The Learning Network

Teaching and Learning With The New York Times

  1. Kim Ludbrook/European Pressphoto Agency

    Weekly News Quiz

    Weekly News Quiz: Zimbabwe, Da Vinci, Taxes

    Have you been paying attention to the headlines this week? Take our 10-question quiz and see.

    1. First row (left to right): Joanna N, Veronica DeMornay-O'Neal, Sophie Metcalf, Ruyin Wang and Aliyah. Second row: Anna Zimmer, Ashby Amory, Ben Hewson, Madison Grosvenor and James Ray. Third row: Jason Katz, Hayley Kash, Eleri Lyon, Taylor Birch and Itsy.

      Contests

      The Most Popular Topic in Our 2017 Student Editorial Cartoon Contest? President Trump, Of Course.

      More than 800 students submitted cartoons on the issues they care about, but without a doubt, President Trump was students’ favorite subject to critique.

Activities for Students

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  2. Writing Prompts

    Writing Prompts

    Student Opinion Q’s, Picture Prompts & Current Events Conversation

  3. Quizzes & Crosswords

    Quizzes & Crosswords

    Weekly News Quiz, Word of the Day, Country of the Week & Student Crosswords

  4. Multimedia

    Multimedia

    Film Club, What’s Going On in This Picture? & What’s Going On in This Graph?

  5. Contests

    Contests

    Student Contests & Our Contest Calendar

Lesson Plans

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  2. Social Studies

    Lesson plans for social studies from The Learning Network.

  3. Science & Math

    Lesson plans for science and math from The Learning Network.

  4. E.L.L. & Arts

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

  5. Current Events

    Lesson plans on current events from The Learning Network.