Check out my New York Times Learning Network interactive for English Language Learners on Daylight Savings Time. Students identify word meanings, explain the context clues they used to determine them, and then respond to an informational writing prompt. If you get a “page not available” the first time you click on the link, just refresh the page and it will appear – it’s a quirk of their website.
Most of us “lost an hour” today, so I thought I’d quickly bring together a list of accessible resources on Daylight Savings Time. Here in the United States, we’ll be reverting to Standard Time from Daylight Savings time on the second Sunday in November.
Here are my choices for The Best Sites For Learning About Daylight Savings Time (and are accessible to English Language Learners):
Here’s a “Web Exhibit” on Daylight Savings Time.
What’s The Point of Daylight Savings Time? is a video from USA Today.
Here’s a British take on the topic from the BBC:
How much daylight does daylight saving time save? is an interactive from Quartz.
Why daylight saving time isn’t as terrible as people think is from The Washington Post.
PSA: tomorrow is #DaylightSavingTime! Read about its strange history here: https://t.co/kCPzQrwH8v #SpringForward pic.twitter.com/3hhT3UbX7U
— SI Associates (@SmithsonianTSA) March 12, 2016
The awfulness of daylight saving time, mapped https://t.co/VasvT4RP3L pic.twitter.com/FC9XmQjt4o
— Vox (@voxdotcom) March 12, 2016
California could drop Daylight Saving Time https://t.co/GFDbpjyj2H
— Quartz (@qz) March 12, 2016
Daylight saving time: Why does it exist? (It’s not for farming) https://t.co/sOrv3myfRQ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 12, 2016
Much Of The World Doesn’t Do Daylight Saving Time. How Come? is from NPR.
Daylight saving time ends Sunday. It ought to go on forever. is from Vox.
When is daylight saving time, and where in the world is it observed? is from Quartz.
Daylight saving time begins Sunday: 6 things to know about “springing forward” is from Vox.
Daylight Saving Time: Why Does It Exist? (It’s Not for Farming) is from The NY TImes.
Daylight saving time ends Sunday: 8 things to know about “falling back” https://t.co/XB2I8YPBqa
— Vox (@voxdotcom) October 28, 2019
In the northeastern quarter of Arizona is the Daylight Saving Doughnut. The state doesn’t observe the time change, but the Navajo Nation does — and within that Navajo territory, the Hopi Nation does not.https://t.co/xkarVuOgTb
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 3, 2019
Why Does Daylight Saving Time Start at 2 A.M.? is from TIME.
Why daylight saving time is worse for your body than standard timehttps://t.co/N0HW8IP1Sd
— Post Graphics (@PostGraphics) November 2, 2022
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This link goes to Spicy Nodes. This page is all about Daylight Savings but is really there to show the power of Spicy Nodes.
http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/nodes.html
I love the collection on Daylight Saving Time! We are just starting “cause / effect” paragraph writing in our ESL writing class. I plan to have students read and watch several of the videos. Then, they will write and “effect” paragraph. The fact that there were plenty of positive and negative effects expressed in this collection will give my students the opportunity to practice their organization skills.
Thanks!
You’re welcome!
Larry
Which Countries Change the Clock?
https://www.statista.com/chart/24473/countries-changing-clock-daylight-savings/