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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWon't You Be My (E-)Neighbor?: Fostering Communities with Technology
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Psychology, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension 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 / HyperLinkA Picture Changes 1000 Minds: The Power of Pictures
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Types of Media, Career & Technical Ed, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, English-Language Arts and 8 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students read a New York Times article that explains how photograp...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat's Fit to Print? Learning How to Read a Newspaper Critically
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Career & Technical Ed, Reading Comprehension, Arts, Media, & EntertainmentIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students evaluate how newspapers are constructed and evaluate the exte...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCommanding Performance: Writing "Creative Commandments" in the Language Arts Classroom
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students identify the many aspects of their daily lives that are guide...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWho Knew What When? Understanding Trading Rules through the Lens of Martha Stewart
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students define words of relevance to the stock market and fair tradin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting about Writing: An Extended Metaphor Assignment
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use Richard Wilbur's poem "The Writer" as an inspiration as they write their own extende...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorth Its Weight: Letter Writing with "The Things They Carried"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureThis ReadwriteThink lesson pairs reading and discussion of Tim O'Brien's Vietnam War story "The Things They Carried" with a lett...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTwain: An American Humorist
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, Writing Strategies, Theatre and 3 additional..This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, examines the diversity and intricacy of Mark Twain's humor, focusing partic...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBeyond "What I Did on Vacation": Exploring the Genre of Travel Writing
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students are introduced to the genre of travel writing. After reading some short examples an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCopyright Infringement or Not? The Debate Over Downloading Music
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Technology, Visual ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students investigate the controversial topic of downloading music from the Internet as part of a ...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: English-Language Arts, Geography, Reading Comprehension, Economics, History-Social ScienceIn 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 / HyperLinkClosing the Gaps: Exploring Generational Categories Through History
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, Writing Strategies, Sociology 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 / HyperLinkFood's Altered Ego: Understanding International Positions on the Use of Genetically Modified Foods
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Geography, 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 / HyperLinkVietnam Once Again: Examining Why the Vietnam War Is Still Difficult to Discuss
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, American Democracy, United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students share what they know about the Vietnam War before examining h...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBombs Away!: Exploring Perspectives on Whether Bombing Exercises Should Continue on Vieques
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore different perspectives on the future of United States...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCritical Path
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Career & Technical Ed, Writing Strategies, American Democracy and 2 additional..In this lesson, students widen their understanding of the different points of view surrounding current news topics. They then re...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkData Defense: Exploring Legal Perspectives on Privacy Issues in Our Technological Age
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the meaning of privacy and then defend contrasting po...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTicker Text Parade: Reporting Today's Events in News Ticker Format
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Career & Technical Ed, Reading Comprehension, American Democracy and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine news headlines and create very brief news pieces in t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCritical Literacy: Women in 19th-Century Literature
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension and 2 additional..This ReadWriteThink lesson introduces students to fundamental ideas of critical literacy through a reading and critical analysis...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCompassion on Death Row?: Analyzing Clemency and Capital Punishment
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, Philosophy, Reading Comprehension 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