Student Journalism | Resources for School Newspaper Advisers
Resources for teaching the craft of journalism.
View ArticleTeaching 9/11 | Responding to Crisis With Students
A jointly written post by a guest, Annie Thoms, and the Learning Network staffer Holly Epstein Ojalvo about student projects they shepherded in response to the Stuyvesant High community's experience on...
View ArticleWhat We Eat, Where We Sleep: Documenting Daily Life to Tell Stories
Ideas for using two photo slide shows, each focusing on one aspect of the daily lives of people around the world, to have students explore what the way we eat and where we sleep say about who we are.
View ArticleOccupy Davis, as Covered by High School Journalists
How the student newspaper staff members at Davis Senior High School covered the events that occurred in the aftermath of the pepper-spraying incident at U.C. Davis.
View Article‘The Secrets It Holds’: Discovering The Lively Morgue and Other Archives
A look at The Lively Morgue, a Tumblr about The Times's historical resources, along with ideas for using and thinking about archives in general.
View ArticleYear-End Roundup | Language Arts, Journalism, the Arts and Academic Skills
Our lessons are on summer vacation, but here are all the lessons in reading, writing and culture we published this school year.
View ArticleWhat’s Going On in This Picture? | Oct. 29, 2012
Every Monday morning, we'll be publishing a New York Times photo without any caption, headline or other information about its origins. Join the conversation by posting about what you see and why in our...
View ArticleTeaching Hurricane Sandy: Ideas and Resources
Ways to bring this enormous storm and its aftermath into science, history, math, journalism, language arts, media studies and civics classrooms. How are you teaching about Hurricane Sandy?
View ArticleTeaching With ‘Teenagers in The Times’
Quick ways to teach with our monthly collection of Times articles and multimedia about young people. How might you use this feature? We'd love to include your ideas on our list.
View ArticleThe Fourth Annual New York Times Summer Reading Contest
Add nonfiction to your summer reading list by inviting teenagers, ages 13 to 19, to participate in our contest each week this summer from June 14 to Aug. 16. We'll choose a new winner each week.
View ArticleReader Idea | Practicing ‘Detective Skills’ With Infamous Local News Stories
New York City students learn about important local news stories by looking closely at photographs and matching them to clues about the "who, what, where, when, why and how" of the original story.
View Article10 Ways to Explore and Express What Makes Your Community Unique
What communities are you a part of? Which one matters to you most? What do people need to know about this community? How can you communicate that? Here are some ideas for projects for teachers and...
View Article50 Ways to Engage With Current Events
In honor of National News Engagement Day, here are 50 ideas to help teachers bring current events into the classroom.
View ArticleReader Idea | For High School Online Newspapers, The Times Offers Inspiration
For the first time, we're posting a piece by a student instead of a teacher. Preston R. Michelson, now a college student, interviews his former high school teacher and journalism adviser, David Cutler,...
View ArticleYear-End Roundup, 2014-15 | Language Arts, Journalism and the Arts
Links to all our lessons and features published this academic year in these categories.
View ArticleThree Teacher-Tested Ways to Encourage Your Students to Follow Current Events...
The Summer Reading Contest is now over, but here are some teacher-tested ideas for bringing its spirit into your classroom this fall, no matter how much time you have to give to current events.
View ArticleSkills and Strategies | Fake News vs. Real News: Determining the Reliability...
How do you know if something you read is true? Why should you care? This roundup of tools, questions, activities and case studies can help reduce "digital naïveté."
View ArticleThe Fourth Annual New York Times Summer Reading Contest
Add nonfiction to your summer reading list by inviting teenagers, ages 13 to 19, to participate in our contest each week this summer from June 14 to Aug. 16. We'll choose a new winner each week.
View ArticleReader Idea | Practicing ‘Detective Skills’ With Infamous Local News Stories
New York City students learn about important local news stories by looking closely at photographs and matching them to clues about the "who, what, where, when, why and how" of the original story.
View ArticleTeaching the Sochi Olympics | English Language Arts, Journalism and Fine Arts
Ideas for using the Sochi Games to teach literature, journalism, media studies, and fine arts and English-language learning classes.
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