Lesson of the Day: âScenes From Americaâs Reopeningâ
In this lesson, students will learn what reopening in America looks like â the joys, the relief, the uncertainties. Then they will document what reopening looks like in their communities.
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Our daily Lesson of the Day feature will soon end for the summer, but before we go, as America begins to fully reopen, we want to stop to take in the significance of the moment â to look at where we are now, reflect on where we have been and begin to imagine our future.
The Reopening of America, in Pictures
A National desk project documented scenes in every state. Two photo editors discuss their thoughts on the more than 600 images they reviewed.
A movie theater in Burbank, Calif.: “It is such a simple scene but something I haven’t thought about in so long,” said Heather Casey, a photo editor.Credit.Philip Cheung for The New York Times
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In Dearborn, Mich., a buoyant husband and wife laugh over slices of cake inside a restaurant. A child in Palmer, Alaska, does cartwheels while grown-ups dance to an ’80s cover band. Tree lovers in San Juan, P.R., pick up free saplings at a giveaway that was canceled last year. In Lehi, Utah, a family of seven takes in a tulip festival, their first outing in a year.
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Voices From the Front Lines of Americaâs Food Supply
Eleven workers, from the factories and farms to the highways and supermarkets, tell how they got themselves â and us â through a catastrophic year.
By The New York Times
People in every link of the food-supply chain kept the country running amid the global uncertainties of 2020. Our reporters Mahira Rivers, Rachel Wharton and Aidan Gardiner asked about their experiences, and what they thought about being labeled âessential.â Interviews have been edited and condensed.
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I worked on and off over the years. I worked for the last full season here, including during the pandemic. I started in August of 2019 in planting, then I worked all the way to the end of harvest, around May or June last year.
Coast private school takes to the court against local team to showcase global talent
Coast private school takes to the court against local team to showcase global talent By Tristan Ruppert | December 23, 2020 at 7:15 AM CST - Updated December 23 at 7:18 AM
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - A private school known across the Southeast for attracting top talent from around the globe actually resides right here in South Mississippi.
Grace Baptist Academy is a small private school in Ocean Springs that was established in 1968.
”Not many people know about us,” said Brad Shauf, the school’s head basketball coach. “We are really small. We have about 45 students in K through 12.”