The New York Times Learning Network, designed and maintained by the New York Times, provides free, daily updated resources for students in grades 3-12, their teachers and parents.
Features:
• Resources for students: News Summaries, Daily News Quiz, Word of the Day, Test Prep Question of the Day, Science Q & A, Web Navigator
• Resources for teachers: Daily Lesson Plan, News Snapshot (current events activities for grades 3-5), Issues in Depth (lesson plans, quizzes, questionnaires, slide shows, crosswords and articles about historic and current issues), On This Day in History, Crossword Puzzle, Education News
• Resources for parents: Conversation Starters (questions and related articles to help parents start conversations with their children about current events), Family Movie Guide (descriptions of films and suggestions about appropriate films for various ages)