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Free resources for teaching and learning with The Times

Free resources for teaching and learning with The Times

Highlights

  1. Summer 2026 News Quiz for Students

    How closely did you follow the news this summer? See what you remember by taking this quiz, divided into three sections: June, July and August.

     

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    2. Contests

      Our 2026-27 Student Contest Calendar

      Seven opportunities for teenagers to engage, experiment, reflect and create — via writing, audio, video, visual art and more.

       By The Learning Network

      Winning images from past versions of our annual “Coming of Age” contest. What can you create for any of the seven challenges we are offering this year?
      Winning images from past versions of our annual “Coming of Age” contest. What can you create for any of the seven challenges we are offering this year?
      CreditClockwise from top left: Jayda Murray; Daniel Cao; Danna Ramirez; Evie Pyeun; Hazel Cochran; Christian Lee

  1. Teach Writing With The New York Times: Our 2026-27 Curriculum

    Our writing units are based on real-world features like narratives, opinion essays, podcasts, informational videos and more.

     By The Learning Network

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    Writing Curriculum

  2. 25 Intriguing Photos to Make Students Think

    A new collection of some of our favorite “What’s Going On in This Picture?” posts, culled from the last six years of images.

     By The Learning Network

    Learn more about this photo and what other students had to say.
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    What’s Going on this picture?

  3. 138 Picture Prompts to Inspire Student Writing

    A school year’s worth of short, accessible image-driven posts that invite a variety of kinds of writing

     By The Learning Network

    What story could this image tell? This illustration, which was originally published with a newsletter about giving up screens, was one of our more popular storytelling prompts this year.
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    Picture Prompts

  4. 171 Writing Prompts to Spark Discussion and Reflection

    Here are all of our Student Opinion questions from the 2025-26 school year. Each question is based on a different New York Times article, interactive feature or video.

     By The Learning Network

    In one of the many Student Opinion questions from this school year, we asked students what was good in their lives lately.
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    Student Opinion

  5. Our 17th Annual Summer Reading Contest

    Students are invited to tell us what they’re reading in The Times and why, in writing OR via a 90-second video. Contest dates: June 5 to Aug. 14, 2026.

     By The Learning Network

    CreditHannah Schrage
    Contests

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Resources by Subject

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  1. English Language Arts

    Lesson plans for English language arts from The Learning Network.

     

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  2. Social Studies

    Lesson plans for social studies from The Learning Network.

     

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  3. Science & Math

    Lesson plans for science and math from The Learning Network.

     

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  4. E.L.L. & Arts

    Lesson plans for E.L.L. & arts from The Learning Network.

     

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  5. Current Events

    Lesson plans on current events from The Learning Network.

     

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Resources for Teaching and Learning

More in Resources for Teaching and Learning ›

  1. Lessons and Teaching Ideas

    Lesson plans and teaching resources based on Times content

     

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  2. Writing Prompts

    Student Opinion Q’s, Picture Prompts & Current Events Conversation

     

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  3. Quizzes and Vocabulary

    Weekly News Quiz, Word of the Day, Country of the Week and Student Crosswords

     

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  4. Photos, Graphs and Videos

    Film Club, What’s Going On in This Picture? and What’s Going On in This Graph?

     

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  5. Contests

    Student Contests & Our Contest Calendar

     

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  1. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: herbivorous

    This word has appeared in two articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

     
  2. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: duress

    This word has appeared in 69 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

     
  3. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: plagiarize

    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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  5. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: scintillating

    This word has appeared in 24 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

     
  6. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: aspersion

    This word has appeared in 22 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

     
  7. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: gobble

    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

     
  8. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: intelligentsia

    This word has appeared in 14 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

     
  9. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: regurgitate

    This word has appeared in 48 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

     
  10. Word of the day

    Word of the Day: isthmus

    This word has appeared in 14 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

    By The Learning Network

     
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