In this lesson, students will learn about the legacy of the Salem witch trials. Then, they will write a letter in support of, or opposition to, a bill exonerating one of the accused.
By Nicole Daniels
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How did 9/11 shape the generation that grew up in its aftermath? Register for our panel on Sept. 30 and invite your students to share their perspectives.
A trunk, a tail, wings or stripes? How about the acute vision of an owl? Or the speed of a cheetah? What characteristics or traits of an animal would you choose — at least for a day?
In this lesson, students will learn about young people in Afghanistan by reading first-person narratives and looking at photographs. Then, they will react to what they read by writing a letter.
What have you learned about that day and its aftermath? How do you think it has shaped your generation?
By Callie Holtermann
Contests
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From art and editorials to personal narratives, profiles and podcasts, a list of the nine contests — plus additional weekly and monthly challenges — we’re running this year.
A flexible, eight-unit program based on the real-world features found in newspapers, from editorials and reviews to personal narratives, profiles and podcasts.
As school communities come back together, we invite students to think about what they’ve experienced, how they have changed — and what’s important about who they are now.
This teaching guide, part of our eight-unit writing curriculum, includes daily writing prompts, lessons based on selected mentor texts, and the announcement of a new personal narrative essay contest.
This unit invites students to write about food and fashion, movies and music, books and buildings for a global audience. It features writing prompts, mentor-text lesson plans and a culminating contest.
Via photographs, recipes, art, a podcast interview and more, students use The Times to explore the history, traditions and significance of the holiday.
In this lesson, students will explore a 3-D model of historical Greenwood — home of “Black Wall Street” — and then learn about how a white mob destroyed a prosperous Black community 100 years ago.
In this lesson, students will use the New York Times archive to learn about immigration laws from 1882 to 1986. Then they will make connections to today.
By Nicole Daniels
PhotoCreditLuke Wolagiewicz for The New York Times
Are you interested in teaching with our daily writing prompts? In this guide, you’ll learn practical strategies from a dozen teachers, and we’ll walk you through the steps on how you can get started.
In this webinar, we introduce the array of free resources for teaching and learning with The Times that The Learning Network publishes every school year.
Eight practical ideas for understanding new words in context — plus six ideas for thinking more deeply about the relationships between language and culture.
