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Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 2021.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “Kids Need Superheroes Now More Than Ever” by Megan MarguliesIn the featured article, Megan Margulies, granddaughter of the creator of Captain America, writes about how comic books and “magical thinking” can help children get through…

Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “How to Print Money”It is often said that money doesn’t grow on trees. So if it doesn’t, where does it come from?In today’s featured article, The New York Times takes us behind the scenes of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Fort Worth, Texas, to find out how money is made…

Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “G.O.P. State Lawmakers Push a Growing Wave of Anti-Transgender Bills” by Maggie Astor (Note: You can also listen to this article.)Over the past three years, Republican state lawmakers have put forward a barrage of bills to regulate the lives of transgender youths, restricting the sports teams they can join, bathrooms they can…

Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “Procrastinate Much? Manage Your Emotions, Not Your Time.” by Adam GrantProcrastination is something most of us have dealt with at one time or another, whether it’s waiting until the last minute to turn in an assignment or finding ways to get out of doing chores…

Warm UpBefore you read this article, take a look at a screenshot from this shark’s Twitter account. (Yes, the great white shark, Katharine, has a Twitter account. We’ll get to that later.)ImageCredit...Twitter.comWhat do you notice? What do you wonder?What can you infer about this shark and why she is important just from the information on…

Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “Meet Your Meme Lords” by Steven KurutzA small team at the Library of Congress is archiving internet culture as fast as it can. Already the library has amassed more than 2.129 petabytes of data — or put another way, 18 billion digital documents. And that’s…

Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “5 Takeaways From the Leaked Files on China’s Mass Detention of Muslims” In November 2019, The Times published leaked documents that expose details of China’s mass detention of Muslims in the Xinjiang region. In this lesson, you will learn about the significance of the information…

Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “A Small Town Gave Up Tackle Football. It Came Storming Back.” Brain trauma sustained in football (and other contact sports) is now linked to long-term cognitive impairment, including memory loss, confusion, depression and dementia. Today’s featured article, the second part in a New York Times…

Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “Can Biology Class Reduce Racism?” A study of a new curriculum will test a new approach to learning about race: studying it in biology class. In this lesson, you’ll learn about misconceptions related to race and genetics — and why correcting them matters.Warm UpHow much…

Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “We Live in Zoom Now”The coronavirus has changed how we work, play and learn: Schools are closing, sports leagues have been canceled, and many people have been asked to work from home.Overnight, Zoom has become a primary social platform for millions of people, a lot…