Lessons and Teaching Ideas

Ten challenges that invite teenagers to engage, experiment, reflect and create — via writing, photography, audio, video and more.

By The Learning Network

Here are all of our Student Opinion questions from the 2023-24 school year. Each question is based on a different New York Times article, interactive feature or video.

By The Learning Network

A collection of resources and critical-thinking questions to help students better understand the protest movement and consider the complex issues it raises.

By The Learning Network

What story can these images tell?

By The Learning Network

Wordle? Spelling Bee? Flashback? Connections? Teachers across subject areas and levels say Times games have become part of their routines.

By Katherine Schulten and Natalie Proulx

Questions on everything from mental health and sports to video games and dating. Which ones inspire you to take a stand?

By Natalie Proulx

Six steps to help you understand the format and write a powerful open letter of your own — with help from Times texts along the way.

By Katherine Schulten

A new collection to explore our planet’s warming oceans, intensifying storms and rising air temperatures, as well as its greenhouse gas emissions and climate solutions.

By Michael Gonchar

We walk you through how to brainstorm a topic, interview an expert and write your own original “How to ….”

By Natalie Proulx and Katherine Schulten

In this lesson, students will learn about the dangers of noise in daily life, and the health risks excessive noise can pose. Then, they will document the noise levels in their own communities.

By Jeremy Engle