Lesson Plan: ‘How a Visual Language Evolves as Our World Does’
In this lesson, students will learn how video technology and social media have given deaf people a new way to communicate and how it is transforming American Sign Language.
Lesson Plan: “Octavia Butler’s Science Fiction Predicted the World We Live In”
In this lesson, students will explore a Times interactive that immerses readers in significant locations and moments from the life of the pioneering science fiction writer.
Lesson Plan: ‘26.2 Miles Is Easy. Getting Around New York City Is Not.’
In this lesson, students will learn why it’s easier for one athlete to win a marathon in New York than to navigate the city in a wheelchair. Then, students will evaluate the accessibility of public spaces where they live.
Lesson Plan: ‘How Many Languages Could a Child Speak?’
Make a guess and then find out the answer in this lesson.
Lesson Plan: Explore How the Election Denial Movement Threatens Democracy
What can happen in a representative democracy when politicians and a significant portion of the electorate question the legitimacy of elections?
Lesson Plan: ‘Some Kids Play Sports. These Kids Train Wild Horses.’
In this lesson, students will learn about a program to tame wild horses in a remote area of California. Then they’ll brainstorm ways to address problems in their communities.
Lesson Plan: What Does a Photo Editor Do?
In this lesson, students will play the role of photo editor to learn how the images they see in The New York Times make their way from the camera to the paper.
Lesson Plan: NASA’s Mission to Save the World From a Possible Asteroid
A NASA spacecraft successfully smashed into a small asteroid and changed its orbit: Should we all sleep easier at night?
Lesson Plan: Documenting Indigenous Culture Through Photography
Matika Wilbur is trying to photograph every federally recognized tribe in the United States. In this lesson, students will learn about why she believes that her project is vital to counter centuries of misrepresentation.
Lesson Plan: Investigating Haiti’s History and the Damage Caused by the ‘Double Debt’
In this lesson, students learn about the history of how the nation of Haiti was looted by outside powers, foreign banks and its own leaders almost from its birth.
