Film Club: ‘Not Even for a Moment Do Things Stand Still’
Note: This is the last Film Club for the 2021-22 school year. Our regular features will resume on September 8.In the coming days, the number of known deaths from Covid-19 in the United States is expected to reach one million. It is a stark and staggering number, but the emotional toll on the survivors is…
What Were the Best and Worst Things About 2021 for You?
In “Best Albums of 2021,” Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz reviewed Tyler, the Creator’s album “Call Me if You Get Lost.”A life of luxury can’t mollify Tyler, the Creator. He’s no longer the trolling provocateur he was a decade ago when he emerged with Odd Future, but he’s still intransigent and high-concept. After…
What Are the Most Memorable Things You’ve Seen or Experienced in Nature?
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.How often do you spend time in nature? How closely do you observe your surroundings? Has the pandemic changed your relationship with the natural world in any way? If so, how?In honor of Earth Day, we invite…
Lesson of the Day: ‘5 Key Things in the $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Package’
Going FurtherThough the Senate unanimously passed the bill, some lawmakers had criticisms of it. The Times reports: In the final measure, most Republicans agreed to Democrats’ demands for a substantial expansion of jobless benefits, including $600 extra per week on top of the usual amount provided by states.On Wednesday afternoon, four Republican senators said they…
What Were the Best and Worst Things About 2019 for You?
In “Best Albums of 2019,” Times critics give their top picks for 2019. Here, for instance, is the music critic Jon Pareles’s No. 1 choice:Billie Eilish, ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’The weird outsider became a popular girl in 2019. The songs of Billie Eilish, 17, are death-haunted and depressive, by turns…
Do You Seek Out New Experiences? Or Stick With the Things You Know and...
Find all our Student Opinion questions here. Imagine it’s a Saturday night and you’re picking out a movie to watch. Do you choose one that you’ve never seen before? Or do you turn on one of your tried-and-true favorites? In general, when given the chance, do you like to try new music, foods, movies, video…
Learning With: ‘The Mueller Report Is 448 Pages Long. You Need to Know These...
2. According to the report, what are two examples of times that President Trump lied or tried to get his staff to lie about matters related to the Mueller investigation? 3. The authors write: The president has spent the past two years denouncing the news media. He has repeatedly accused reporters of making up sources…