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NY Times Lesson Plan: The Future Is Now: Analyzing and Making Predictions

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Overview| What did historical figures imagine our lives would look like today? How can we make informed predictions about the future? In this lesson, students consider and discuss predictions about life in 2011 that were written in 1931 by prominent thinkers of the day, and then draw on New York Times articles to develop their own predictions about the future.Read more…