What It’s Like to Be a Teenager Now: The Winners of Our Coming of...
Runners-UpAlyse Wicentowski, “Heart”Angel Zhao and Fiona Xing, “teenage homage”Bobby Goldyn, 14, “Lost Voices”Cassie Garrett, 14, “Kindness in the Pandemic”Dorothy Du, 16, “The Sound of Rain”Eliana Robin, 15, “Warning: The World is Crumbling”Eveleen Jiang, 17, “Out of Touch”Hailey Jones, 15, “Growing Up in 2021”Hiewon Ahn, “A Cutlery Awakening”Ilona Lebron, 18, “Painting Something New”James Kim, 17, “Life…
Lesson of the Day: ‘A Teenager Was Bullied. His Ancestors Saved Him.’
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “A Teenager Was Bullied. His Ancestors Saved Him.” by John LelandAs a middle school student, Dennis Richmond Jr. was inspired by Alex Haley’s book “Roots” to learn about his own family history. In the…
Lesson of the Day: ‘Teenager, an Aspiring Detective, Returns $135,000 He Found’
In this lesson, you will consider what Mr. Nuñez’s actions, and the community’s response to those actions, say about him and about our larger society.Warm UpImagine you are walking down the street and you see a wallet. You open it and it has an ID but no money. Would you return it? What if it…
