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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

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  1. Student News Quiz

    Summer 2024 News Quiz for Students

    How closely have you paid attention to current events? See what you remember by taking our special Summer 2024 News Quiz.

       Compiled by Jeremy Engle

    CreditClockwise from top left: Disney/Pixar; Rodolfo Buhrer/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Image; Nicole Craine for The New York Times; Atul Loke for The New York Times; Doug Mills/The New York Times
    2. Contests

      Our 2024-25 Student Contest Calendar

      Ten challenges that invite teenagers to engage, experiment, reflect and create — via writing, photography, audio, video and more.

         By The Learning Network

      Work from some of the teenage finalists for our 2023-34 “Where We Are” photo essay contest. We’ll be running this challenge again this winter.
      Work from some of the teenage finalists for our 2023-34 “Where We Are” photo essay contest. We’ll be running this challenge again this winter.
      CreditClockwise from top left: Sydney Voorhees; Jaewon Yoon; Hannah Tang; JD Noonan; Jiajia Long; Ruixin Zhang

  1. Teachers, How Do You Handle Classroom Conversations About Hot-Button Issues?

    What has worked? What has been difficult? We’d love to hear from educators at all levels and across subject areas.

       By The Learning Network

    CreditEvan Jenkins for The New York Times
    Great Ideas From Readers

  2. ‘The More You Know About Something the Less Scary It Is’: The Week 7 Winner of Our Summer Reading Contest

    Michelle Zhibing Zhou, 15, writes about a Science article highlighting new research that “sent ripples throughout the leech research community and shivers down my spine.”

       By The Learning Network

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  3. 142 Picture Prompts to Inspire Student Writing

    A school year’s worth of short, accessible image-driven posts that invite a variety of kinds of writing.

       By The Learning Network

    In October, we invited students to use this illustration to inspire them to write the opening of a short story or poem. The illustration was originally published with an article about Y.A. Thrillers.
    CreditSiobhan Gallagher
    Picture Prompts

  4. Our 15th Annual Summer Reading Contest

    Students are invited to tell us what they’re reading in The Times and why, this year in writing OR via a 90-second video. Contest dates: June 7 to Aug. 16.

       By The Learning Network

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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. Friends?

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

       By The Learning Network

    CreditJason Allen Lee

  2. Lapel Buttons

    What do you think this image is communicating?

       By The Learning Network

    CreditKyle Platts

  3. New Stamp Design

    This new French stamp is a scratch-and-sniff. If you could design a stamp, what would yours feature?

       By The Learning Network

    The new French baguette stamp.
    CreditLa Poste

  4. Boys and Cologne

    Do the teen and tween boys you know love high-end fragrances?

       By The Learning Network

    CreditEvan Jenkins for The New York Times

  5. What’s Going On in This Picture? | May 20, 2024

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

       By The Learning Network

    CreditKirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press
  1. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: inordinate

    This word has appeared in 43 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: boycott

    This word has appeared in 308 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

     
  3. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: encyclopedic

    This word has appeared in 72 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

     
  4. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: centennial

    This word has appeared in 125 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

     
  5. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: luminescent

    This word has appeared in 13 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

     
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  7. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: cuneiform

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

    By The Learning Network

     
  8. Contests

    Open Letters: Our Opinion-Writing Contest

    We invite students to write public-facing letters to people or groups about issues that matter to them. Contest dates: March 12 to April 16, 2025.

    By The Learning Network

     
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