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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhere the Spirit Moves You: Exploring Enchanted Places Around the Globe
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Geography, Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about the spiritual significance of locations throughou...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBringing Facts into Science Fiction: Creating Science Fiction Narratives Based on Current News Themes
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, American Democracy, Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students develop setting, plot, and characters for a science fiction s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Nobel Cause: How Nobel Prize Winners in the Sciences Have Influenced Our Lives
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Science, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about the awarding of the year 2000 Nobel Prizes by...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVeterans' Voyages: Gathering First-Hand Reports of a Soldier's Experience Far From Home
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, World History, History-Social Science, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students conduct background research into the experience of war from a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCemeteries Are Historical, Not Solely Grave: Examining Graveyards as Historical Sites
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geography, Career & Technical Ed, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts and 3 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students reflect on the value of graveyards as places of great his...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkArt Mystery: Examining the Lives of Famous Artists Through Original Mystery Stories
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about famous artists in order to write mystery stor...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFan(tom) of the Opera: Applying the Plots of Famous Operas to Modern Life
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Theatre, Music, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this two-day lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the ways in which the worlds of popular music...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Only Thing We Have to Fear....Exploring Beliefs in the Paranormal and the Appeal of the Horror Genre
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the appeal of fear in today's society and beliefs abo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBreaking Through to the Other Side: Investigating Women Who Break Barriers in All Aspects of Society
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students create a list of women who have broken through barriers in a ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe "Nobel"est of Awards: A Study of the Nobel Prize and Its Recipients
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, Career & Technical Ed, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts and 3 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students study the history of the Nobel Prize and research Nobel l...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTake Me Back to the Ball Game!: How Lessons from Our Childhood Pastimes Affect Us as Adults
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Sports and Competition, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Health & Physical Education and 2 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the role of sports in American society, analyzing...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCry Until You Laugh: Addressing Personal Adversity Through Comedy
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Theatre, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students learn how comedians incorporate personal adversity into t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTo Tell the Tale: Exploring Common Themes in Traditional Folk Tales Across Cultures
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Foreign Languages, Geography, Literary Analysis, Reading Comprehension and 3 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students explore how themes common to the human condition can be f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTo Inspect or Not to Inspect, That Is the Question: Exploring the Points of View of Those Involved in the Decision Whether to Allow U.N. Inspectors into Iraq
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students take on the role of a person, organization, or governing body...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkClosing the Gaps: Exploring Generational Categories Through History
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Sociology, Electives and 3 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the defining characteristics of their own generat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Satire with <em>Shrek</em>
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literary Analysis, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..The movie Shrek introduces the satirical techniques of exaggeration, incongruity, reversal, and parody. Students brainstorm fair...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnderage Achievers: Exploring the Success of Very Talented Youths
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students consider their own strengths and interests and explore the su...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkConnecting Immigrants in Black and White: Exploring the Role of Ethnic Newspapers in Keeping Immigrant Populations Connected to Their Home Countries and Each Other
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geography, Career & Technical Ed, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the many ways that ethnic newspapers help immigrants ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkYou Can't Stop the Pop: Exploring Popular Culture Around the World
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, World History, History-Social Science, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students reflect on the popular culture of their own country and learn...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFollow the Leader: Evaluating Leaders of the Twenty-first Century
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students research world leaders in order to create charts evaluating t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0