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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCycling Through Controversy: Debating Values and Viewpoints
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Oral Presentations, English-Language Arts, ScienceThis lesson, found on the Journey North Web site, focuses on debating skills. While students track a selected migration in the p...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTrivial Pursuits: Playing with Internet Information: A Lesson in Fact-Checking
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, students reflect on the difference between trivia and other types of information and examine how the Internet ha...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBlack, White and Digitized All Over: Examining the Pros and Cons of Print Newspapers and Online News Sites
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Career & Technical Ed, History-Social Science and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the pros and cons of getting news from print newspape...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhose Peace?: Analyzing Perspectives on the Israeli Palestinian Peace Process
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, World History, History-Social Science, Writing Strategies and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the perspectives of different groups of people involv...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat's in a Name?: Exploring the Relationship Between Places and the People After Whom They Are Named
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geography, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, World HistoryIn this lesson, students explore the connection between places and the people after whom they are named. Students investigate pe...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDigestible Computers: Exploring the Future of Embedded Computing
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the pros and cons of "embedded computing" in the fiel...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEvery Picture Tells a Story: Photojournalism and the Elián González Story
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Career & Technical Ed, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students consider controversial photos of Elián González and decide ho...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExhibiting Tools of the Trade: A Lesson on Museums for the Language Arts and Social Studies Classroom
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Electives, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students design "mini museums" that exhibit both historic and current ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFound in the Translation: Exploring Multilingual Communication on the Internet
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Foreign Languages, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the quirks of machine translation and explore the bar...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAppliances with Minds of Their Own: Exploring and Inventing Appliances That Think
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine how everyday appliances might soon possess the capaci...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Long Way Home: Exploring News and Editorial Coverage of the Elián González Case
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Career & Technical Ed, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the difference between "hard news" and editorial writ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBabes in Electronic Toyland: Exploring the Use of New Handheld Technologies in School
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Technology, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, students explore the use of new handheld electronic devices in schools and investigate, through surveys and essa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkData Processing: Exploring the Application of Geographic Information Systems in a Variety of Fields
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geography, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, EconomicsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the application of Geographic Information Systems, or...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Scoop on Local Business: Exploring the Importance of Local Businesses in Supporting Regional Economies
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geography, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, EconomicsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore how local businesses support their state or regional ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAltered Genes: Exploring the Economic Implications of Consumers' Worries About Genetically Engineered Foods
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Reading Comprehension, Science, Career & Technical Ed and 4 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students investigate the controversy surrounding the use of gene-alter...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorld Consumption: Unequal Slices of the Pie--Evaluating Facts from the 1998 United Nations Human Development Report
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, World History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn how to interpret the United Nations Human Development R...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFood's Altered Ego: Understanding International Positions on the Use of Genetically Modified Foods
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Reading Comprehension, Science, Geography and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students investigate various countries' positions on genetically modif...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVoices in Verse: Exploring Middle Eastern Interpretations of Palestinian Poetry
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, World History, Literary Analysis, Geography and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine Arabic poetry and how it is interpreted by people of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCan We Talk? Exploring the History of Telecommunications Technology
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, American DemocracyIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students research the history and technology of telecommunications. Th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Write Response: Using Writing as a Way to Deal with Terrorism and Tragedy
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn what impact the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0