and high school students ages 11-19 to tell a short story about a meaningful life experience in 600 words or fewer. Contest Dates: Oct. 13-Nov. 17, 2020
This week a divided Senate Judiciary Committee kicked off four days of confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court. Have you been following the hearings? How much do you think the Supreme Court matters?
By Nicole Daniels, Shannon Doyne and Michael Gonchar
Is the way Americans choose the president undemocratic and unfair? Or does the Electoral College work the way it’s supposed to, even if the candidate who wins the most votes loses?
This companion guide invites families, students and educators to have a conversation about the goals of public education in America … and the relationship between race, social class and a quality education.
In this lesson, students will examine the math behind Covid-19 risk in schools and uncover misleading percentages and data reliability in coronavirus case reporting.
Back by popular demand, The Learning Network will host a webinar on November 5 on how to teach and learn with the award-winning graphics from The New York Times.
Activities and lessons that can be employed by English, social studies, math and science educators, using Times photos, illustrations, graphs, videos, podcasts and articles.
In this webinar, The Learning Network shares ideas and resources to help your students tell their own stories, and prepare for our personal narrative contest.
A flexible, seven-unit program based on the real-world writing found in newspapers, from editorials and reviews to personal narratives and informational essays.
This special unit acknowledges both the tumultuous events of 2020 and their outsize impact on young people — and invites teenagers to respond creatively.
This teaching guide, the second in our seven-unit writing curriculum, includes daily writing prompts, lessons based on selected mentor texts, and the announcement of a new personal narrative essay contest.
An invitation for students to write about food and fashion, movies and music, books and buildings for a global audience. Featuring writing prompts, mentor-text lesson plans and a culminating contest.
