The New York Times Assignment‪.‬

Sometimes teachers develop favorite assignments that they use regularly in any number of their courses. (1) I have used and still use "The New York Times Assignment" in every history class I have taught since graduate school, whether at the college or high school level. This is probably the assignment I have changed the least, and it is certainly the most consistent assignment in my collection, because it continues both to be effective in accomplishing the three main objectives that I have for it, and because student feedback on the assignment, at all levels, has been consistently positive. The Assignment