How Did the Covid-19 Pandemic Affect You, Your Family and Your Community?
It has been four years since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. The New York Times writes of the anniversary:Four years ago today, society began to shut down.Shortly after noon Eastern on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid — or “the coronavirus,” then the more…
Lesson of the Day: ‘Covid Test Misinformation Spikes Along With Spread of Omicron’
Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “Covid Test Misinformation Spikes Along With Spread of Omicron”In the wake of Omicron, additional testing and breakthrough Covid infections among vaccinated people have created the perfect recipe for misinformation about the coronavirus.In this lesson, you will think about rumors you have heard and learn about some of the ways that falsehoods have…
Teenagers on How Covid Has Changed Them
I found ways to keep myself busy like binge-watching every TV show and movie, going on bike rides and baking, but spending most of my time on social media. I never felt dangerously bored or like I was going “insane” from not being able to go out, but still I made myself comfortable with living…
Crowds and Covid
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Following a major win against top-ranked Clemson by the Notre Dame football team on Saturday, throngs of students rushed the field to celebrate. The spectacle drew ire on social media and elsewhere for its flagrant disregard of…
How Did Covid Change You?
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 to be a global pandemic. Two days later the United States designated it a national emergency.Five years ago, Covid took hold and the world transformed almost overnight. As routines and rituals evaporated, often replaced by grief, fear and isolation, many of us wondered: When will…
Film Club: ‘Covid-19 Devastated Many Communities. But Not Cherokee Nation.’
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.“Covid-19 Devastated Many Communities. But Not Cherokee Nation.” is a five-minute film that touches on themes of community, history, leadership and justice. The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma has kept its Covid-19 death rate lower than most American…
