Students compare and contrast the world, people and technologies of "1984" with those of today and create a treatment for a modern film, print or stage adaptation that revolves around current technologies.

In this lesson, students compare and contrast the world, people and technologies of “1984” with those of today and create a treatment for a modern film, print or stage adaptation that revolves around current technologies.

Students consider the connection between French and other cultures and languages by discussing key quotations from relevant Times articles and sharing their insights on the questions they raise.

Students will reflect on their reading experiences in and out of school and discuss the roles that both fiction and non-fiction played. Next, they will become familiar with what the Commmon Core Standards say about reading, and what critics and supporters have written in reaction. Ultimately, students will write about the question, "What should students read?"

Students will go "inside" the NY Times Best Sellers List to explore recent best sellers across categories, then use those lists as models to create their own in categories of their choosing. They will write one-sentence summaries for each book on their lists, then analyze and explain their choices by writing "Inside the List" articles. Ultimately, students will answer the question, "What do best-seller lists tell us about our culture?"

Students analyze the work of winners of the Learning Network's 2014 Student Editorial Contest as well as professional models from the Times editorial pages to learn how writers effectively introduce and respond to counterarguments. Then they write their own position pieces, incorporating counterarguments to strengthen their claims.

Students will examine their preconceptions about Shakespeare and his work. Then, after reading one theater critic's case for reading and seeing Shakespeare, they will use the Times to explore adaptations of a Shakespearean play they are currently studying. Finally, they will use these as a springboard for staging their own scenes from the play in a new way, using an adaptation they have read about as a model.

Students will consider the nature of stories and learn to write more concisely by reading and writing flash fiction.

How do great authors build suspense and keep us engaged? In this lesson students will discuss how they "read" their favorite televsion shows in order to make predictions about what will happen, then apply these skills to speculate about happens to literary characters after the novel or play ends. Finally, they will use the inferences they gain thorugh close reading to create imagined futures for these characters in comic strips, next chapters, letters, journals, or videos.

This resource contains six ideas for teaching “Mockingbird” today, as well as resources, new and old, for connecting Harper Lee and her work to the world around us. Includes activities and connections for "Go Set a Watchman."

This resource contains six ideas for teaching "Mockingbird" today, as well as resources, new and old, for connecting Harper Lee and her work to the world around us. Includes activities and connections for "Go Set a Watchman."

Students will use The New York Times and George Orwell's Animal Farm and/or 1984 to explore the relevance of the novel in today's contemporary society and discern how many of the book"™s warnings are relevant today.

This resource from the New York Times includes six teaching ideas for teaching The Kite Runner including informational readings, videos, and links.

This resource from the New York Times includes six teaching ideas for teaching The Kite Runner including informational readings, videos, and links.

Celebrate "Women's History Month" through this edition of Text to Text in collaboration with the Makers project (a digital and broadcast initiative from AOL and PBS that showcases stories of groundbreaking women from all walks of life. Students will view video clips, compare texts, answer key questions, and engage a variety of "Going Further" exercises.

The Learning Network provides teaching and learning materials and ideas based on New York Times content. Teachers can use or adapt our lessons across subject areas and levels or contribute their own ideas. Students can respond to our Opinion questions, take our News Quizzes, learn the Word of the Day, try our Test Yourself questions, enter contests, do crosswords, learn about what happened on this day in history, answer 6 Q's About the News, speculate on "What's Going On in This Picture?" or read our Poetry Pairings.

Students will compare and contrast Times Topics pages with Wikipedia as potential sources of information and use Times Topics pages to tackle classroom research questions.