We think these films will inspire powerful conversation, and we invite students to begin those conversations on our site. Eastern time, and publish additional background about these graphs on Thursday afternoons - about the same time we publish a new graph for the coming week.Įach week we feature a short documentary film from The Times - most are under 10 minutes - and ask students to think about themes like race and gender identity, technology and society, civil rights, criminal justice, ethics, and artistic and scientific exploration. With our partners at the American Statistical Association, we host a live, moderated discussion on Wednesdays, from 9 a.m. Visit our Weekly News Quiz for Students collection to test your knowledge of current events each week. This feature invites students to wonder about a Times graph, map or chart. Compiled by JEREMY ENGLE and JOHN OTIS UPDATED September 1, 2020. What’s Going On in This Graph? (Weekly on Wednesdays) Students continue to comment all week, and on Thursday afternoons we reveal the “back story” about the photo and what it depicts. Eastern time, we host a live, moderated student discussion with our partner organization, Visual Thinking Strategies. What’s Going On in This Picture? (Weekly on Mondays)Įvery Sunday night we post an intriguing photograph without its caption and ask students to think critically about what they see. Any questions, concerns or suggestions? Please write to us at or post a comment.
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Our regular daily and weekly features run from September through May, with special resources published throughout the summer. These resources all use content from The New York Times - articles, essays, images, videos, graphics and podcasts - as teaching tools across subject areas. The Learning Network publishes hundreds of teaching resources each school year. Here are four quick facts about our site: Via features like writing prompts, contests, discussion forums and lesson plans, the site provides fresh opportunities daily for teenagers to both learn more about what’s happening in the news and raise their voices in response to it. Welcome to The Learning Network, a free resource that has been bringing the world into classrooms for 25 years. All our features will be back beginning Sept. Welcome to a new school year! We’ll publish new daily writing prompts starting on Sept.
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