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Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “We Are Saying It With Flowers. Loudly and Repeatedly.” By Carly LewisThe Society of American Florists, 1-800-Flowers and individually operated flower shops have reported a significant increase in the number of flower sales since…

Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “‘What’s the Point?’ Young People’s Despair Deepens as Covid-19 Crisis Drags On” by Isabella Kwai and Elian PeltierAs the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect countries around the world, mental health professionals are concerned about…

Read this excerpt that details the pandemic routine of one of those mothers, Dekeda Brown, 41, who lives in Olney, Md., and is married with two daughters, 11 and 15:Dekeda was sitting at her dining room table — her “war room,” as she calls it — with two laptops open, typing like a court stenographer.…

7. The article concludes:Its scientific uses aside, the animation also resonates with people on a visceral level.“It’s quite hypnotic,” Dr. Pérez-Díaz said, “even for me, and I see them all the time.”“A lot of people when they’re young really like dinosaurs and volcanoes and supercontinents and things like that,” Dr. Merdith said. “So maybe this…

Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Lesson OverviewFeatured ArticlesIn the wake of protests against racism and racial violence in the United States this past summer, Black French people are bringing the subject of race into the public discourse. However, in recent months, politicians…

Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “‘We Are Forgotten’: Grocery Workers Hope for Higher Pay and Vaccinations” by Sapna Maheshwari and Michael CorkeryThe grocery industry has boomed in the past year as Americans have stayed home and avoided restaurants during…

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5. Choose one musician or composer whose work was particularly powerful to you. Then, seek out another one of that person’s songs to listen to. Are you able to hear similarities and differences between the two songs?Going FurtherShare Your OpinionAfter reading the article, do you better understand classical music? Do you think you have a…

6. What is your reaction to the article? Can you draw any parallels between the coup in Myanmar and recent events in other places such as Mali, Thailand or Brazil where coups or the threat of military intervention are present? Can you make any connections between what is happening in Myanmar and what happened on…

michael barbaroFrom The New York Times, I’m Michael Barbaro. This is Daily.[music]What started as a story about Reddit versus Wall Street, the little guy versus the man, has revealed itself to be something larger — a kind of story of our time. Today: My colleagues, technology reporter Taylor Lorenz and business columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin,…