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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWatch and Learn: Creating Educational Programming for Young Reality Television Watchers
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore a particular problem with the development of new tele...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Student-Centered Comprehension Strategies with Elie Wiesel's "Night"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use reciprocal teaching strategies as they read and discuss Holocaust survivor Elie Wies...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTop Secret Revealed: Examining Recently Uncovered Secrets about the CIA in Iran
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students closely analyze "New York Times" articles uncovering the deca...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTolerating Diversity: Exploring the Shaping of Tolerance and Intolerance
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Psychology, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the meanings of tolerance and intolerance. They parti...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTitanic Disasters: Exploring the Relationship between Disasters, Technology, and Culture
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Technology, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson plan, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students contemplate the worst man-made disasters in history,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Titanic Impact of Science: Promoting the Sciences Through Public Service Announcements
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Career & Technical Ed, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Science and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine their own opinions about science and explore how a fa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Poetics of Hip Hop
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Music, Writing Strategies, Visual ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students analyze form in Shakespearean sonnets, works of American poets, and hip hop music to determine...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Life You Save...: Exploring Appropriate Responses to People Who May Be Suicidal
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Health & Physical Education, Psychology, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension and 5 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students identify common warning signs of depression that, if not addr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Importance of Titles: From Big Blank Space to Small Good Thing
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureThis lesson, focusing on two sets of stories "renamed" by Raymond Carver, allows students to develop an appreciation of the impo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGive a Little, Get a Lot: Exploring Charitable Causes and Organizations on the Web
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, allows students to explore the notions of caring, giving, and providing s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGhosts of Holidays Past: Nostalgia and Its Role in Our Present Perceptions of Holidays
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Sociology, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, ElectivesIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the concept of holiday nostalgia through a journalist...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGhosts and Fear in Language Arts: Exploring the Ways Writers Scare Readers
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, invites students to investigate what it is that is so fascinating about scary stories. They do...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGetting Under Your Skin: Creating Advertisements for Innovations in Drug-delivery Techniques
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Health & Physical Education, Career & Technical Ed, English-Language Arts, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students design advertisements that promote and explain the science of...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGetting the Message Across: Exploring Communication Methods and Technologies
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, students learn about the emergence of e-mail as a popular communication tool and explore its impact on society. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGetting In the Game: Exploring Interactive Relationships Between Television Shows and the Internet
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Physical Education, Health & Physical Education, English-Language Arts, Technology and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore how interactive Web sites support live sports program...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGet Real!: Exploring "The Real Deal" About Reality-Based TV Shows
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students reach a consensus as to what makes a good reality-based TV sh...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGet a Life!: Assessing Multiple Viewpoints on Genomes and Other Genetic Engineering Topics
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Health & Physical Education, English-Language Arts, Life Sciences, Reading Comprehension and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students investigate the decoding of genomes, the creation of life in ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGender Bender: Exploring How Title IX Has Changed High School Athletics
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the effects of Title IX, a stipulation in the guideli...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGazing Into the Faces of AIDS: Creating Public Service Announcements to Help Educate Others about the AIDS Epidemic
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Health & Physical Education, Life Sciences, Sociology, Health Education and 8 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students consider whether or not there are generalizations that can be...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGame Plans: Developing Online Fantasy Games
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students consider the online game Neopets as a springboard to developi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0