In this New York Times lesson, students learn about current research on social structure and personality attributes in a type of communal spider, then design their own research questions meant to investigate traits in humans like shyness, boldness or fear of the new (2014).

This New York Times lesson asks students to study the 14th Amendment to discern what it means and how it has been interpreted. Then some articles are suggested that examine how the criminal justice system treats black people in comparison to white people (2016).

In this New York Times lesson, students consider the presence of Al Qaeda in various countries. Working in groups, they investigate key people, places and institutions related to Al Qaeda and counterterrorism efforts, and create a maps or diagrams (2010).