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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Importance of Titles: From Big Blank Space to Small Good Thing
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsThis 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 / HyperLinkWon't You Be My (E-)Neighbor?: Fostering Communities with Technology
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Electives, History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, Psychology and 2 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the concepts of community, belonging and human re...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Powers That Be
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, American DemocracyIn this lesson, students investigate past energy legislation, then write letters to Congress from the perspective of citizens tr...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: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Writing Strategies 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 / HyperLinkGet a Life!: Assessing Multiple Viewpoints on Genomes and Other Genetic Engineering Topics
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Health Education, Health & Physical Education, Science, Growth, Development & Aging 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 / HyperLinkUtopian Visions
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, Music, History-Social Science, Writing Strategies and 3 additional..In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students are introduced to the idea of a "utopia"--an idealized society. Students read Sir Thomas More'...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkComparing a Literary Work to Its Film Interpretation
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students read an original piece of literature and view its film interpretation to compare the two...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: Geography, Science, History-Social Science, Writing Strategies 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 / HyperLinkChildren's Accountability for Their Crimes: A Round-table Discussion for the Social Studies or Language Arts Classroom
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Electives, American Democracy, Sociology, History-Social Science and 5 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students discuss how old must a child be to be held accountable fo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCompassion on Death Row?: Analyzing Clemency and Capital Punishment
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Philosophy, American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States History and 2 additional..This lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, encourages students to analyze and debate the politics and ethics behind ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFrom Friedan Forward-Considering a Feminist Perspective
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, Humanities, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students write letters expressing their views on an important and potentially controversial topic...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Great Computer Debates: Exploring Technology Controversies
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science and 4 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students research controversial Internet technology issues concerning ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAuthentic Persuasive Writing to Promote Summer Reading
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, invites students to create brochures and flyers that suggest books and genres to explore durin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChanging of the Guard: Examining the Role of the United States in Democratic Transitions Around the World
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, American Democracy, History-Social Science, Writing Strategies and 2 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students research case studies of U.S.-led regime changes around t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Past Is Gone but Not Forgotten: Examining the Value of Historic Sites in the Social Studies Classroom
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, United States History, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the role of historic sites in preserving the past. St...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEvery Picture Tells a Story: Photojournalism and the Elián González Story
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Career & Technical Ed, 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 / HyperLinkTime in a Capsule: Proposing Items for the New York Times' Times Capsule in the Language Arts or Social Studies Classroom
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students analyze the meaning and process of categorizing items, pe...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBootleg Bytes: Examining the Fairness of Anti-Piracy Proposals
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, American Democracy, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students conduct background research to learn about the positions of d...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFamily Life
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Philosophy, Electives, Psychology, Grammar and 7 additional..In this lesson, students will compare their own definitions of family to a variety of dictionary versions. They will then discus...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0