The Learning Network (2025)

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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 Highlights The Winners of Our 7th Annual Student Podcast Contest Summer Reading Contest, Week 4: What Got Your Attention in The Times This Week? 176 Writing Prompts to Spark Discussion and Reflection Our 15th Annual Summer Reading Contest Resources for Teaching and Learning Resources by Subject Accessible Activities Latest

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

Highlights

Contests
The Winners of Our 7th Annual Student Podcast Contest
We invited teenagers to create an original five-minute podcast about almost anything. Here are the finalists selected from over 1,100 submissions.
By The Learning Network
Contests
Summer Reading Contest, Week 4: What Got Your Attention in The Times This Week?
To participate, submit your response here by July 5 at 9 a.m. Eastern. This week’s winners will be announced by July 17.
By The Learning Network
1. Student Opinion
  176 Writing Prompts to Spark Discussion and Reflection
  Here are all of our Student Opinion questions from the 2023-24 school year. Each question is based on a different New York Times article, interactive feature or video.
  By The Learning Network
2. Contests
  Our 15th Annual Summer Reading Contest
  Students are invited to tell us what they’re reading in The Times and why, this year in writing OR via a 90-second video. Contest dates: June 7 to Aug. 16.
  By The Learning Network

‘Costco, Don’t Give Up on America As a Nation of Readers’: The Week 1 Winner of Our Summer Reading Contest
Read the work of the winning writer, Daphne Nguyen, 16 — and take a look at three favorite video responses, too.
By The Learning Network
Contests
The Winners of Our Teen Photo Essay Contest Depict Community and Why It Matters
From 528 teen entries, we have chosen 10 extraordinary pieces. Take a look.
By The Learning Network
Contests
10 Ideas for Reflecting at the End of the School Year
See Also
Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later Election latest: Farage urged to 'get a grip' of Reform UK amid racism row
Inspired by Times articles and features from across sections, these exercises can help both students and teachers think about their growth.
By Katherine Schulten
Teaching Resource
How Did You Grow and Change This School Year?
In this forum, we invite both students and teachers to reflect on their challenges and successes — and to consider how to build on them for next year.
By Katherine Schulten
Student Opinion
Our 2023-24 Student Contest Calendar
Here are 10 challenges to help us celebrate our 25th anniversary — including one open to both teachers and teenagers.
By The Learning Network
Contests

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Resources for Teaching and Learning

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Lessons and Teaching Ideas
Lesson plans and teaching resources based on Times content
Writing Prompts
Student Opinion Q’s, Picture Prompts & Current Events Conversation
Quizzes and Vocabulary
Weekly News Quiz, Word of the Day, Country of the Week and Student Crosswords
Photos, Graphs and Videos
Film Club, What’s Going On in This Picture? and What’s Going On in This Graph?
Contests
Student Contests & Our Contest Calendar

Resources by Subject

Accessible Activities

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Friends?
Tell us a story, real or made up, that is inspired by this image.
By The Learning Network
Lapel Buttons
What do you think this image is communicating?
By The Learning Network
New Stamp Design
This new French stamp is a scratch-and-sniff. If you could design a stamp, what would yours feature?
By The Learning Network
Boys and Cologne
Do the teen and tween boys you know love high-end fragrances?
By The Learning Network
What’s Going On in This Picture? | May 20, 2024
Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.
By The Learning Network

Word of the day
Word of the Day: imperative
This word has appeared in 390 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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Word of the day
Word of the Day: expressly
This word has appeared in 112 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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Word of the day
Word of the Day: dignified
This word has appeared in 143 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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Word of the day
Word of the Day: academe
This word has appeared in eight articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
By The Learning Network
Word of the day
Word of the Day: expatriate
This word has appeared in 39 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
By The Learning Network
Contests
Summer Reading Contest, Week 3: What Got Your Attention in The Times This Week?
To participate, submit your response here by June 28 at 9 a.m. Eastern. This week’s winners will be announced by July 10.
By The Learning Network
Word of the day
Word of the Day: incessant
This word has appeared in 89 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
By The Learning Network
Word of the day
Word of the Day: proximity
This word has appeared in 468 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
By The Learning Network
Word of the day
Word of the Day: gregarious
This word has appeared in 66 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
By The Learning Network
Word of the day
Word of the Day: interminable
This word has appeared in 41 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
By The Learning Network

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