This poem guide from the Poetry Foundation allows students to gain a ...
This poem guide from the Poetry Foundation allows students to gain a deeper understanding of an ancient Arabic form, re-envisioned by a contemporary poet.
In this unit of lesson plans from the Academy of American Poets, ...
In this unit of lesson plans from the Academy of American Poets, students will work through four different lesson plans in order to explore and interact with poetry.
In this lesson, students will explore the poem "Pursuit" by listening to ...
In this lesson, students will explore the poem "Pursuit" by listening to the author read it and reading it themselves. Students will explore structure and the turn in the poem, as well as identify how the poet creates meaning through word choice and imagery.
In this extensive, 20 class period unit from the Academy of American ...
In this extensive, 20 class period unit from the Academy of American Poets, students will explore three different themes: "What is Poetry?", "Poems of Chidhood," and "Self and Society."
In this lesson, students will have paired discussion, analyze a painting by ...
In this lesson, students will have paired discussion, analyze a painting by John Singer Sargent, and use these explorations to further delve in to the poem, "Arabs in Finland."
In this lesson, students will use both the painting "Sunrise on the ...
In this lesson, students will use both the painting "Sunrise on the Matterhorn" by Albert Bierstadt and the poem, "Before a Painting" in order to help them create their own tableau and explore the meaning in the poem.
In this lesson, students will use a drawing by Anne Goldthwaite, Night ...
In this lesson, students will use a drawing by Anne Goldthwaite, Night Series: The Cat, in order to delve more deeply into the theme and meaning of the poem, "Black Cat" by Rainer Maria Rilke.
In this lesson, students will explore a film excerpt with the poem, ...
In this lesson, students will explore a film excerpt with the poem, "Business" by Naomi Shihab Nye in order to deepen their understanding of the themes.
In this lesson, students will work in pairs and discuss as a ...
In this lesson, students will work in pairs and discuss as a group to explore both the structure and meaning of the poem, "Doha Thing Long Thought and Kind."
In this lesson, students will explore a video of Mahalia Jackson singing ...
In this lesson, students will explore a video of Mahalia Jackson singing as well as analyze the prose poem, "Don't Let Me Be Lonely [Mahalia Jackson is a genius.]" by Claudia Rankine.
In this lesson based on Arlo Guthrie's version of "Deportees (Plane Wreck ...
In this lesson based on Arlo Guthrie's version of "Deportees (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) and the poem, "Everyday We Get More Illegal" by Juan Fellipe Herrera, students will explore the similarities between the two and discuss the relevancy of these works in today's environment.
In this lesson from the Academy of American Poets, students will examine ...
In this lesson from the Academy of American Poets, students will examine the Vietnam War through two photographs and the perspective of the speaker in the poem, "Facing It."
In this lesson, students will explore a Smithsonian article, "Hobbits' on Flores, ...
In this lesson, students will explore a Smithsonian article, "Hobbits' on Flores, Indonesia" and compare it with the poem, "Flores Woman" by Tracy K. Smith.
In this lesson plan, students will examine and explore four different paintings ...
In this lesson plan, students will examine and explore four different paintings and compare them with a poem, "Ghosts and Fashion" in order to deepen their understanding.
In this lesson from the Academy of American Poets, students will explore ...
In this lesson from the Academy of American Poets, students will explore a painting, Aspect of Negro Life: Song of the Towers, and the poem "A Haircut" by Elizabeth Alexander. Students will also examine the structure of the poem in order to identify what makes it a prose poem.
In this lesson, students will explore a poem, a video of swing ...
In this lesson, students will explore a poem, a video of swing dance, and an excerpt of a speech from poet laureate Phil Levine, using all three mediums to create deeper meaning and understanding.
In this lesson, students will draw from their own experience as well ...
In this lesson, students will draw from their own experience as well as comparing and contrasting two versions of the same poem--one written, one audio.
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