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

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  2. Student Opinion

    Is Sports Gambling a Problem?

    This year’s Super Bowl was likely the biggest wagering event in U.S. sports betting history. Is legalized gambling hurting fans and sports?

     By Jeremy Engle

    CreditXinyue Chen

    1. Student Opinion

      10 Writing Prompts on Love, Dating and Relationships

      These questions invite you to reflect on the role that love — in all its forms — plays in your life.

       By Natalie Proulx

      CreditIllustrations by María Jesús Contreras; Hyesu Lee; Yvetta Fedorova

  1. Three recent Picture Prompts

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    current events conversation

  2. Dr. Amit Raj’s cousins kept nudging him to ask Dr. Ami Modi out. So he got her on board to pretend they were dating. Soon enough, they really were. Related Article

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    Conversations With Journalists

  3. CreditIllustration by Akshita Chandra/The New York Times; Photograph by Douglas Sacha/Getty Images

    Film and Podcast Club

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    Civics

  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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  5. Current Events

    Lesson plans on current events from The Learning Network.

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  1. Picture Prompts

    Be Mine

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

    By The Learning Network

  2. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: nomadic

    This word has appeared in 117 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

  6. Picture Prompts

    Writing

    What do you think this image is communicating?

    By The Learning Network

  7. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: peripatetic

    This word has appeared in 42 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

  8. Picture Prompts

    Best in Show

    Would you want to enter your pet in a contest?

    By The Learning Network

  10. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: obliquely

    This word has appeared in 47 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network