New York Times @ Georgia Southern: Teaching With NYT
Partisan Reading Roundup
Editors from the NYT collect representative partisan columns on a regular basis.
Articles from the Right, Left, and Center of the political spectrum are featured in a column called Our Picks: Best From Around the Web.
Tools for Combatting "Fake News"
On the Media: WNYC’s weekly investigation into how the media shapes our world view.
- Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Fake News EditionHow to sort the truthful from the troublesome. Podcast from Nov 18, 2016
- Fake News. It's ComplicatedAddresses misinformation ecosystem with a break down of the types of fake content, content creators motivations and how it's being disseminated
Teaching History with the Times
With over a 150 years of daily newspapers to explore, students can dig into the historical record like never before.
Savannah on the front page of NYT, 10/11/1887
(Who knew that "going postal" could have started here?)
- TimesMachine (NYT)Over 150 years of articles from the New York Times.
TEACHING TOOLS
- Document Analysis worksheetsCreated by the National Archives (U.S.) to help introduce students to various types of documents.
The NYTimes in Education
- NYTimes in EducationPart of the campus subscription, but separate registration required.
Links to features in THE LEARNING NETWORK
From THE LEARNING NETWORK Section, use the links below for direct access.
- STEM Articles (NYT)Articles that deal with science, technology, engineering and math selected by the Times.
- Weekly News Quiz (NYT)Interactive, 10-question quiz is posted each Tuesday. No reporting function available, so assigning grade/credit is not an option.
- Writing Prompts (NYT)Referring to articles or images, NYT staff pose questions designed to spark student reflection and creativity.