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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

  1. How to Use This Site
  2. Lesson Plans
  3. Writing Prompts
  4. Quizzes and Vocabulary
  5. Photos, graphs and videos
  6. Contests

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  1. Student Opinion

    How Did Covid Change You?

    This week marks the fifth anniversary of the pandemic. What are your most lasting memories? How has it shaped your life and the world around you?

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    1. Picture Prompts

      Jaywalking

      New York City legalized it last year. Should other cities follow suit? Or is it too dangerous?

       By The Learning Network

      The intersection of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. New York City officials have decriminalized jaywalking, a violation that most New Yorkers committed with regularity despite the potential of a $300 fine.

      The intersection of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. New York City officials have decriminalized jaywalking, a violation that most New Yorkers committed with regularity despite the potential of a $300 fine.

      CreditMark Abramson for The New York Times

  1. 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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    Contests

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    Student News Quiz

  3. How can teachers and librarians work together to help students enter our contests? Joanna Drusin, center, has some ideas.

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    Great Ideas From Readers

  4. Representative John Lewis of Georgia arrived on Capitol Hill under a lowered flag for Elijah Cummings, the Maryland congressman who died on Oct. 17, 2019.

    CreditDamon Winter/The New York Times

    Conversations With Journalists

  5. 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.

    CreditClockwise from top left: Sydney Voorhees; Jaewon Yoon; Hannah Tang; JD Noonan; Jiajia Long; Ruixin Zhang

    Contests

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    Student Contests & Our Contest Calendar

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

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  1. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: nonchalantly

    This word has appeared in 46 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

  2. Student Opinion

    Could You ‘Quit’ Shopping?

    Some shoppers are fed up by the constant barrage of ads online, and they’re pushing back by trying to spend less. Would you join them?

    By Natalie Proulx

  3. Picture Prompts

    Neighbors

    Are you friendly with the people in your neighborhood?

    By The Learning Network

  4. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: environs

    This word has appeared in 58 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

  5. Contests

    Our 16th 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 6 to Aug. 15, 2025.

    By The Learning Network

  7. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: obstinacy

    This word has appeared in 16 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

  8. Student Opinion

    When Was the Last Time You Read a Whole Book?

    Research shows that fewer young people are reading for fun, and that many English teachers no longer assign full novels. Does this echo your experience?

    By Katherine Schulten

  9. Picture Prompts

    A Helping Hand

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

    By The Learning Network

  10. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: laconic

    This word has appeared in 31 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network