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Teach and learn with The Times: Resources for bringing the world into your classroom

Teach and learn with The Times: Resources for bringing the world into your classroom

1. How to Use This Site
2. Lesson Plans
3. Writing Prompts
4. Quizzes and Vocabulary
5. Photos, graphs and videos
6. Contests

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1. Contests

Teen Tiny Memoirs: The Winners of Our 3rd Annual 100-Word Narrative Contest

We invited teenagers to write miniature memoirs about meaningful moments in their lives. Read the 20 winning stories.
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CreditImage credits clockwise from top left: Seung Lin; Mazi Razmjoo; Angela Lin; The Carvalho family; Mica Wang; Canton High School 2. Student Opinion

Is Sports Gambling a Problem?

This year’s Super Bowl was likely the biggest wagering event in U.S. sports betting history. Is legalized gambling hurting fans and sports?
By Jeremy Engle


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10 Writing Prompts on Love, Dating and Relationships

These questions invite you to reflect on the role that love — in all its forms — plays in your life.
By Natalie Proulx


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2. Contests

How to … : An Informational Writing Contest for Teenagers

We invite students to explain how to do any task in 400 words or fewer. Contest dates: Feb. 12 to March 12, 2025.
By The Learning Network


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   Conversations With Journalists
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   Film and Podcast Club
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   Civics
5. Our 2024-25 Student Contest Calendar
   Ten challenges that invite teenagers to engage, experiment, reflect and create — via writing, photography, audio, video and more.
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   Picture Prompts
   Be Mine
   Tell us a story, real or made up, that is inspired by this image.
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   Word of the day
   Word of the Day: nomadic
   This word has appeared in 117 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
   By The Learning Network
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   Picture Prompts
   Writing
   What do you think this image is communicating?
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   Word of the day
   Word of the Day: peripatetic
   This word has appeared in 42 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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   Best in Show
   Would you want to enter your pet in a contest?
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   Word of the Day: obliquely
   This word has appeared in 47 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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