Coming of Age in 2020: Teenagers on the Year That Changed Everything (from The NYT Learning Network)

Join this inspiring and touching conversation with New York Times Learning Network  editor-in-chief, Katherine Schulten. Former high school English and literacy consultant, she shares the process and creators of the NYT recently released book, Coming of  Age in 2020: Teenagers on the Year That Changed Everything.

Resources:

Connect to Inquiry Partners for their Inquiry Five School Bundle

Connect to Katherine Schulten on LinkedIn

Get the book! Coming of Age in 2020: Teenagers on the Year That Changed Everything 

Documenting Your Life in Extraordinary Times New York Times Learning Network Curriculum Unit with links to all the things: a step-by-step guide, mentor texts, writing prompts, the original call-out, and the 2020 winners, etc. 

Additional Articles:

• A NYT piece about a school system that adapted the project and how it became a cool community endeavor: "The Found Project': How We Built Community With the  Coming of Age Unit
• A NYT piece from Katherine about teaching with the book: How to Teach With Art and Artifacts in our New Book, 'Coming of Age in 2020'

Intro Music: Here's to 2021 -- adorable work by three boys from Alaska

Violin Underscoring: original composition Until Tomorrow by Tienne Yu

Outro Music: Pandemic Boyfriend -- just the catchiest tune that you can't stop singing by Amelia Ross

The New York Times  ran the contest again in 2021, and here were that year's winners. 

This year's contest call-out: Coming of Age in 2022: Show Us What It's Like to Be a Teenager Now

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