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Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “How Long Covid Exhausts the Body” by Josh KellerLong Covid is a chronic condition that affects millions of people infected with the coronavirus. These people struggle with exhaustion, cognitive problems and other long-lasting symptoms for months and years after initial infection.In this article, you will learn about the toll long Covid takes…

4. Mike Elizondo, one of the album’s producers, recalls Miranda urging, “Let’s not try and water anything down” while making the music to the soundtrack. Do you think they succeeded? Have you ever felt that movies “watered down” a culture, tradition or style? Why does that matter?5. The article ends with a tasty metaphor for…

Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “How a National Movement Toppled Hundreds of Confederate Symbols” by Audra D. S. BurchGeorge Floyd was murdered almost two years ago, and since then at least 230 Confederate symbols have been removed, relocated or renamed, as part of the larger examination of systemic racism that has unfolded throughout America.In this lesson, you…

Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “How a High School Debate Team Shaped Ketanji Brown Jackson” by Patricia MazzeiPresident Biden on Friday said he would nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court to replace Justice Stephen G. Breyer, who announced last month that he would retire at the end of the current term this summer. If…

Please note: We are continuing to update this lesson, and we also now have a place for young people to react, discuss and ask questions. Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “The Invasion of Ukraine: How Russia Attacked and What Happens Next”Early on the morning of Feb. 24 in Ukraine, Russian troops poured over the border, and Russian…

This lesson is a part of our Accessible Activities feature, which aims to welcome a wider variety of learners to our site and to The Times. Learn more and tell us what you think here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “Beyond the Statistics in Pedestrian Deaths” by Simon RomeroThe United States is enduring its most severe increase in…

3. How did Fariba’s poem find its way to a history class at Canyon Crest Academy, a public high school 8,000 miles away in San Diego? What have the students at Canyon Crest learned from their unique window into life for the Afghan girls? How have the Zoom sessions with the San Diego students affected…

Lesson OverviewFeatured Series: “What Is Black Love Today?”In a special collaboration between Modern Love and Black History, Continued, The Times asked readers and well-known writers to respond to the question “What is Black love today?” In this lesson, you will do a close reading of one of the essays in the collection. Then, you will…

Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “How Bad Is the Western Drought? Worst in 12 Centuries, Study Finds.” by Henry FountainDrought is gripping the American West, which includes California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Climate change has fueled a drought that began in 2000, making the past two decades the driest since 800…

Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “Trucker Protests in Canada: What You Need to Know” by Azi Paybarah and Vivek ShankarFor several weeks, truck drivers protesting vaccine mandates have been parking their rigs to block the flow of traffic on major highways and bridges across Canada. On Feb. 14, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared a national public order…